Fri 17th Oct 2014 - Drake & Morgan makes Dylan Murray of Soho House its ops director Drake & Morgan names Dylan Murray of Soho House as ops director: Drake & Morgan, which currently runs seven large-scale bars and restaurants in London, has named Dylan Murray, the UK director of operation at Soho House Group UK, as its own new operations director. Murray has helped Soho House Group UK grow from eight to 17 sites during his time with the company, and leads a team of 17 general managers. Before joining Soho House in 2009 he was managing director of his own business, running a restaurant and two gastro-pubs. Drake & Morgan said Murray's experience meant he would be "well-positioned" to oversee the next stage in the company's growth, which includes two more sites in the first quarter of 2015 alone, one in Regent's Place, the British Land mixed-use campus occupied by more than 12,000 residents and workers in the West End of London and the other in the new AXA Real Estate development on St Pancras Square, King's Cross, which will also be home to Google's new headquarters. Murray, who will report to managing director Jillian MacLean, will be responsible for day-to-day operations, as well as enhancing the service and delivering the planned roll-out for the company. His predecessor, Jason Thorndycraft, was poached by the Luminar Group as its new operations director earlier this month.