Contributors
Philip Harrison
Philip Harrison has dedicated five decades and an entire career to the advancement of hospitality design, with a client list that spans Hilton, TRYP by Wyndham, Harrods, Honest Burger, Slim Chicken, Giraffe, Chipotle, Whitbread, Mitchell & Butler, Browns, and All Bar One to name just a few.
In 1989, Philip founded his own design agency, Harrison, starting with only his car as his office space. Philip’s devotion to impactful, durable, and profitable design-led solutions has helped ensure the continual growth of Harrison and the success of growing the company to where it is today. Not limited to the UK, Philip has overseen the opening of two additional offices globally in Dallas, US, and Melbourne, Australia, allowing the team to design spaces on nearly every continent and draw on many new sources of inspiration from different countries and cultures globally.
Ritam Gandhi
Ritam Gandhi is the Founder and Director of Studio Graphene – a London-based company that specialises in the development of blank canvas tech products, including apps, websites, AR, IoT and more. The company has completed over 250 projects since first being started in 2014, working with both new entrepreneurs and product development teams within larger companies.
Sanjeev Sanghera
Sanjeev Sanghera is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Garten Bar and Doner Shack.
The Glasgow-based businessman has worked his way up through the hospitality trade, from kitchen porter to executive chef, before moving on to restaurant operations and new concept development.
With over 25 years of experience, Sanjeev is a leading restaurant entrepreneur with a business that is growing internationally, including in North America, Europe and the Middle East. His ambitious vision is to revolutionise the kebab industry and for Döner Shack to become the number one kebab franchise brand worldwide.
Steve Cordiner
As an Investment Director at Livingbridge, Steve leads the Growth team, specialising in investing up to £5m in earlier stage businesses looking scale. Through this, he absolutely understands the challenges faced by management teams when looking to expand their business and can help anticipate and remove the pain points.
Steve builds long-term, trusted relationships with management teams and entrepreneurial business owners, who aspire to achieve great things. Since joining Livingbridge in 2010, Steve has been involved in investments in In The Style, Symphony Ventures, BoilerJuice, Carousel Logistics, Contractor Mortgages Made Easy, Kingsbridge and Happy Days.
Prior to joining Livingbridge, Steve spent 12 years as a Chartered Accountant in global businesses, including KPMG. During this time he advised clients on M&A, due diligence and fund raising. In his spare time, Steve enjoys travelling and spending time with his two young children. He is a keen motorsport enthusiast and a bad golfer.
