GRI Global Committee: Sustainable Hospitality (November edition)
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Committee Members
GRI Global Committee
Sustainable Hospitality Chapter
Adrian
Flueck
Director of Hotel Asset Management
Invesco Real Estate
Alex
Andjel
VP Development
Virgin Hotels
Andrew
Davey
Head of Liability Aware Strategies and Affordable Housing
CBRE Investment Management
Andrew
Miele
Head of Development, Americas
Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas
Arron
Taggart
Head of UK Investment
Direct Lending & Investment Iberia - Real Estate
Benedetta
Cassinelli
CEO & Co-founder
Considerate Group
Carmen
Ng
Director of Sustainability
Langham Hospitality Group
Caroline
Tivéus
SVP, Director of Sustainable Business
Pandox
Catherine
Dolton
VP - Global Corporate Responsibility
IHG InterContinental Hotels Group
Chris
Penn
Co-Founder
Birch
Christine
Marez
Vice President
Cumming Corporation
Cristina
García-Peri
Managing Partner/ Director of Strategy and Corporate Development
Grupo Azora
Daniel
Johansson
Development Director
Cheval Collection
Emmanuel
Dissez
Head of Asset Management
Schroders
Emmanuel
Vallee
Business Development Director
NEOM
Eric
Jafari
Chief Development Officer
Edyn Group
Frank
Croston
Founding Partner
Hamilton Hotel Partners
Gabriel
Gn
SAVP, Group Head of Business Development
Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts
Hans-Peter
Hermann
Senior Director Hotel Investment Management, Europe
MHP Hotel AG
Inge
Huijbrechts
Global SVP Sustainability, Security & Corporate Communications
Radisson Hotel Group
Jan
Hazelton
VP - Global Business & RE Development
Kerzner International
Jens
Blomdahl
Principal
KSL Capital Partners
John
Brennan
Chairman
Amaris Hospitality
Josh
Littman
VP of Development (Europe)
SH Hotels & Resorts
Lissa
Engle
Managing Director
Berkeley Capital Group (BCG)
Marc
Jongerius
Managing Director & Co-founder
Zoku
Marie
Fukudome
Director, Environmental Sustainability
Hyatt Hotels
Marloes
Knippenberg
CEO
Kerten Hospitality
Paolo
Servado
Managing Director
Blackstone
Philip
Nell
Head of Real Return Assets
LaSalle Investment Management
Philipp
Henle
Head of Global Development
Dorchester Collection
Rainer
Stampfer
President - Hotel Operations, APAC
Four Seasons
Rami
Badr
Managing Director
Orion Capital Managers
Susan
Bland
Managing Director
RBH Hospitality Management
Wesley
Paul
Executive Chairman & Founder
NextGEN
Willy
Legrand
Professor, Department of Hospitality Management
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Adrian Flueck
Director of Hotel Asset ManagementInvesco Real Estate
Switzerland
Alex Andjel
VP DevelopmentVirgin Hotels
United Kingdom
With 17 years’ experience in Hospitality and Real Estate , Alex has accumulated a track record in the sector. Currently, Alex is responsible for leading the expansion of Virgin Hotels in EMEA with the first project being VH Edinburgh (opening summer 2021). Virgin Hotels expect to announce a further two to three properties in Europe this year. Prior to Virgin Hotels, Alex was SVP Development at YOTEL, and previously as SVP Development of Orient-Express Hotels Ltd (Belmond) where he managed more than $500 million of acquisition, financing and dispositions of non-core assets. He successfully helped the company transition to third party hotel management agreements with its first hotel being the Belmond Cadogan Hotel.
Andrew Davey
Head of Liability Aware Strategies and Affordable HousingCBRE Investment Management
United Kingdom
Andrew Miele
Head of Development, AmericasSix Senses Hotels Resorts Spas
USA
As Head of Development, Americas, based in Miami, Andrew has responsibility for growing the Six Senses portfolio of hotels, resorts, and spas across the Americas. He believes strongly in the pillars and values of the Six Senses brand, lives by them harmoniously, and applies them to shape how he looks at each new opportunity. As the world recalibrates the focus on well-being and sustainability will no doubt be amplified. Prior to joining Six Senses he spent over 12 years at Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, were he oversaw and lead the growth and due diligence on a number of projects and openings internationally such as, Megeve, Bogota, Sao Paulo, Surf Club (Florida), Los Cabos, Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, and New Orleans.
