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We Are   
Hotelitarians®

We’re hotel people—Hotelitarians—a team of curious, courageous thinkers and doers dedicated to helping your business thrive. As Hotelitarians, we have strategically built our reputation on relationships.

Our relationships with our guests are emotional.
Our purpose is for guests to feel better about themselves when they leave our property than they did upon arrival. We provide our guests with a spectacular place to sleep and eat, and strive to ensure every service interaction is handled with warmth, care, passion, and excellence, bringing a real sense of belonging to anyone crossing our threshold.

Our relationships with our Hotelitarians are cultural.
Our corporate and property level culture is comprised of dedicated, compassionate, enthusiastic people who take ownership and act in the best interest of our guests. We treat every team member with dignity, respect and equal opportunity, and we are proud to be as widely recognised for our industry-leading culture as we are for our commercial expertise.

Our world-class global partners continuously share best practices, so everyone gains insight into the cultures, styles, and trends of countries in which we work, live and play. By leveraging expertise across the globe, our entire global team becomes more inquisitive, more imaginative, and more innovative than they ever believed possible.

Meet our team. We are HOTELITARIANS.

Global Partners

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Euan McGlashan

Global Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Following an award-winning career in luxury, resorts, independent and branded hotels, Euan formed Valor Hospitality Partners in 2012 with longtime friend and business partner Steve Cesinger. Since then, Euan and his dynamic team have executed on many distressed property turnarounds, new builds and re-brandings, resulting in a highly-regarded reputation for the quality of the Valor execution both commercially and culturally.

In 2013, Euan and Steve purchased a U.K. operating platform, which today operates 36 hotels and resorts throughout Great Britain. Utilizing their unique brand of culture and results delivery, highlights of the U.K. work includes taking an IHG portfolio of underperforming U.K. hotels to the number one operated franchise portfolio in Europe and throughout the entire estate; project managing multi-million pound renovations, upgrades, rebranding; and the concepting and development of ‘High Street Retail’ themed restaurants within select Hilton Hotels. In 2013, Euan formed PMR Hospitality Partners in Cape Town, South Africa with lifelong friends, Tony Romer-Lee and Michael Pownall, creating a bespoke, unique, full-service management company targeted at filling a huge need gap in the Sub-Saharan African hospitality market. In 2018, PMR became Valor Africa & Middle East turning Valor into what is now referred to as Valor Global with new office openings in Bangkok, Thailand and Dubai.

Euan’s vision for a truly bespoke global management company sharing resources, skills, and strategic thinking, as well as internally-created operating systems, procedures and guidelines which Reimagine Hospitality has come to life with Valor Global now managing, asset managing advising, or consulting on over 80 projects around the world.

emcglashan@valorhospitality.com

Euan McGlashan

Global Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

Steve Cesinger

Global Co-founder & Chief Capital Officer

Steve Cesinger has over 40 years of experience in private equity, corporate finance, investment banking, distressed/workouts, treasury and operations, including a principal focus over the last 20 years in commercial real estate and hospitality. Since forming Valor with long-time friend and colleague Euan McGlashan, Steve has advised on client portfolio acquisitions and financings for more than twenty hotels representing over $1.5 billion in transaction value.

Previously, Steve oversaw treasury, asset management and private equity operations for the Dewberry Capital, an Atlanta based firm whose $500 million+ investment portfolio included hospitality, office, retail, and multi-family properties. Steve’s extensive investment banking experience encompasses a variety of industries, with notable transactions involving leading consumer facing companies such as Little Tykes, MGA Entertainment, Bumble Bee Seafoods and Whole Foods Markets. Steve has arranged mergers, acquisitions and public and private debt and equity financings, both as principal and agent, representing over $4 billion in aggregate value, including over $1 billion of debt restructuring and distressed transactions.

scesinger@valorhospitality.com

Steve Cesinger

Global Co-founder & Chief Capital Officer

Brandon Hatfield

Global Principal & Chief Investment Officer

Brandon has over 20 years of corporate finance, treasury and operations experience, including a principal focus over the last 15 years in commercial real estate and hospitality.

