Cameron Leslie (businessman) explained

Cameron Frank Leslie (born May 1973) is a London nightclub manager. He and Keith Reilly operate the nightclub Fabric, which they co-founded in 1999.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Leslie has a degree in International Hospitality Management. He worked in five-star hotels and then became a hospitality and leisure consultant with Deloitte.^[3]

In 1999, he started the nightclub Fabric with Keith Reilly. Leslie met Reilly when he, while working at Deloitte as a lending officer, helped Reilly with financing for a night club. As a result of them getting along so well, they partnered up.^[4]

In 2008 they opened a second club, Matter, at the O₂,^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]} which closed in summer 2010.^[11]

In September 2016, Leslie appeared in front of the licensing board to defend Fabric's way of handling drugs and drug dealers at their club.

Notes and References

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/5059884.stm "Getting it right"
2. Gurjit Degun, "Fabric nightclub becomes ALMR member", The Publican's Morning Advertiser, 3 January 2013.
3. Web site: Fabric co-founder Cameron Leslie's licensing hearing speech is now online . 2023-12-26 . Mixmag.
4. Web site: Cook . James . 2023-03-10 . How do you build the world's most famous nightclub? Cameron Leslie tells us the secret to Fabric's iconicism - Business Leader News . 2023-12-26 . Business Leader.
5. Dave Swindells, "Exclusive: inside Fabric's new club Matter", Time Out London, 17 June 2008.
6. Ross McTaggart, "Fabric duo take Matter into their own hands", Music Week, 17 June 2008, archived at the Wayback Machine, 4 October 2008.
7. http://earplug.cc/170365 "Matter Takes Form: London's Fabric gets a sister club"
8. Leonie Cooper, "matter at the O2", Clubs, The Guardian, 12 September 2008.
9. John Hill, "Sound matters", The Wharf, 16 September 2008.
10. Colin Nagy, "PSFK Talks to fabric’s Cameron Leslie", PSFK, 22 September 2008.
11. Will Lynch, "fabric's Cameron Leslie speaks out", News, Resident Advisor, 13 July 2010.