Arron Taggart
Head of UK InvestmentDirect Lending & Investment Iberia - Real Estate
United Kingdom
Benedetta Cassinelli
CEO & Co-founderConsiderate Group
United Kingdom
Benedetta is Managing Director & Co-founder of Considerate Group a specialist sustainability solutions company that drives responsible management across hospitality businesses.
She has over 20 years’ experience in the travel and hospitality space. Over the past 10 years she has been focusing on developing data technology & sustainability solutions for the sector thanks to her in-depth understanding of hotel operations and challenges as well as their need for technology driven solutions.
Under her leadership, Considerate Group has been awarded two innovation competition grants by BEIS (UK Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy) in technology, which led to the development of their innovative mobile App
Carmen Ng
Director of SustainabilityLangham Hospitality Group
Hong Kong
Carmen leads and drives the sustainability strategy within the Group. She is responsible for a diverse range of sustainability programmes including strategy and policies development, management system, capacity building, stakeholder engagement, communication and reporting. She also believes in sustainability is everyone’s responsibility and her role is implanting this concept like a DNA into every colleague in the company.
Caroline Tivéus
SVP, Director of Sustainable BusinessPandox
Sweden
Catherine Dolton
VP - Global Corporate ResponsibilityIHG InterContinental Hotels Group
United Kingdom
Catherine has been VP, Global Corporate Responsibility at IHG since 2018 she is responsible for overseeing IHG’s corporate responsibility strategy, leads IHG’s sustainability agenda and its global charitable giving and community programme. Previously, she was Head of Investor Relations at IHG, responsible for all activities and communications with investors and sellside analysts globally. She joined IHG in 2001, and spent 5 yrs leading the global hotel audit and EMEA corporate audit teams. Prior to that, Catherine spent 3 yrs with Ernst & Young, in their Consumer Products external audit function. She has a Natural Sciences degree from the University of Cambridge and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of England and Wales.
Chris Penn
Co-FounderBirch
United Kingdom
Chris is a square peg in a round hole. Or used to be. After a career spanning over 20 years in traditional hotels, he joined Ace Hotels to launch them in London. After an amazing journey with incredible people he decided to pursue his own dreams and visions to build hospitality that related to his own perspective and feelings on the world, the mind and humanity. Steel Hotels (still pre live real estate) and Birch are a product of the journey so far.
Christine Marez
Vice PresidentCumming Corporation
USA
Cristina García-Peri
Managing Partner/ Director of Strategy and Corporate DevelopmentGrupo Azora
Spain
Cristina García-Peri is Senior Partner and Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for the Azora Group. Prior to joining Azora in 2011, she worked for 16 years in the investment- banking sector at both Merrill Lynch (2 years) and JP Morgan (14 years), where she held various positions across M&A and Equity Capital Markets, and for 10 year, she was Managing Director responsible for Corporate Equity Derivatives for EMEA as well as Equity Capital Markets for Spain and Portugal. Cristina holds a bachelor degree in Economics from ICADE (Spain) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (USA). Cristina is Board Member at Bankinter, a Spanish IBEX 35 banking institution, where she Chairs the Nominations and Sustainability Committee.
Daniel Johansson
Development DirectorCheval Collection
United Kingdom
Emmanuel Dissez
Head of Asset ManagementSchroders
Belgium
Emmanuel Dissez is Co-Head of Asset Management for Schroders Hotels. Graduated from Ecole Hotelière de Lausanne and with an MBA from Henley Business School, Emmanuel has 30 years of hands-on experience in the hospitality industry in Europe and North Africa.
Prior to joining Schroders 7 years ago, Emmanuel held the position of CEO of CDG Capital Real Estate, the hotels arm of the Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion of Morocco. Prior to this, he held senior positions in hotels Asset Management for leaders in the industry such as Orco Property Group, Vision Hospitality or Westmont.
Emmanuel started his career in hotels operations with IHG and worked and lived in Switzerland, Germany, the UK, Czech Republic, Morocco and Belgium.
