About Us

About Us


Introducing HGEM

Our Story

Software with a Service

HGEM has been a pioneer for over 20 years. In 2003, we were the first to use the term ‘mystery dining’ as a specialist form of mystery shopping. It reflected the deeper and longer experiences that are typical in hospitality, as compared with retail. Hot on the heels of the dot.com explosion, we were the first to use the internet to provide next-day reporting.

Fast forward to the mid-2010's, and there are many more ways to gain insights from guests from surveys and reviews. We embraced these and were the first to use the term ‘Guest Experience Management’ (GEM). Our mission was to establish this as a core business discipline for hospitality businesses and to be the best source of expertise and tools. That mission has been achieved.

Now, in the mid-2020s, HGEM's award-winning platform, The Hub, is used by tens of thousands of venues, large and small. Guest Experience Managers with operations and marketing roles use it to engage with guests and gain insights that help them to grow sales.

But our growth is not just fueled by our amazing software. Because working in partnership with our clients comes as standard. We act as an extension to your team, interested in your strategy and playing our part to help you achieve it. It's how we learn and innovate. Many of our team have had careers in hospitality, so we understand the terminology and the challenges. We call this 'Software with a Service' and you won't find it anywhere else.

Let's see what we can achieve together!


Get to know the people behind HGEM

We’re incredibly proud of the work we do with our hospitality clients to improve guest experience through our insights platform, The Hub — but that’s not all we’re about. At our core, we’re a team of people, passionate about exceptional experiences. Check out who we are and why we’re obsessed with hospitality.

Come and meet our team...

Matthew Brunt

Matthew Brunt

Infrastructure Engineer

What's most important to me is keeping HGEM's systems locked down, because that's exactly what keeps our clients' data safe too. 

Paul Pritchard

Paul Pritchard

Senior BI Developer

It’s really important to me that our data is secure and accurate, and that our reporting infrastructure is always reliable and actionable. 

Samantha Grimes

Samantha Grimes

Diner Operations Manager

I love working in such a friendly positive team and speaking with our mystery guests about their dining experiences.

Steven Pike

Steven Pike

Managing Director

It's really important to me that we put our clients in the driving seat and coordinate all our resources in pursuit of your objectives.

Suzi Jordan

Suzi Jordan

Senior Business Development Manager

I enjoy supporting clients to make the most of their guest feedback, identifying key trends to highlight where they can continually improve experiences, so their customers come back time and again.

Lucy Marshall

Lucy Marshall

Client Success Manager

I really enjoy working alongside a wide variety of clients & love helping them track and improve their overall guest experience.

Nick Fisher

Nick Fisher

Diner Support Coordinator

I really enjoy my role as everyday is different and the team are really friendly.

Paul Watts

Paul Watts

Chief Technology Officer

I thoroughly enjoy leading the technical team to create fantastic software that helps our clients have the very best insight into their business.

Jess Ward

Jess Ward

Change Coordinator

I love helping others and solving problems, every day is different and there’s always a chance to learn something new and improve the experience of all users

Harvey Charles

Harvey Charles

Business Development Manager

Getting to the real challenge behind an operator's guest experience is what I enjoy most. From there, it's all about showing them the blind spots HGEM can help them see, and fix.

Darcie Streeter-Oxland

Darcie Streeter-Oxland

Product Architect

I love shaping how our products evolve, sitting between the technical and commercial sides of HGEM. My focus is making sure what we build solves real problems for our clients.

Client Support Coordinator

Client Support Coordinator

Mystery Guest Advisor

I am grateful to have found such a lovely team of people, as they make the work we do fun and enjoyable each and every day.

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Our Mystery Guests

At HGEM we are fortunate to have a fantastic community of mystery guests that we try hard to nurture and support as stakeholders in 'empowering hospitality'. In return, they go the extra mile to provide detailed and practical feedback on their experiences. If you are interested in becoming one of our mystery guests, please go to mysterydining.net.

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