Oporto on the search for new CEO

Sarah Stowe

The chicken chain Oporto is looking for a new CEO.

The incoming chief executive will report to the CEO of parent group QSR Holdings.

The business has not had a CEO since 2011 when Jamie McKaughan was appointed general manager following the departure of CEO Jeff Fisher who had run the business from 2003.

Oporto is part of the Quick Service Restaurant Holdings business which includes Chicken Treat and Red Rooster.  The parent company was sold by private equity firm Quadrant in 2011 to another private equity firm Archer.

QSR Holdings CEO Mark Lindsay has been overseeing the growth of the business since