Experience

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  ARH management consultancy

  • Principal Managing Partner

    • May 2022 - Present

    A bespoke consultant for sales, Revenue management, CRM, complimented with Hospitality financial management, Human Resources and Recruitment search and selection service.

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  Global Personnel Solutions (G.P.S.)

  • United Kingdom

  • Managing Director

    • Apr 2017 - May 2022
    • United Kingdom

    Global Personnel Solutions (G.P.S.) are a professional, executive and management recruitment company who successfully operate in the following industries: - Hospitality; Care; Events; Leisure; Finance; Travel and Retail for permanent, temporary and interim positions.With a UK and European network of experienced industry sector specialists who can assist clients and offer bespoke recruitment solutions to the client’s unique requirements; one size does not fit all with us!Our aim is to add value to our client’s businesses by forging genuine partnerships in our relationships through our consultative approach.We are proud to have a substantial, quality client base, gained over the years through our “thinking-outside-the-box” approach to bespoke solutions and our honest and transparent methods of working. Indeed many of our clients used to be our candidates and a good number of our relationships are decades old because we deliver a consistent and professional service, every time.We don’t “work with brands”, we work with people who work inside and outside branded companies, it’s the person2person approach that sets us aside from most other recruitment companies. We work with you, not your logo!We also avoid the “throwing spaghetti at the wall, hoping something sticks” approach of many, we will find the person you are looking for. Professionalism, honesty and integrity are difficult to find in this very populated industry, but if the personal approach with a bespoke solution to your important opportunity is what you are looking for, then set your GPS to gpsuk.org

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  Leisure People

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Director of Recruitment.

    • Jun 2015 - Apr 2017
    • London, United Kingdom

    Leisure People is a specialist recruitment business placing professionals in to mid management to director level roles within organisations across the broad leisure and hospitality industry. Our expertise spanning over two decades ensures our market knowledge and relationships established are unparalleled in the industry. We have successfully been placing high calibre candidates into a range of roles, across a multitude of functions and brands throughout.Our approach is based on honesty and our proven and tested methodology, ensuring we take all the leg work out of recruitment for both client and candidate.The areas in which we work are Hospitality, Health & Fitness, Travel & Tourism, Commercial Leisure and Retail; covering Restaurants, Bars and Pubs, Gyms and Health Clubs, Resorts and Hotels, Retail establishments and commercial leisure properties. The industry is rife with high level opportunities and having established some excellent relationships, Leisure People are fortunate enough to work with some of the UK's most well-known brands in partnering them for their recruitment needs. Our specialist service offerings, include Retained Executive Search, Permanent contingent recruitment enables us to treat each client and candidate uniquely with the only goal of ensuring both expectations are met. Our priority is in sourcing and placing the right people in to the right business, at the right time, to achieve ongoing successful partnerships for those involved. Our Executive Search team allows us to confidentially source integral key hires through networking and utilising our exhaustive contacts established over two decades. Leisure People's Permanent team offers contingency recruitment solutions, delivering exceptional placements for hard to fill, ad hoc vacancies or for mass recruitment campaigns.

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  Berkeley Scott Executive Search

  • United Kingdom

  • Head of practice, - Berkeley Scott Executive search

    • May 2010 - May 2015
    • United Kingdom

    Providing a tailored approach to the Hotel and Hospitality industry, for senior management posts and above to CEO, other board roles and to director level, across all disciplines and divisions.Berkeley Scott Executive Search is the executive search division of Berkeley Scott Ltd.The benefits being part of a larger group are through the economies of scale they provide and the access to cutting edge technology. This affords our business partners an unrivalled service within the market. Berkeley Scott is part of Kellan Group plc, so those people using our services can be assured of our financial stability and be confident in our reputation and professional guarantees.

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  Orange People Solutions Group

  • Senior management and financial recruiter

    • Aug 2009 - May 2010

    Sourcing best people solutions for Hopsitality, Catering and Retail Management and Financial executives.

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  Kerry Robert Associates

  • Managing Consultant

    • 2004 - Jul 2009

    Senior and Executive level recruitment for the International hospitality industry. search and selectiona dn client led assignements for existing and new build and start up enterprises.

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  Stewart Hotel

  • Scottish Highlands

  • owner/Proprietor

    • Dec 2005 - Mar 2007
    • Scottish Highlands

    Owned as family business, A 26 Bed-roomed Hotel, Restaurant and Bar with 5 acres of grounds located in the Scottish Highlands. Traded 11 Months of the year plus Christmas and New Years.

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  St Gregory Hotel, now the Ace Hotel Shoreditch

  • Shoreditch London UK

  • General Manager

    • Nov 2003 - Nov 2004
    • Shoreditch London UK

    Was the pre-opening general manager and project manager for Hotel build, fit out and staffing. opened April/May 2004 and established market presence. (now a Crowne Plaza Franchise) 4 star Hotel 200 bedroom Hotel with full catering services, Roof top restaurant, Bars and conference suites and leisure facilities.

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  Marriott Vacation Club International

  • London, Europe,Middle East, Africa and Asia

  • Director of Revenue Management and product service EMEAA

    • Oct 1999 - Nov 2003
    • London, Europe,Middle East, Africa and Asia

    Responsible for Revenue Management of developing and existing resorts and associated Hotels, and inventory for Rental and sales and owners usage, Managed from a central source for Europe and UK, Middle east and Asia. managed a team of locally based Regional Revenue Managers. Prepared budgets, ongoing sales and segmentation usage of inventory for costs. Prepared feasibility and product assessments on new planned or project resorts.

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  Regal and cOrus Hotels

  • Newbury Berkshire

  • Business Development and group Sales Trainer-Database management

    • Mar 1998 - Oct 1999
    • Newbury Berkshire

    Installed and managed the Goldmine Sales and database management system, rolled out to over fifty sales personal, co-ordinate system synchronization at national and local account management level, regular training courses run and revenue management seminars held, worked with the IT department and national Sales team, and General management.

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  Prologic International (Later Know as Spa@ce)

  • Middlesex

  • Director of Operations

    • Feb 1996 - Feb 1998
    • Middlesex

    Principally involved in the installation and training oh Hotel PMS and Revenue management systems worldwide originally connected to the Accor Group, before becoming independant

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  Choice Hotels International

  • London, United Kingdom

  • General Manager

    • Feb 1994 - Feb 1996
    • London, United Kingdom

    Establish this US Hotel chain in the UK for a master franchisee showcase. which was subsequently taken up Friendly Hotels PLC as the master Franchiser in 1996.

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  Britannia Hotels Ltd

  • Hotel Manager

    • 1993 - 1994

    Opening manager for the International Hotel on March Wall London Docklands 418 rooms plus large CBM and night club with 3 catering outlets

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  Aristel Hotels

  • Operations Director

    • 1990 - 1992

    Operations director for 7 UK hotels.

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  Sarova Hotels

  • General Manager

    • 1984 - 1990

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  Swallow Hotels

  • Front of House Manager

    • 1984 - 1985

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  Hoskyns

  • Support Consultant

    • Dec 1983 - Apr 1984

    Software support to client and planning and delivering instalation of software and hardware and on site training in applications and folow on after "go live" with back up support ongoing

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  edwardian hotels

  • Rooms Divison Manager

    • Jan 1982 - Dec 1983

    Managed the day to day revenue management and rooms allocations and sales to ensure maximised Revenue and Yield.

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  Grand Metroplitan Hotels

  • Manager

    • 1976 - 1982