Andrew Nisbet


Andrew Nisbet is a Director of Key West Holdings, which holds his family's interests in catering supplies and property. He is also founder and Chairman of catering supplies retailer Nisbets Plc.
Between 2012-13, he was High Sheriff of Bristol.

Early life

After leaving school in 1978, Nisbet joined his father's business, Peter Nisbet & Co. The business distributed catering equipment in the South West England.

Career

In 1983, Nisbet founded Nisbets, originally selling knives, catering clothing and textbooks to catering students. The business launched a mail-order catalogue in 1987 and moved into wholesale in 1990. Between 1995 and 2017 the business underwent international expansion. The business was also one of the first catering equipment distributors to adapt its business online.
As of February 2017, the business employs more than 2,000 people and has offices in nine countries. The business also has retail outlets in the UK, Ireland and Australia. In 2017, turnover of the business was £400 million, according to The Sunday Times. The company sells 25,000 products in more than 100 countries.
In 2014, Nisbet became a Director of Key West Holdings, which holds his family's interests in catering equipment and property. In 2015, Key West Holdings acquired catering hire firm Jongor Hire.

Personal life

Andrew Nisbet lives in Bristol, UK with his wife Anne. The couple have argued that family businesses play a fundamental role in the British economy.
In 2012, the Nisbet family founded The Nisbet Trust, which provides grants to charitable organisations in the Greater Bristol area.
Between 2012-2013, Andrew Nisbet was High Sheriff of Bristol. He sits on the Board of Colston Hall.
Since 2001, Nisbet has been a member of The Society of Merchant Venturers, a private club whose membership is invited "from individuals who have been successful in their chosen area of business". The Society has been involved in attempts to sanitise the memory of merchant and slave trader Edward Colston, and have been accused of attempting to create a "cult of Colston".