Prior to joining Valor Hospitality, Brandon was Senior Vice President, Finance with Dewberry Capital Corporation, where he oversaw all asset management functions and was directly involved in the proposed conversion of a historic office building in downtown Charleston, SC into a 155 room independent luxury hotel.

Previously, Brandon served as Senior Financial Analyst with Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, where he was responsible for the preparation of equity fund returns and fund composites for the U.S. equity business, which had approximately $17 billion in assets under management.

bhatfield@valorhospitality.com

Brandon Hatfield

Global Principal & Chief Investment Officer

Tony Romer-Lee

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Africa & Middle East + CIS

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 luxury hospitality, Tony is known as one of the leading independent hoteliers in Southern Africa.

Now in a partnership with his old friends and colleagues Euan and Michael, Tony leads Valor Hospitality Africa with the goal of becoming one of Africa’s most well respected and highest performing hospitality development, consulting and management companies. Tony has three daughters and lives in Cape Town with his family.

tony@valorhospitality.com

Tony Romer-Lee

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Africa & Middle East + CIS

Michael Pownall

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Africa & Middle East + CIS

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 the USA in 2001 to become Managing Director of the recently aquired Keswick Hall Estate. Following a successful repositioning of the acclaimed hotel, golf club and luxury residential estate, Michael was offered the highly prized role of Chief Executive of Sandy Lane Resort, Barbados in 2005, overseeing many property initiatives and the hosting of the World Cup of Golf Championships. Late 2008 the family returned to Capetown when Michael was recruited to became the regional Managing Director for Taj Hotels, Palaces and Resorts, opening the Taj Capetown in 2010. Michael was a founding partner of Valor Africa (formerly PMR Hospitality) with Tony and Euan in 2013, seeking to be the leading hospitality management company in the region. Michael is based in Capetown, happily married to Caroline with three children, Tom,Hannah and Rebecca.

michael@valorhospitality.com

Michael Pownall

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Africa & Middle East + CIS

Julien Bergue

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Middle East + CIS

Originally from Mauritius, Africa, Julien has been in the hospitality industry for 20 years and has dedicated his career towards hotel project development for the past 17 years. During this time, he has been part of the development of various internationally recognized luxury hotels and mixed-use developments, which are some of the most iconic properties in the world.

Julien has over 17 years of international expertise directing significant mixed-used development, new hotel development and refurbishment projects for both new and established luxury projects in countries across the Middle East and Europe, including the One & Only Hotel & Resort, Armani Hotels, the Address Hotels & Resorts, Nikki Beach Hotels & Resorts, and SLS Hotels Dubai.

Julien is a driven leader with exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, creating value through ensuring adherence to operational and functional guidelines and brand standards during development, accelerating project deliverables, maximizing asset design development, mitigating investment cost and optimizing return on investment whilst accomplishing project objectives. Julien is an accomplished hotel individual poised to lead Valor Middle East.

jbergue@valorhospitality.com

Julien Bergue

Co-founder & Managing Partner, Middle East + CIS

Brian McCarthy

Managing Director, UK & Europe

Brian has over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Educated in Ireland, he is a graduate of the Galway Hotel School. Brian spent many of his formative years with Millennium and Copthorne Hotels, including time as General Manager of the Copthorne Hotel Cardiff. He then took a change in direction and spent several years in the health and fitness industry, which included the role of Operations Director for Esporta Health Clubs. From there he went to De Vere and was COO of De Vere Hotels and Village Urban Resorts.

Brian has experience in both public and private equity funded companies and most of his career has been spent in multi-site roles with lots of experience in new openings and repositioning projects. Brian is the first Managing Director of Valor Hospitality Europe and shares the same desire as its founding partners and his European team, to create and maintain a leading management company, recognized for the quality, energy and engagement of its employees.

brian.mccarthy@valoreurope.com

Brian McCarthy

Managing Director, UK & Europe

McLean T. Wilson

Global Partner

McLean T. Wilson is a principal of Kemmons Wilson Companies, and in that role he provides oversight to the company’s hotel and real estate development interests.

