Thorsk Westphal joins German Doner Kebab as Global CMO

Hunter-Miller are delighted to have worked with Hero Brands in appointing Thorsk Westphal as Global CMO at German Doner Kebab.

Prior to this, Thorsk spent 20 years in senior marketing roles at Yum! Restaurants International and Reckitt Benckiser. He began his career at L'Oréal New Zealand and has worked across the world in Canada and Germany.

Imran Sayeed, CEO of GDK International said: “We are delighted to be welcoming Thorsk to the GDK family. He has consistently delivered commercial results throughout his career and has experience driving growth in the food and beverage industry. He will be instrumental in our international expansion plans having worked across the world and will further reinforce GDK as a game-changing brand.”

Thorsk Westphal said: “I am thrilled to be joining German Doner Kebab in my new position as Chief Marketing Officer. GDK’s global ambitions perfectly align with the type of scale-up work that I really enjoy carrying out. I cannot wait to get started and help push the brand to the forefront of the global market as the fast-casual brand of the future.”

Well done Thorsk!