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David Sarner
Franchise Development & Brand Expansion
Provides strategic guidance for franchising and brand expansion of emerging brands, as well as oversight for complex Food, Beverage, and Entertainment sector projects.
Key Consulting Services
- Franchise and Brand Development
- Scaling Solutions
- Strategic Partnerships
- Marketing Strategies
- Operational Consulting
Expertise
With a distinguished career spanning thirty years in key leadership positions with international luxury lifestyle hospitality and consumer brands, David is a highly sought after Business Development Consultant due to his expertise and experience in the Food, Beverage, and Entertainment sectors. He has successfully operated in diverse cultural and business environments across the US, South America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. His strengths include brand building, strategic development, and the launch and management of multi-unit brands. David's expertise extends to financial planning, site selection, lease negotiation, project management, culinary development, operations, and employee training. Additionally, he excels in digital engagement, data analytics, and forging strategic partnerships. David's ability to create comprehensive messaging and marketing strategies, combined with his deep experience with data analysis, feasibility studies and financial modeling, has driven significant growth and development in every role he has undertaken.
Background
- David's career began with a degree in Finance from New York University. Alongside his work in Financial Services and Commercial Real Estate, David co-founded and operated multiple renowned restaurant and nightlife brands including Spy Bar and Chaos in the ‘90s and the acclaimed Pink Elephant hospitality brand in the 2000’s. His roles have focused on expansion of hospitality brands globally, managing high-revenue operations and developing new hotel F&B verticals. Notably, as the Chief Operating Officer for international hospitality and entertainment brand CÉ LA VI, David managed international operations across six time zones. In his consulting roles, David provides strategic guidance for franchising and brand expansion of emerging brands, as well as oversight for complex projects. Some of David's recent consulting roles include acting as Head of Franchising and Development for Ghost Brands International focusing on domestic and international roll-outs in the QSR and Fast Casual Space and delivering strategic partnerships and business opportunities to US Restaurant groups expanding in Asia and the Middle East.
Testimonial
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We hired David to consult for several months on one of our key F&B portfolio companies and we were so impressed by his insightful observations, business analysis and suggested courses of action that we hired him to implement these recommendations and run our Flagship operations where he outperformed our expectations.
-Dr. Jun Wang, Partner & Managing Director, L Catterton
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I have known David Sarner for a number of years, and I am delighted to share my experience working with him on numerous exciting projects. Having David on a Team always gave me the confidence that the project would be researched thoroughly, and the approach would be looked at from different perspectives. His quality of work has always been exemplary. He is highly skilled, reliable, and meticulous, and always able to quickly identify and address core issues. I would strongly recommend David not only for his professional excellence, but he also happens to be an outstanding Human. I appreciate everything he has done for my Organization.
-Massimo de Marco, Chairman Nala Robotics, Co-Founder Kitchen United
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I have known David for 15 years and have had the opportunity to witness his operational and financial acumen. In his roles as F&B Consultant, C-Suite Exec and owner/ operator, David is highly engaged and extremely skilled. I operate a boutique Executive search firm and can say I consider David to be in the top tier of professionals in the Food and Beverage industry.
-Jeffrey Kalt, Founder, Epicurean Concepts
Professional & Other
Awarded "Operator of The Year" by National Restaurant, Nightlife and Bar Association
Culinary proficiency and experience operating restaurants with French, Asian, Italian, Japanese, Thai, and Mediterranean cuisines
Creator and Operator of immersive F&B and entertainment operations in US, South American, Europe, Middle East and Asia
