G1 Group, the Scottish leisure operator led by Stefan King, has appointed Paul Bailey as its new HR director, M&C understands.

Bailey joins the c50-strong group from The Money Shop UK, where he was HR director for over five years. Previous to that he was a regional HR manager at Somerfield.

G1 has continued to bolster its operational team over the last few months with the appointments of a new head of food operations, a group executive chef and a head of business development.

It appointed Fraser McIIwraith, managing director of the Glasgow Bartenders Club as its new head of business development.

At the same time, Chris Gibson, former area chef in Scotland and the North for Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group became the company’s group executive chef and Finally, Scott van der Hoek, former group executive chef at Eclectic Bars, as head of food operations.

At the start of this year, G1 appointed Mike Horan, formerly of Ha Ha Bar & Grill and The Living Room, as its new operations director.