Berisha promoted to CEO at Caring restaurant estate

Baton Berisha has been promoted to CEO of The Ivy Collection, Bill’s Restaurants, Caprice Restaurants and The Birley Group.

Announced today by group-backer Richard Caring, Berisha will depart his current role of managing director with immediate effect, in a move that’s been described as “part of the continued natural evolution of the structure of the company.”

Berisha joined the group as Ivy Collection operations director in 2014, before becoming MD in 2019.

Over the last six years, he has overseen the successful expansion of The Ivy brand into a restaurant chain, and was appointed managing director at Bill’s Restaurants in January this year.

Announcing the appointment, Richard Caring said: “Baton is an experienced operator who has been with the company since 2014. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank him for his integral role in the development and progression of The Ivy Collection, Caprice Restaurants and Bill’s Restaurants Ltd. I look forward to continuing to work with him as we take these next steps together into 2021.”