Espresso House names new group CEO

He was most recently the CEO of Honest Burgers.

Espresso House has appointed Thomas Kelly as its new group CEO.

Kelly brings decades of fast-casual and coffee experience, including as CEO of McDonald’s Finland and Sweden, Global Executive Director of Costa Coffee, and, most recently, CEO of Honest Burgers, one of the UK’s most popular burger restaurant chains. 

Meanwhile, Konrad Meyer has assumed the position of Board Chairman.

Espresso House was founded in 1996 in Lund and has since grown to become one of the leading coffee shop chains in the Nordics with over 500 coffee shops, 7,000 baristas and around 130,000 guests daily. Espresso House is part of JAB Holding Company.