He is President of Valor Hospitality Partners, our hotel management company based out of Atlanta, as well as the Chief Investment Officer of Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners, a hotel fund. And for the better part of the past decade, McLean co-led the redevelopment efforts of the 1.5 million square foot and $250 million Sears Crosstown Redevelopment Project in Memphis, now known as the award-winning Crosstown Concourse.

McLean’s professional board involvement includes Valor Hospitality Partners, Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners, as well as Billy Reid. He is also a former board member of the InterContinental Hotel Groups Owner’s Association, and was previously a chairman of the Revenue Performance Committee and Holiday Inn Committee (IAHI).

mwilson@kwilson.com

McLean T. Wilson

Global Partner

Kem Wilson III

Global Partner

Kemmons ‘Kem’ Wilson, III joined KWC in 2005 as a Principal. He is currently the President of Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partner Funds.

After college Kem grew his investment experience as a research analyst for a hedge fund of funds and as a financial analyst for an investment consulting firm.  He then spent two years working with the disabled community at a 501(c)(3) where he gained some invaluable life skills.

For his first couple years at KWC, Kem’s primary focus was on the company’s private investment endeavors.  He then transitioned to help build out KWC’s wealth preservation  functionality by focusing on the individual marketable securities portfolios for the family and a selection of Wilson-related corporate & charitable entities. With over 20 years of investment experience, Kem’s expertise in private equity initiatives and hospitality investment opportunities is instrumental throughout the KWC portfolio.

In addition to his seat at KWC, Kem serves on the Boards of Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Valor Hospitality Partners, Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners, Peak + Energy Solutions and Wilson Investment Management. He is actively involved in philanthropy as Chairman of the Board for Repairing the Breach and serves on the Board of Trustees for Furman University where he is the current Chairman of the Investment Committee.

Kem holds a BA in Business Administration from Furman, a Master of Management in Hospitality from Cornell and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell.

kwilson3@kwilson.com

Kem Wilson III

Global Partner

Tapan Piplani

Partner & Chief Operating Officer

Tapan's hotel management studies were completed at the world-renowned Oberoi Centre of Learning & Development in India, followed by Certification in Hotel Real Estate and Revenue Management from Cornell University (USA) & the Revenue Academy UK. His successful hotel management career has demonstrated his very strong leadership abilities, with proven expertise in managing all aspects of various luxury hotel operations, training and developing staff, overseeing annual budgets, and implementing successful sales strategies.

Tapan has won numerous awards for hospitality assets under leadership including a "Best Hotel in the World" honour whilst with Oberoi Hotels. He has successfully opened two international hospitality projects on-schedule, working closely with asset owners, operators, licensing authorities, and various contractors.

Tapan is an accomplished and goal-orientated professional. He joins the Valor team as Regional Operations and Business Development Director in the Middle East. He is based in Dubai with his wife and two young children.

tpiplani@valorhospitality.com

Tapan Piplani

Partner & Chief Operating Officer

Regional Team

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Moira Laird

Global Human Resources Director

Specialising in human resources for the last 30 years, Moira is an award-winning hospitality graduate from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. With over 32 years of hospitality experience, Moira is a key member of the UK and Valor Global executive team, and is responsible for global HR activity, bringing operating standards, HR management systems and parity across all hotels. As a driver of change and innovation, Moira continues to reimagine the human resources strategy as it evolves and aligns to support the business objectives. Our culture as Hotelitarians and employee engagement are at the heart of all that we do. This is our differentiator where Valor Hospitality Partners continues to be recognised as one of the best hospitality companies to work for globally. This resulted in Valor Hospitality Europe receiving a prestigious accolade within the industry, winning Best Employer at the Catey Awards.

Moira has played a major role in the restructure and repositioning of the organisation during previous company takeovers, and to Valor Hospitality Europe where she helped to realign and support the business merger initially from a PLC structure and between private equity ownership.