Emmanuel Vallee
Business Development DirectorNEOM
Saudi Arabia
Emmanuel Vallee is Director Business development hotels for NEOM (Giga project in North west of KSA: building the city of the future within the Kingdom Vision 2030) in KSA. MBA graduated from IMHI (ESSEC Business School in France) and Cornell University. Emmanuel has 30 years of hands-on experience in the hospitality industry in USA, Middle East, Europe and Africa.
Eric Jafari
Chief Development OfficerEdyn Group
United Kingdom
Eric Jafari is the Chief Development Officer and Creative Director for Edyn Group, a Brookfield subsidiary. Rooted in soulful hospitality, Edyn aspires to create sanctuaries where free thinkers belong through the following hospitality brands: Locke, The Moorgate, The Wittenberg and SACO.
Eric oversees a £1bil+ Pan-European development pipeline at Edyn Group. Eric oversees acquisition, planning, construction, finance, design, F&B and creative direction for all Edyn properties across Europe. The team currently oversees a pipeline of developments and trading assets across the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Portugal.
Eric is the co-founder of edyn, Locke and Birch.
Frank Croston
Founding PartnerHamilton Hotel Partners
United Kingdom
Frank Croston is one of the two founding Partners of Hamilton Hotel Partners. His career progression combines a unique blend of senior executive positions in operations, asset management and strategic advisory services. Prior to setting up Hamilton in 2004 Frank was President UK & Ireland, for IHG; Partner in charge of Hospitality Advisory for Arthur Andersen EMEA and Managing Director PKF. Hamilton recently completed a merger with Pyramid Hotel Group out of the US and the combined group now manages 140 hotels across the US and Europe with AUM in excess of $5bn.
Gabriel Gn
SAVP, Group Head of Business DevelopmentBanyan Tree Hotels & Resorts
Singapore
Gabriel is the Senior Assistant Vice President and Group Head of Business Development of the Banyan Tree Group, which owns both listed and private companies engaged in the development, ownership, and operation of hotels, resorts, spa and galleries, residential homes, and other lifestyle activities around the world.
Gabriel has been with the Banyan Tree group for 10 years and is at the forefront of the group’s strategic global business development efforts, including the group’s recent inroads into Cuba, and establishment of strategic alliances with AccorHotels and Vanke.
He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws Second Class and practised law in Allen & Gledhill LLP prior to joining the Banyan Tree group.
Hans-Peter Hermann
Senior Director Hotel Investment Management, EuropeMHP Hotel AG
Germany
Inge Huijbrechts
Global SVP Sustainability, Security & Corporate CommunicationsRadisson Hotel Group
Belgium
Inge Huijbrechts is Global Senior Vice President Sustainability, Security and Corporate Communications for Radisson Hotel Group – developing the Responsible Business program in the group’s 1,700 hotels in operations and development in 120 countries around the world. Together with her team, she lays out the strategy for Responsible Business from build to operations and keeps the over 100,000 employees around the world engaged in everyday Responsible Business actions.
Jan Hazelton
VP - Global Business & RE DevelopmentKerzner International
United Kingdom
Ms. Hazelton joined Kerzner International in 2017 and is responsible for the growth of the Atlantis and One & Only brands in Europe and the Americas. As a seasoned hotel investment and development executive, her experience includes all aspects of hotel investment including banking, asset management, finance, development, feasibility and investment analysis. She currently has a desire to influence new and existing hotel projects with best ESG practices.
Jens Blomdahl
PrincipalKSL Capital Partners
United Kingdom
Mr. Blomdahl joined KSL Capital Partners in July 2013. Previously, Mr. Blomdahl was an Analyst in the Gaming and Leisure Division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mr. Blomdahl earned his B.S., summa cum laude, from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
John Brennan
ChairmanAmaris Hospitality
United Kingdom
John Brennan is non-Executive Chairman of leading hotel investment and management group, Amaris Hospitality. He is also Founder and Managing Director of Cloudbrook Partners, a boutique investment and advisory firm that provides advice to investors in the hospitality sector. Between 2015 and 2018, John was Chief Executive Officer of Amaris Hospitality which grew to comprise 89 hotels, over 14,000 rooms and 8,000 employees. Established by Lone Star, the business was subsequently sold to a range of international investors realising over €1.7 billion for its owners.
