Don Meij
Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director
Don commenced his career as a delivery driver for Silvio’s Dial-a-Pizza in 1987 and became a store manager in 1989. Don became Director of National Operations between 1991 and 1993 for Silvio’s Dial-a-Pizza. In 1993, when Silvio’s Dial a-Pizza acquired Domino’s in Australia, Don became General Manager of Domino’s Pizza. In 1996 Don became a Franchisee and built a network of 17 stores, before vending his stores into Domino’s Pizza in 2001. Don became Chief Operating Officer of Domino’s Pizza in 2001 and Chief Executive Officer in 2002.
Don has won a number of international Domino’s awards, notably, 1996 International Manager of the Year and in 2004 the Chairman’s Award, for Outstanding Leadership in Domino’s Pizza in the worldwide network. Don’s Industry Awards also include the 2002 Qld Retail Franchise Qld Australian Institute of Management (AIM) Professional Manager of the Year 2004, and The Ernst & Young Australian Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2004.