Domino’s Pizza Group Plc has announced the appointment of Mitesh Patel as an independent non-executive director, with effect from 1 June 2024. Patel will become a member of the board’s nomination & governance committee.

Patel is the co-founder of Lenstore, an online contact lens business, which in 2013 he sold to GrandVision, the owner of Vision Express. Following the sale, Patel remained with GrandVision in various roles, including as global ecommerce director, until 2023.

Patel also has highly relevant non-executive experience as a director of Pizza Hut UK Limited from 2018 to 2020, and he has also been a trustee of Oxfam since 2022.

Domino’s Chair, Matt Shattock, said: “I am delighted to welcome Mitesh to the board of Domino’s. We are a business built on a network of highly entrepreneurial franchise partners, and, as a brilliant entrepreneur himself with significant expertise of working in franchise businesses, I am sure Mitesh will be a great addition to our board.”