Cameron Leslie (businessman)

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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. [3]

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