Executive Team
DWIGHT FRASER
FOUNDING PARTNER
Dwight’s day-to-day focus is on FMI’s growth in Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell, Panera Bread, Burger King, and Grab ‘N Go convenience stores. Dwight has enlisted great managers, partners and staff and is a firm believer in Lee Laccoca’s philosophy of “surrounding yourself with great people and getting out of their way”. He considers this his best attribute is finding and placing people in positions that greatly benefit themselves and the company.
Dwight began his career with Canadian Retailer, Zellers in 1978. After 12 years in the retail business, he moved into other ventures, always exercising his entrepreneurial spirit. Throughout his career, Dwight has successfully developed and operated several Subway markets, an A&W, Doughnut Shops, Movie Theatres, Kwik Kopy Franchises, and a Championship Junior “A” Hockey Franchise.
Dwight has received national recognition with YUM! receiving the Maple Leaf Award from the President, as well as the Leap Forward Award from Graham Allan. Dwight is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 award recipient for Atlantic and is a Junior Achievement New Brunswick Business Hall of Fame Inductee.
GREG WALTON
OPERATING PARTNER
Greg leads the company through a team of like-minded individuals, eager to succeed. Throughout his career he has been focused on surrounding himself with great leaders who share his vision for excellence. Among his peers and team, he is known for his attention to detail, guest-first mindset, and passion for exemplary performance.
Greg began his career in the restaurant industry in 1997 after graduating from the Business Management program at Atlantic Business College. He joined the YUM system in 1999 as a Restaurant General Manager, transitioning soon thereafter to an Area Coach position responsible for multiple Pizza Hut, Subway and A&W restaurants. In 2004, Greg and Dwight partnered, forming Franchise Management Incorporated, with plans to grow the company beyond the one Pizza Hut restaurant it then held. He successfully led the company's transition from its 2004 status into today’s diverse and extensive business portfolio.
Greg has received multiple awards throughout his career including The Lighthouse for top operations in franchised Canada, the Recipe for Success, The Coach, Highest Sales Growth, Making it Stick, Design & Innovation Award and the Maple Leaf from YUM Canada’s President.
ARLENE DORE
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Arlene serves as Chief Financial Officer of FMI, overseeing the Finance and Legal functions of the business. Along with her colleagues on the FMI Leadership Team, she helps to develop and monitor strategies to ensure corporate goals are achieved. She has a passion for transformational strategic planning and execution, supporting performance optimization across FMI's businesses. Since 2008, she has partnered with others to promote and realize significant growth, both organically and through M&A. Her role spans the full lifecycle, including assessing opportunities, negotiating, raising capital and overseeing due diligence in collaboration with her teams. She also guides domains such as internal controls, corporate governance, risk management and tax strategies for approximately 30 legal entities.
Before joining FMI, Arlene spent 12 years in public practice, serving various sized businesses in an array of industries while developing expertise in leadership, audit engagements, tax compliance and financial analysis. She completed her BBA at UNB Fredericton in 1995, and later earned her CPA designation in 1999.
CHRIS BAIN
Chief Operations Officer
Chris is a proven c-suite executive that leads FMIs Operations and Human Resource functions across the 19 provinces and states in which we trade. After a successful tenure with Yum!, Recipe and Boston Pizza, Chris joined FMI when the company had just over 70 locations and built the Operations team responsible for the explosive growth to 350 and beyond. Chris practices a people-centric approach to leadership, and is a fan of Jim Collins. He believes success is a result of inspired, aligned teams working towards a common goal. This is evidenced by FMIs best in class financial, guest experience and team engagement results.
MATTHEW LEECH
Chief Growth Officer
Matthew divides his time between sales and marketing-focused duties of all FMI brands, as well as managing trade area development and new site selection. He leads a team of talented marketers each dedicated to managing one of FMI’s unique brands. The Marketing Team strives to deliver both short and long-term same store sales growth by offering support to local store marketing, fundraising, media buying, grand openings, and more. His team also manages menu maintenance for many of FMI’s brands. With new site development, Matthew works closely with FMI’s Franchisors, Brokers and Landlords to identify and negotiate on prospective locations. As a member of FMI’s Leadership Team, Matthew participates in corporate goal-setting and strategic planning for each Division of FMI.
After earning his Bachelor of Business Administration from Acadia University, Matthew began his first career with RBC Royal Bank. He joined FMI Group in September of 2009 as their first Marketing Manager, relocating to his hometown in New Brunswick. Matthew has enjoyed the good fortune of growing alongside FMI as they have acquired and built many new locations.