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York, North Yorkshire, Gb

Achievements to date:• Led recovery in post-pandemic company finances.• Steered organisation into new business model.• Successfully led the team in the sale of the Beacon purchasing business.• Developed a strong and effective senior leadership team.• Worked effectively with international colleagues and the brand owner in US.• Developed challenging business objectives and commercial metrics.• Launched a new national brand campaign - Booking Good.• Focussed on company culture and improved internal NPS by 48 points.• Achieved best ever trading profit in 2023

Advised business owners and teams to drive improvement in the financial and operational performance of companies within the hotel and hospitality sectors. Directing activities across all aspects of:• Budgeting and Financial Reporting.• Objective Setting and Payroll Control.• Sales, Marketing and Revenue Management.• Business Acquisition, Set-Up and Disposal.• Leadership, Culture and Values.

Handforth, Cheshire, Gb

Acquired a loss-making hotel from Menzies Hotels, shaping a robust turnaround strategy to return it into above industry norm profitability.• Led a physical redevelopment of the hotel, increasing bedroom capacity. • Established it as an AA 4-star operation and rebranded as a Best Western Plus. • Business was sold in June 2022.

Phoenix, Arizona, Us

Member of the board since 2009, elected Chair in 2017. • Chairman of a leading hotel and purchasing organisation with over 260 hotels in BWGB and 1200 purchasing customers in Beacon. • Collaborated with the CEO to restructure the organisation and implement new strategies.• Supported member hotels and successfully maintained financial stability through the pandemic

Kendal, Cumbria, Gb

Joined the business as a General Manager in 1998 and became the Managing Director in 2003. • Led the strategy to position the business as a top end AA 3-star hotel focussing on the conference and corporate market, leisure and local banqueting.• Repositioned as an AA four-star 100 bed hotel and achieved a 32.4% increase in Average Daily Rate, occupancy of 81.4% and EBITDA of £1.4M.• Orchestrated a successful sale, recognised as the largest and most valuable individual hotel sale that has ever taken place in Cumbria.

• Part of the team of hoteliers who formed the Association.• Led the Marketing Group and had a pivotal role in response to the 2015 floods.

Kendal, Cumbria, Gb

• Contributed to the strategy and delivery for the tourism and visitor economy.• Reviewed the organisation to provide a more sustainable financial business model.

Acquired, managed and eventually sold the hotel achieving a £1.5 million increase in net value.

Management of the hotel and large leisure club facility.