Andrew Baturo is one of Brisbane’s hospitality legends, having been in the industry for over 30 years. He started his hospitality career at Fridays in 1989 with Nigel Kilvington and at 21 was the youngest ever duty manager at Friday’s.

In 2002 Andrew Baturo was the General Manager for the first Wagamama in Australia, part of the team that gained the Aus/NZ franchise rights from over 1700 applicants. In 2003 Andrew travelled to Orlando to be involved in Hospitality and Leadership workshops with elite participants from around the world. Baturo has worked with the best restaurant and retail businesses in the world and spent 4 months in London working with the likes of Ian Neil. During Andrew’s tenure at Wagamama as the Operations Manager he assisted in growing the business to 11 stores Australia wide.

In 2005 Baturo started his own venture, Libertine in Sydney’s Kings Cross. Heading north in 2009 he opened Libertine in the Paddington Barracks (Brisbane). In addition to operating DAP and Co and Libertine, Baturo is also the Director of Naga Thai, located on Brisbane’s iconic Eagle Street Pier.

In 2023, Andrew opened Tillerman Seafood Restaurant in Brisbane’s iconic Riparian Plaza, overlooking the Story Bridge,. In 2025, he revived his hugely popular Naga Thai in Brisbane’s South Bank precinct.