Moira’s accolades include national training award winner, Best Employer in Hospitality, and Catey winner. She has previously judged Catey awards and other industry people awards. She is an active member of the Hotel Employers Group.

moira.laird@valoreurope.com

Moira Laird

Global Human Resources Director

Paul Nisbett

Chief Financial Officer, EMEA

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 transition from Barceló to Puma Hotels Collection.

Whilst in this role, Paul was instrumental in establishing a focused entrepreneurial management team and repositioned the Hotel Collection as a leading four-star provincial hotel company.

Prior to joining the Hotel Collection, Paul spent four years at Principal Hayley Hotels, initially as Chief Operating Officer and then as Special Projects Director. This was preceded by five years as Commercial and Finance Director at Malmaison and Hotel Du Vin Hotels where he developed a six hotel, £150m business into a 28 hotel, £500m business in five years.

Paul’s earlier career included positions with Le Méridien Hotels, Forte and Hilton.

paul.nisbett@valoreurope.com

Paul Nisbett

Chief Financial Officer, EMEA

Casey Crowley

Director of New Builds & Transitions

Casey joins Valor with over 26 years of hospitality experience. Prior to joining Valor, Casey worked for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in various executive leadership roles in the key cities of New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Atlantic City. Most recently, Casey served as Operations Manager for the new builds and transition team where he assisted in opening both full and select-service hotels for multiple Starwood brands.

Casey has a strong background in all aspects of operations, and he is a certified black belt in Six Sigma. At Starwood, he was a member of the Lean Hotel Operations Team, as well as a member of the Food & Beverage Council. Casey operated hotels under numerous brands, including Sheraton, Westin, W Hotels, Aloft Hotels and Four Points where he worked in many different markets including convention, airport hotels, downtown and resort properties.

Casey holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from Providence College.

ccrowley@valorhospitality.com

Casey Crowley

Director of New Builds & Transitions

Brian Lanham

Special Projects Manager

Brian joined the Valor team in August 2017 as Special Projects Manager. He possesses more than 15 years of hospitality experience in various roles and has a Bachelor's of Science degree in Business Management.

Beginning in August 2002, he joined Euan McGlashan at Barnsley Gardens Resort as a Guest Services Representative. Soon after joining Barnsley, Brian was promoted to a role assisting Euan with special projects and initiatives at the property. He also has experience with event planning, catering, and private country club management.

Brian’s role as Special Projects Manager at Valor focuses on the successful execution of tasks necessary to prepare new hotel properties for opening under Valor management. Brian utilizes exemplary communication and software skills to track project tasks and keep the team as a whole connected.

blanham@valorhospitality.com

Brian Lanham

Special Projects Manager

Michael Bulgarelli

Director of Hotel Accounting

Michael joins Valor with over 29 years of Finance and Operational experience ranging from small private clubs to large, complex resorts as well as centralized corporate management experience. His successes have centered on focusing to create value in hospitality assets by conceiving and executing innovative strategies to drive revenue and EBITDA through a unique combination of expertise in finance, operations and sales and marketing. Michael started his career working in the highly complex and regulated Casino industry in Atlantic City, NJ, working his way quickly through the finance ranks, and after working at various resorts including the Boca Raton Resort & Club, Ostego Club & Resort and helped guide the sale of PGA National Resort to a private equity firm for a then record price for Palm Beach County, FL. After the sale, he moved into the corporate realm, guiding the finance team at Becker Lodging, Driftwood Hospitality and Pyramid Hotel Group. While at Becker, he oversaw the sale of The Paramount Hotel in NYC and while at Driftwood and Pyramid, he oversaw countless sales, purchases, receiverships and refinances with complex debt covenants and significant financial restrictions.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Accounting from Villanova University. Michael was born and raised in the Philadelphia area and is a lifelong Philadelphia sports fan. On his days off, he enjoys golfing and going to the beach and is also involved in volunteer work with his local food bank and animal rescue.

mbulgarelli@valorhospitality.com

Michael Bulgarelli

Director of Hotel Accounting

Karli O’Sullivan

Accounting Assistant

Karli joined the Valor team in October 2022 supporting the Corporate Accounting team. She obtained her Bachelor of Science Degree from Kennesaw State University in Culinary, Sustainability, and Hospitality in December 2019 and is excited to finally be in the hospitality industry. In her free-time, she loves playing with her dog, making candles, and spending time with family.

