• Leading the design and implementation of the RBH strategy alongside the CEO and other Exco members• Responsible for the performance of the Finance and Business Analysis teams (up to 30 internal team members and c100 team members ‘on property’ at peak)• Involvement in negotiation of significant HMAs and decisions on commercial terms• Key Executive team member in pitching and winning of major contracts including large portfolios• Key liaison with external stakeholders including lawyers, insurers, bankers, auditors, tax specialists• Analysis of RBH performance and potential strategic opportunities• Significant interaction/liaison with key owners and their wider teams• Resolution of material owner issues• Overall responsibility for hotel control environment• Overall responsibility for implementation, and ongoing development, of Cognos Busines Intelligence system• Overall responsibility for reporting performance to 25+ third-party hotel owners• Responsibility for, and line management of, Procurement, Legal and IT teams• Oversight of the Operations/Finance business partnering process as it relates to hotel performance• Seamless integration of two 20+ hotel portfolios into the RBH structure/processes• Full restructure/re-design of the RBH service offering and contract pricing across all functions and related financial performance analysis• Securing CLBILS debt funding• RBH representative on industry panels at International Hotel Investment Forum (Berlin) and Annual Hotel Conference (UK)• Attendance and presentation at all board meetings

• Internal lead on listing-related and transactional requirements• Set up of group structure following third party tax advice • Achieved dual-listing (Luxembourg and Johannesburg AltX)• £110m capital raised and managed (£56m equity and £54m bank debt)• Negotiation of bank facility agreements• Acquired 9 hotels via 6 separate transactions including complex acquisitions out of administration• De-listing and restructuring due to majority shareholder’s preference/offer