As a collective of hospitality leaders we bring fresh perspectives and challenge existing ones to simplify and streamline future strategy, helping our clients understand and prioritise the options that are available, finding the right balance between short-term improvement measures and setting long term strategic direction.We work with entrepreneurs & executives to solve problems, develop growth initiatives, understand trends, study the market, analyse performance & define brands.Our clients include Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Retirement Villages Group, Melia Hotel Group, Le Pain Quotidien, Peel Holdings, x+why and numerous private investors.www.hrande.comwww.thinkhospitality.co.uk

Hospitality strategist helping brands and owners assess the market, find the right concept positioning and/or operator and chef for the properties through strategic advice and review. Working directly with people on the ground to really implement change in their strategy via partnership with THINK Hospitality.Conference curator & moderator at hospitality and travel industry events around the world. Co-founder of Ideas-Flavours-Experiences and New Baltic Hospitality Forum, the latter was sold in 2022. Advisory board member of the Global Restaurant Investment Forum and co-organiser of Restaurant Marketer & Innovator.Consulting editor for SUPPER Magazine, the international title covering global hotel F&B. SUPPER explores the projects, personalities and products driving the sector and presents these in a quarterly print title, distributed to the industry’s leading figures.Full list of services and projects: www.hrande.com

Headquartered in San Francisco, internationally recognized hospitality consulting and interior design firm, Puccini Group, has been creating restaurants and bars in hotels and luxury resorts with the world’s most respected brands for 20 years.Based in London, I spearheaded Puccini Group’s growth within Europe, Middle East and Africa, identified opportunities for clients and connected them with Puccini Group studios’ resources to produce optimal solutions. Some of the clients that I signed were the Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi, a 5* development on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, the Montcalm Marble Arch in London and Hilton Worldwide.

Held various positions after last rotation with the Financial Analyst Program in New York:- Senior Financial Analyst, EMEA Banking Finance | Feb 2009 - July 2010- Assistant Vice President, EMEA Banking Finance | Aug 2010 - Aug 2011- Vice President, EMEA Corporate & Investment Bank | Sep 2011 - Mar 2013Responsible for Chief of Staff and CAO Office deliverables to management across multiple projects.- Oversaw the entire budget process for fiscal year 2011, coordinated with regional partners across 49 countries and developed a salary module to produce direct expense scenarios for different phases of 2011 Plan- Evaluated performances of all sector and country teams for banking-wide staff restructuring and implementation of new holistic coverage strategy in 2011, 2012 and 2013- Executed on the structural expense elimination effort from Budgetary Plan and held strategic discussions with regional management to validate the proposed steps

Three six-month rotations within the Management team: CFO, Risk Management and Client Strategy