Karli O’Sullivan

Accounting Assistant

Annie Greenwood

Executive Assistant to the CEO & Head of Office Management and Leadership Engagement

agreenwood@valorhospitality.com

Annie Greenwood

Executive Assistant to the CEO & Head of Office Management and Leadership Engagement

Tomas Kastberg Andersen

Regional Director of Operations, Middle East + CIS

With nearly 30 years of practical experience in some of the finest properties such as the Connaught, Berkeley and Stafford Hotels in London, Huka Lodge in New Zealand and ECHO Resorts in Sabah Borneo, Tomas is well poised to oversee the operations of Valor Asia. Tomas has a proven and solid 5-star hotel and resort upbringing with both branded and independent properties all around the world. Besides a sound operational understanding, Tomas brings with him the cultural knowledge of what it takes to successfully manage a multi-national human resource from around the world.

In January 2000, Tomas joined the famous Huka Lodge in New Zealand as General Manager. Huka Lodge is consistently rated amongst the best small luxury resorts in the world, and its attention to detail is second to none.

In 2009, Tomas began a new position which brought he and his family to East Malaysia. For the next nine years, he oversaw the operation of three luxury island resorts off the coast of Kota Kinabalu under the banner ECHO Resorts. Tomas also acted as the spokesperson for all sustainable practices within ECHO Resorts, especially the Marine Ecology Research Centre.

Having worked with different owners for the past 20 years, Tomas has learned the art of listening, negotiating and carrying out difficult tasks on behalf of owners. Harnessed with all this experience and understanding the importance of running a business on behalf of owners, as well as appreciation for staff and their different cultures, Tomas leads the Valor Asia operations.

tkandersen@valorhospitality.com

Tomas Kastberg Andersen

Regional Director of Operations, Middle East + CIS

McLean T. Wilson

Global Partner

McLean T. Wilson is a principal of Kemmons Wilson Companies, and in that role he provides oversight to the company’s hotel and real estate development interests.

He is President of Valor Hospitality Partners, our hotel management company based out of Atlanta, as well as the Chief Investment Officer of Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners, a hotel fund. And for the better part of the past decade, McLean co-led the redevelopment efforts of the 1.5 million square foot and $250 million Sears Crosstown Redevelopment Project in Memphis, now known as the award-winning Crosstown Concourse.

McLean’s professional board involvement includes Valor Hospitality Partners, Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners, as well as Billy Reid. He is also a former board member of the InterContinental Hotel Groups Owner’s Association, and was previously a chairman of the Revenue Performance Committee and Holiday Inn Committee (IAHI).

mwilson@kwilson.com

McLean T. Wilson

Global Partner

Kem Wilson III

Global Partner

Kemmons ‘Kem’ Wilson, III joined KWC in 2005 as a Principal. He is currently the President of Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partner Funds.

After college Kem grew his investment experience as a research analyst for a hedge fund of funds and as a financial analyst for an investment consulting firm.  He then spent two years working with the disabled community at a 501(c)(3) where he gained some invaluable life skills.

For his first couple years at KWC, Kem’s primary focus was on the company’s private investment endeavors.  He then transitioned to help build out KWC’s wealth preservation  functionality by focusing on the individual marketable securities portfolios for the family and a selection of Wilson-related corporate & charitable entities. With over 20 years of investment experience, Kem’s expertise in private equity initiatives and hospitality investment opportunities is instrumental throughout the KWC portfolio.

In addition to his seat at KWC, Kem serves on the Boards of Holiday Inn Club Vacations, Valor Hospitality Partners, Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners, Peak + Energy Solutions and Wilson Investment Management. He is actively involved in philanthropy as Chairman of the Board for Repairing the Breach and serves on the Board of Trustees for Furman University where he is the current Chairman of the Investment Committee.

