Victorian Sliders’snew group managing director is Andy Jones, who will report directly to chief executive Scot Starkey.

Andy was previously group sales and marketing director at Synseal (now Aperture).

Aperture CEO Matthew Mycocksaid: “While I’m personally obviously sad to see Andy go, we’re also supportive of his decision and would like to take the opportunity to thank him for the signature hard work, passion and commitment he has dedicated to the company.

“More recently, Andy has been part of the team that has set the groundwork for major transformation within the business and has helped us to be able to embark on the next stage of Aperture’s journey from a position of strength.”

Andy said: “Aperture has made great strides in the last few months and I announce my departure at a time when the company has already beaten its initial budget projections. I’m really proud of what we’ve achieved as a team and with so many new product launches on the table, deciding to leave has genuinely been a tough decision.”

He continued: “I am extremely pleased to be joining Victorian Sliders at such an exciting time in its evolution, Scot and the team have developed an incredible infrastructure which places Victorian Sliders in an ideal position to move forward to the next phase of Scot’s ambitious growth plans and I very much look forward to being part of that and working alongside everyone in the coming months.”