Restaurant & Franchise Executive Recruiters
Wray Executive Search helps restaurant, franchise, food service, and hospitality organizations identify executive leaders who drive operational performance, growth, and long-term success.
For over 50 years, Wray Executive Search has partnered with restaurant groups, franchise organizations, hospitality brands, and food service companies to deliver executive search solutions for leadership roles across operations, finance, marketing, human resources, and the C-suite. Our industry specialization and national network give clients access to executive talent that aligns with both business strategy and company culture.
- Executive Search Specialists for Restaurant, Franchise & Hospitality Brands
Wray Executive Search specializes in executive recruitment for the restaurant, franchise, hospitality, and food service industries. From emerging growth brands to nationally recognized organizations, we help companies identify executive leadership talent capable of scaling operations, strengthening culture, and driving long-term business performance.
Executive Search Industry Specialists
Wray Executive Search understands the unique leadership demands of the restaurant, franchise, hospitality, and food service industries. Our executive search consultants know how to position opportunities in ways that attract high-performing leaders, including passive candidates who are not actively pursuing new roles.
Decades of specialization have allowed us to build relationships with executive leaders across operations, finance, marketing, franchise development, HR, and the C-suite.
Executive search for restaurant brands seeking proven leaders across operations, finance, marketing, HR, and executive leadership.
Hospitality executive recruiters focused on hotel, resort, travel, entertainment, and guest experience leadership.
Franchise executive search solutions for franchisors, franchisees, and multi-unit growth organizations.
Food service executive recruiters supporting distribution, manufacturing, dining services, and operational leadership hiring.
Wray Executive Search has partnered with some of the most recognized restaurant, franchise, hospitality, and food service organizations in the world.
The Wray Advantage
For more than 50 years, Wray Executive Search has helped restaurant, franchise, hospitality, and food service organizations identify executive leaders who drive growth and operational performance. As experienced restaurant executive search consultants, Wray combines deep industry specialization with a personalized, high-touch approach to executive recruitment.
Our national network gives clients access to proven leaders across operations, finance, marketing, HR, franchise development, and the C-suite — including passive candidates who are not actively seeking new opportunities. From succession planning and confidential leadership searches to growth-focused executive hiring, Wray helps companies build leadership teams aligned with their culture, strategy, and long-term goals.
Companies choose Wray because of our industry expertise, operational understanding, national reach, and decades-long reputation as trusted restaurant executive recruiters, franchise executive search firms, hospitality executive recruiters, and food service executive recruiting specialists.
6 Points of Distinction
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Our Leadership
Our leading consultants bring substantial senior-level experience.
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Wide Scope
Wray Executive Search offers a wide scope of industry knowledge and experience. We provide a wide array of services and have an extensive network in these arenas.
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Impactful Expertise
The cross-functional, wide-reaching expertise our company provides can have a deep impact on your business. We serve client needs internationally, nationally, regionally and locally.
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Unique Guarantees
We offer a full one-year replacement guarantee ensuring that our candidates will bring value long term. If, for some reason, the hired candidate does not work out, we will find a replacement.
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Diverse Consultants
Our consultants bring varied experience from all segments of the industry. We offer broad-based, cross-functional expertise to enhance our partnership.
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Competitive, Comprehensive Rates
There are no surprises when it comes to our fees. We maintain highly competitive performance-based rates founded upon our robust executive search record.
Our Team
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Kevin Stockslager
Managing Partner
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Ray Kelley
Managing Partner
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Rebecca Patt
SVP & Partner
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Bob Gershberg
Executive Advisor
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Joe Radice
Advisor
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Jonathan Kelley
Vice President of Recruiting
Get in Touch
Whether you are planning for succession, replacing a key executive, or building a leadership team to support growth, Wray Executive Search helps restaurant, franchise, hospitality, and food service organizations identify proven executive talent.
Our executive search consultants specialize in leadership recruitment across operations, finance, marketing, human resources, franchise development, and the C-suite. With over 50 years of industry expertise and relationships with high-performing leaders nationwide, Wray delivers executive search solutions built around long-term success.
If you are looking to hire an executive leader, submit the form and our team will be in touch shortly.
If you are looking to be considered for opportunities, go to our candidate page and submit your resume.
