Dugan Aylen
Dugan Aylen

Co-Owner, Director and Head of Franchise Recruitment at The Franchising Centre.


Dugan Aylen is Co-Owner, Director and Head of Franchise Recruitment at The Franchising Centre, Europe's leading franchise consultancy. Dug is also part of the judging panel for the HSBC Elite Franchise TOP 100 (UK) 2023 Awards.



Dugan's passion and focus is on every aspect of solving the problems involved in the franchise recruitment process. For 20 years, he has been advising franchisors as to the best methods of recruiting franchisees, using a unique mix of philosophies, methodologies and advanced technology.


Dugan heads up a team of consultants providing outsourced franchise recruitment services to over 20 franchisors in the UK. This puts him in a unique position of being able to understand what is and what is not working within the franchise recruitment process.