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 was working at Deloitte as a lending officer, and 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Getting it right", Working Lunch, BBC News, 12 June 2006.
  2. ↑ Gurjit Degun, "Fabric nightclub becomes ALMR member", The Publican's Morning Advertiser, 3 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Fabric co-founder Cameron Leslie's licensing hearing speech is now online". Mixmag. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  4. ↑ 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". Business Leader. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  5. ↑ Dave Swindells, "Exclusive: inside Fabric's new club Matter" Archived 2008-08-10 at the Wayback Machine, 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. ↑ "Matter Takes Form: London's Fabric gets a sister club", Earplug, 31 July 2008, archived at the Wayback Machine, 16 September 2008.
  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.
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