Michela Trolese
Michela’s career began at Sun International’s legendary Sun City Resort in South Africa’s North West Province where her passion for hospitality was truly ignited. Between 2011 and 2014, Michela held the position of Revenue Manager at One & Only Cape Town where she was responsible for maximising revenues through analytical evaluation of market conditions, driving […]
Mike Devereux
Michael Devereux is Chief Development Officer of Valor Africa. Michael’s specialty is hotel acquisitions and development in the Sub Saharan and Indian Ocean region. Within his over 30 years of experience in the hotel industry, Michael has held roles in hotel operations, project design, turnkey developments, consultancy, and corporate development strategy. Prior to InnSight Advisory, […]
Joep Schoof
Joep was born in the Netherlands, starting in the hotel trade at a young age, prior to completing his degree at the International Hotelschool in Leeuwarden. As part of this education, he completed his management traineeship at the then Dutch owned the Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, South Africa, which is where he discovered […]
Paul Nisbett
Paul Nisbett is a high-performing senior hotel executive with over 20 years in the industry and a proven track record in the management and construction of financial services. Paul recently held the role of CFO of the Hotel Collection from April 2012 till February 2015, and was appointed as acting CEO to manage the group’s […]
Michael Pownall
After receiving his Hotel management degree and growing his early management career within several of the UK’s leading luxury hotels, Michael first emigrated to Cape Town in 1995, joining Southern Sun hotels.In 1998 he became General Manager of the iconic Mount Nelson Hotel, owned by Orient Express Hotels. Staying with Orient Express, Michael moved to […]
Tony Romer-Lee
Since graduating in Hotel Management, Tony held General Manager positions with several industry icons such as Singita, Cape Grace; One & Only Cape Town; and most recently, serving as CEO for the Collection by Liz McGrath, with responsibility for three Relais and Chateaux Hotels in Cape Town, South Africa. After more than 25 years in […]