"I
joined the amusement industry because I was disillusioned
with the IT business," he explained. "I was excited
by the development and products coming through especially
due to the advent of Space Invaders and Galaxian which were
launched prior to me joining Bell Fruit."
In 1994, he left Bell-Fruit as its national accounts manager
for special projects in family entertainment centre locations
and joined First Leisure Corporation as operations manager.
His job there was to establish in-house inland amusement operations
alongside its machines director, Glynn Mellor. He was soon
running this operation upon Mellor’s departure to Kunick.
In 1999,
he left First Leisure after the group was split and sold to
Leisure Parcs, Allied Leisure and the remainder to its own
management. Until 2001, he worked as a consultant to purchasers
of the majority of First Leisure's business, excluding Leisure
Parcs.
The Gauselman Group hired Nassir in 2001 as its operations
director. He eventually served as a consultant operating and
running its Spielothek UK arcades and bars until an eventual
buyer was found in 2003. There was a spell as consultant to
the Mexim export and import company until he hooked up with
CVA.
Ghanchi remains confident that his latest role is going to
be beneficial for both parties. On his choice of new employer,
he remarked: "Of all the companies in the industry, I
have long admired CVA; they are well respected, and rightly
so, Terry has put together a great team. They are always so
innovative in their approach and tenacious in their delivery,
the marketing really is second to none. Since I have joined,
I have found it an inspiring and creative environment, every
person in the team is encouraged to come forward with new
ideas."
Terry Farr CEO of CVA said "I have known Naz for many
years, his experience in a variety of different aspects of
the industry will add an extra dimension to our business,
Naz is truly an industry heavy- weight."
