Steven Layt

Steve Layt serves as an Executive Partner of Calera Capital.
He brings more than 30 years of global experience in the restaurant industry, including with services and technology supporting the industry.
Steve has held numerous senior executive positions across the restaurant industry during his career, most notably as the President of Applebee’s, the world’s largest casual dining restaurant company with more than $4.5 billion in annual revenues.
Prior to Applebee’s, Steve held other diverse executive leadership positions, including senior restaurant technology roles within YUM Brands as well as its Pizza Hut Division, where Steve assumed operational responsibility for more than 2,500 restaurants across the United States.
A native Australian, Steve received a bachelor’s degree in business from Southern Cross University and in 2015 was named SCU’s Outstanding Alumnus of the Year.
Steve is also an FAA (US) licensed pilot and a former Rescue Crew Officer with the Australian State Emergency Services.
In this role, Steve was a recipient of the prestigious “Premiers Award” for his extraordinary contributions as a first-responder to one of Australia’s worst transport disasters in 1989.
Steve is also an internationally certified Executive Performance Coach and a holder of the “Seven Seals Award” from the US Department of Defense in recognition of his support of US Military members.