Last month, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, in association with Britvic Soft Drinks, revealed this year's list of the 100 most influential people in our industry. In the final article of our series analysing the top people by sector or discipline, Chris Druce looks at the biggest names in contract catering.

No surprise then that Richard Cousins, the group chief executive of the UK's largest contract caterer, Compass, has retained the top spot in this sector for the second year running and actually climbed up the overall top 100 from eighth in 2010 to sixth this year. Chris Stern, managing director of the Stern Consultancy, says: "It's inevitable and right that the Caterer and Hotelkeeper 100 features numerous people from Compass, as the world's largest caterer. It also helps that they are refocusing since the arrival of Ian Sarson and have some terrific initiatives on the go."

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