Former President, CEO – The Leading Hotels of the World

I have had a wonderful 40-year career in the global hospitality industry in North America, Hawaii, and Asia Pacific driving unit and company growth with some of the most prominent brands in the world. I have been engaged in revitalizing business units and creating new organizations to generate greater enterprise value through organizational alignment, development and execution of revenue and unit growth strategies, restructure resources, and improve operating efficiency. I have taken part in the development of many landmark hotel projects. I have guided companies through crisis and survived to see better markets. I have achieved many successes as well as learned many difficult lessons through failures. I have enjoyed the business relationships I have developed with many hotel owners, business partners, and colleagues. I am equally proud to have contributed to the careers of the people I have led.

I was especially excited about the opportunity to lead The Leading Hotels of the World for ten years. The unique ownership structure, global scale, and truly world class properties attracted me to this. I am most grateful to have the opportunity to create the right strategic business model for this 90+ year old institution through collaboration and individualization. I was able to broaden my perspectives by working with many European hoteliers and businesses.