Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> July 10, 2000

Derek Baxter – Hunters Leisure Plc (hlr.l)

DEREK BAXTER is the Joint Managing Director of Hunters Leisure Plc. He is a Certified Accountant who founded his own practise in 1973, building it up to a five partners, 40 staff firm, with strong sector specialisations before selling it in 1994 to start Hunters Leisure. Profile
TWST: Let's start with brief profile of Hunters Leisure. How did it

start, what was the reason for the IPO, and what's happened since?

Mr. Baxter: Hunters Leisure dates back to 1997, when my