Bob Bowry Email & Phone Number

London Area, United Kingdom

In my current role as Head of Operations with Aspers Leisure and Entertainment in Stratford, I have demonstrated consistently strong leadership, commercial, operational and strategic capabilities at this, the largest multi-site Super Casino and leisure and entertainment venue in the United Kingdom: employing circa four hundred members of staff, and delivering annual revenues in the order of £40 Million (with an EBITDA of c.£10 Million).I am proud of delivering some fantastic results, as a result of a variety of key process improvements: and I also introduced capacity for the premises to act as a venue for competitive socialising, as well as a sports betting arena: raising the legacy Red H&S score to Green.In more day to day terms, I provide commercial and operational leadership for nine Managers, supporting gaming (50 tables), electronic roulette, slots terminals (x150), and cash desk functionalities, as well as hosting three restaurants and bars, guest services, maintenance, security and housekeeping and venue manager services.To find out more, send me an InMail, or contact me at bbowry2@aol.com

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

- Pier Nine is a £6M revenue (£2M EBITDA) AWARD WINNING leisure, entertainment and casino venue, comprising of 3 floors of Casinos (19 tables including Leisure, Main and VIP private casino), Roulette, 3 Card Poker, Black Jack, Dice Ball and Poker, 2 licences containing 40 Slot and 33 Electronic Roulette terminals, 3 bars, a 5 POD restaurant, 6 Competitive Socialising zones (Digi Pool, E Darts, Shuffleboards, Karaoke, Foosball, Arcade games + Mah-jong tables), Live Entertainment and 2 cash desk operations.Key Achievements;- South England Prestige Award winner 2021/22- Managed a successful £5.5M, 4 month refurbishment programme increasing the operation from 2 to 3 floors, recruiting an additional 3 managers (11 in total) and 91 team members (160 in total).- Improved gaming margins from 2 years of decline to top of the company exceeding target.- Increased revenues by 60% across all of the departments- Completed regular presentations to Exec and Board members in the UK and Malaysia.

St Albans, United Kingdom

- Managed a £5M revenue / £1.3M EBITDA, 4 Star, 110-bedroom hotel, comprising of seven meeting rooms, a 250-seat marquee, two restaurants and a health club Key Achievements:- Successfully managed three hotel re-brandings in 15 months from Thistle to The Hotel Collection to Mercure- Significantly increased 5 year EBITDA by 100%- Increased 5 year Occupancy by 8%- Increased 5 year Average Room Rate by 15%- Increased 5 year Rev Par by 26%- Increased 5 year Total revenue by 30%- Increased 5 year Rooms revenue by 26%- Increased 5 year Meeting and Events revenue by 52%- Increased 5 year Food and Beverage revenue by 21%- Increased Health and Leisure club revenue by 33%- Increased 5 year Christmas covers by 385%- Increased 5 year total Weddings by 87%- Secured external Health & Safety audit scores of five greens every year- Achieved finance audit scores of over 80% and service scores of over 80%- Developed four senior managers to move into larger London hotels

Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru And Bolivia

I used this natural break in my employment status to enhance my personal development by travelling to Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Bolivia.A fantastic experience that has enhanced my professional as well as my personal life.

- Managed the second highest EBITDA club in the company of £2.9M consisting of a gym, beauty, food & beverage and clinic with a doctor, physiologists, physios + nutritionists Key Achievements:- Successfully transformed a basic operation into a commercially thriving business - Retained the most members of all the clubs in the company - Received the highest member service score improvements throughout the company - Significantly increased Food & Beverage revenue by 91% year on year - Grew year on year clinic revenue by 48% and Personal Training by 9% respectively - Improved Health & Safety and Administration audits from red to green status

Hatfield + Various

- Managing the company’s flagship club in Hatfield; the largest in Europe, comprising a 21-bedroom hotel, five conference rooms, a health club, crèche, beauty, hairdressers, eight external offices and a head office Key Achievements: - Led club turnaround, elevating it from the worst performing of all 88 clubs to first place by October 10 through delivery of a company balanced scorecard comprising Profit, Net Gain, Secondary Retail, Brand Standards, Health & Safety, Compliance, 90-Day Team Member Retention and Member Retention - Substantially increased hotel occupancy levels 64% to 84% - Significantly improved occupancy of a 5-suite conference facility from 41% to 80% - Improved performance of the Kings Hill club and moved it from 26th to 3rd in rankings via company balanced scorecard - Successfully turned around a 3-year non-performing club in Cheam into a profitable operation and elevated it from 82nd in the chain to 10th via a company balanced scorecard - Supported a successful business to relocation to Teesside and transformed an severely underperforming, culturally poor, club into a thriving and lucrative operation

Mill Hill And Various

Key Achievements:- Managed the most successful club opening to date for the flagship club, Holmes Place Mill Hill East, securing 250 members over the target and subsequently achieved the following from 2004 to 2005: - Awarded Sales Club of the Year for Best Sales in Company (2004) - Increased profit by 12% - Grew number of new members by 16% - Boosted year on year growth in Personal Training performance by 76% - Best performing beauty department in company - Improved employee satisfaction survey score by 15% - Increased positive member feedback by 8% - Successfully oversaw the internal promotion of seven managers - Received club nomination for Company Service Award by Operations Director (2005) - Became one of only three Club Managers to be involved in a nationwide business/management restructure project comprising Operations, HR, Property Directors, Regional Managers and Group Health & Safety Manager - Represented company at Flame Awards and asked to receive an award on behalf of the business

Lutterworth / Various

Key Achievements: - Instrumental in integrating George clothing into the wider Asda business through the creation and implementation of seasonal shops with Home and Leisure in conjunction with the Asda senior team as Trading Manager - Given Oscar for support to stores – Head Office Worker of the Year as Operations Manager - Delivered number one GTM for Cost Centre Management as George Area Trading Manager - Achieved sales of more than £40m as George Area Trading Manager- Delivering highest sales growth in the company during a promotional period as George Area Trading Manager - Awarded Centre of Excellent within eight weeks of managing the new flagship store at Wembley - Delivered a £4.2m turnover at ASDA Southgate despite this being the most challenging store to operate in the company due to local restrictions

Wood Green / Kensington And Ilford

- Successfully managed various stores and departments - Delivered Highest Growth in Region on Home and Leisure - Won Choice Card Employee of the Year- Became the first ever department Trainee Manager to be promoted from Saturday staff

A Levels X4

Activities and Societies: Head Student at School (Elected by 300 Students) GCSE's x8

Ba Hons Leisure Studies, Leisure Management, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Faculty Representative at University (Elected by 2500 Students) Course Representative at University (Elected.