DON MEIJ

Group Chief Executive Officer/ Managing Director

Don is the Group CEO and Managing Director of Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd (DPE), Australia’s largest and first publicly listed pizza chain.

Under his leadership, the Company has grown into a thriving international enterprise with more than 3,800 outlets across 12 markets (Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Japan, Germany, Luxembourg, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia). It is the biggest Domino’s business in the world outside the United States – with seven pizzas sold every second and a net profit of more than $150 million (FY 2020-21).

Don discovered his appetite for the pizza business in 1987 in the small seaside suburb of Redcliffe, Queensland, where he worked part-time for Silvio’s Dial-a-Pizza (Silvio’s) while studying to become a high school teacher. He quickly rose through the management ranks at Silvio’s, which later acquired the Domino’s brand in Australia. In 1996 Don opened his first Domino’s store in Caboolture, Queensland, and within five years he had 17 stores to his name.

In 2001 he used his stores as equity for a stake in Domino’s Pizza Australia Pty Ltd and became Group Chief Executive Officer the following year. In 2003, Don took the Company global by opening the first Domino’s store in New Zealand. In 2005, he led Domino’s to become Australia’s first publicly listed pizza chain on the ASX. In 2006, the Company expanded into France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and the principality of Monaco. It would later add Japan (2013), Germany (2015), Luxembourg (2018), Denmark (2019) and Taiwan (2021) to the portfolio.

In recent years, Don has helped mobilise management teams, franchisees, and team members from across the world to become Domino’s for Good. From expanding the Company’s charitable projects and programs, to working to reduce DPE’s environmental footprint, Don is committed to empowering all levels of the business to ’do the right thing because it is the right thing to do’.

Don is passionate about this exciting new chapter in the Domino’s story and looks forward to continuing to realise the Company’s potential as not only one of the most successful pizza franchises in the world, but also the valuable contribution it can make as a responsible and innovative corporate citizen.