He is the chairman and CEO of Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), a contract catering company, which he founded in 2000.
[1] Storey was born in January 1953,[2] in the village of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire,[3] the son of a chartered accountant father who retired at 86.
[4] He was educated at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen, followed by a bachelor's degree in hospitality and catering management at Strathclyde University, although he originally wanted to go to art school.
[5][6] In 2012, Storey was ranked first in the Caterer and Hotelkeeper 100 list of the most influential people in the British hospitality industry, ending celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's two years at number one, and the first time the top position was given to someone in contract catering.
[8] Storey was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to the hospitality industry.