Dominic Blakemore


Dominic William Blakemore, is a British businessman, the chief executive of Compass Group. Originally due to take up the post on 1 April 2018, the appointment was brought forward following the death of the CEO Richard Cousins in a plane crash in Australia on 31 December 2017.
He trained at PricewaterhouseCoopers, then worked for Cadbury's from 2004 to 2006, then Iglo Foods, rising to chief financial officer.
Blakemore joined Compass Group in April 2012 as finance director. He was appointed chief operating officer on 1 December 2015 and stepped down as finance director the same day. On 1 October 2017 he was appointed deputy CEO.
He is a non-executive director of Shire plc and a member of the academic council of University College London.