Kem holds a BA in Business Administration from Furman, a Master of Management in Hospitality from Cornell and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell.

kwilson3@kwilson.com

Kem Wilson III

Global Partner

Michela Trolese

Commercial Manager

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 revenue generating projects, and preparing the annual budget. She also worked closely with the Sales and Marketing team on targeted campaigns.

These experiences have honed an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of the global, national, regional and local political and economic markets, demand generators, and opportunities for optimizing revenue growth in the hospitality sector.

michela@valorhospitality.com

Michela Trolese

Commercial Manager

Joep Schoof

Director of Operations

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 a love this continent. Joep’s career in the hospitality industry has seen him specialising in restaurant projects, F&B management, hospitality real estate and hotel management. These roles were completed at a variety of companies, such as the Arabella Sheraton Westin Grand, Pam Golding Hospitality and the Table Bay Hotel, which included the opening of the Maslow Hotel in Johannesburg. Joining Valor South Africa from day one, he was first involved as GM for Spier in Stellenbosch before heading up operations for Valor which included the opening of the first voco in Africa in Johannesburg.

Joep lives in Cape Town with his wife, Samantha, and two daughters, Natasha and Isabella and enjoys sailing the oceans, as well as trail running in the mountains.

joep@valorhospitality.com

Joep Schoof

Director of Operations

Christina Christodoulou

Projects & Quality Assurance

Christina grew up in Port Elizabeth where her hospitality roots were established as she helped in the family business. After graduating from UCT in ballet, where she pursued her passion for dance and a short stint working for a tour operator, she joined Cape Grace as a guest liaison. During her time there, she oversaw the full refurbishment programme and the building of the Spa. She was also part of the team which won Cape Grace Conde Nast Traveler’s Best Hotel in the World in 2000.

In 2008, she joined the opening team of One & Only Cape Town as EAM Rooms where she was instrumental in realizing international brand expectations in the South African environment. From 2010, Christina has been acting as an independent consultant to a number of projects and she is currently working on several projects for Valor Hospitality Africa.

christina@valorhospitality.com

Christina Christodoulou

Projects & Quality Assurance

Trish Humby

Business Manager

Trish started her career in the financial field, which changed when she joined the Southern Sun Group of Hotels. In 1995, she joined the Cape Sun InterContinental team where she worked with Michael Pownall. During her time, she played an instrumental part in rebranding the hotel. During this rebrand, she found herself heading up the external catering contracts for the Southern Sun Group. Her dedication to projects saw her head the Southern Sun-Nederburg contract, which led to the opening of her own event company, specializing in large events.
In 2012, Trish joined Michael Pownall at the Taj Hotel in Cape Town, and continued to drive various projects under his leadership. Then in 2016, Trish joined Valor Hospitality Africa as part of the business development team and support role for the partners. Her tenacity for procedures and systems ensures she delivers the best to the team.

In her off time she loves the outdoors, travel and spending time with family and friends

trish@valorhospitality.com

Trish Humby

Business Manager

Barry Ross

Human Resources Manager

Barry has known that the hospitality industry was where he should be since attending a career guidance event given by an “Old Boy” of the school he attended in King Williams Town, in the Eastern Cape. Barry has worked in Human Resources at both Group (Sodexo Southern Africa and Legacy Hotels & Resorts) and at Unit level, as Human Resources Manager at the prestigious Cape Grace Hotel. It was here that he rediscovered the “old-school” hospitality that he had dreamed of as a hotel school student. He still loves rolling up his sleeves and becoming “operational.” Barry's work passion lies in the areas or Organisational Development and Leadership.

Barry also holds a National Diploma - Hotel Management, a Bachelor of Commerce (Industrial Psychology and Business Management) and a post-graduate diploma in Futures Studies.

barry@valorhospitality.com

Barry Ross

Human Resources Manager
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