Josh Littman
VP of Development (Europe)SH Hotels & Resorts
United Kingdom
Josh Littman is the VP of Development for SH Hotels & Resorts, responsible for growing the company’s Baccarat Hotels, 1 Hotels and Treehouse Hotels brands throughout the EMEA region. With over 20 years of experience across the hospitality space, from operations to sales & marketing and real estate development, Josh has worked with a variety of international groups, including most recently as Head of Luxury Development in Europe for InterContinental Hotels Group, as VP of Development (EMEA) for Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos and in roles with Kerzner International, PKF Consulting and Mandarin Oriental.
Lissa Engle
Managing DirectorBerkeley Capital Group (BCG)
Portugal
Lissa Engle is Managing Director at Berkeley Capital Group (BCG). BCG is an impact investor and operating partner on regenerative hospitality developments and repositionings across the UK & Europe.
Lissa guides strategic direction of investments, including critical aspects of origination, underwriting, execution and asset management. She serves on several boards including IWBI (WELL) Investing for Health, LEED Existing Buildings Consensus Committee and member of GRESB Foundation RE Expert Resource Group. Prior to CRE, she worked in the US & Europe in Strategy Consulting & Private Equity. She speaks French, German, Italian and holds a BA from Dartmouth College and MBA from INSEAD.
Lissa chairs GRI's Regenerative Hospitality Committee.
Marc Jongerius
Managing Director & Co-founderZoku
Netherlands
I am co-founder and managing director of Zoku, an award-winning hospitality brand that facilitates global living and working for independent traveling professionals. Recognised by Forbes as “one of the 25 coolest hotels in the world,” Zoku’s reinvented apartment-hotel concept in Amsterdam pioneered a new category for the hotel industry. In addition to my role at Zoku, I am a member of the advisory board of a large family office and part of the investment committee of a Mezzanine Investment Fund. I also act as a coach to start-ups, helping to determine the best business models and most effective strategies for talented entrepreneurs to pursue.
Marie Fukudome
Director, Environmental SustainabilityHyatt Hotels
USA
Marloes Knippenberg
CEOKerten Hospitality
Ireland
The award-winning CEO of Kerten Hospitality, Marloes Knippenberg, has established the organization as a disruptive, dynamic international hospitality group dedicated to the management of mixed-use lifestyle developments in key global destinations.
Her journey in the hospitality field started with Hilton where Marloes held senior operational and commercial management positions for over a decade. At the helm of Kerten Hospitality, which she developed and launched with the backing of Kerten, Ireland-based investment vehicle, Marloes has grown the organization’s operational and pipeline portfolio from one brand in one country to 11 aspirational lifestyle-driven concepts in 35+ development projects across 3 continents.
Paolo Servado
Managing DirectorBlackstone
United Kingdom
Paolo Servado is a Managing Director in the Real Estate Group in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2011, Mr. Servado has been involved in analyzing real estate investment opportunities across various property types in both Europe and the United States. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Servado was an Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, where he focused on equity and debt investment opportunities on behalf of their real estate private equity group. Mr. Servado received a BS in Applied Math and Economics from Brown University, where he graduated magna cum laude and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Philip Nell
Head of Real Return AssetsLaSalle Investment Management
United Kingdom
Philipp Henle
Head of Global DevelopmentDorchester Collection
United Kingdom
Internationally experienced hotel development professional with thorough experience in sourcing, evaluating, and successfully negotiating luxury and ultra-luxury hotel and residential real estate deals. Experience in Acquisition, Lease, Management.
Philipp was appointed as Head of Global Development. He joins the brand following seven years with Kempinski Hotels, where he served the last two as Vice President Development Europe, overseeing the development efforts across Europe and the CIS.
A graduate of the École Hôtelière de Lausanne where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management, Henle also holds a certificate in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management from Cornell University in New York
Rainer Stampfer
President - Hotel Operations, APACFour Seasons
China
He holds a BS in Business Management/Tourism from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich. He began his career at Hyatt International with assignments in Hong Kong, Jakarta and Berlin. In 2001, he joined Four Seasons as Food&Beverage Director in Boston. Subsequent to a post as Hotel Manager at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles, he returned to Asia to assume his first General Manager’s role by opening the resort in Koh Samui, Thailand. In 2008, he was promoted to Regional VP, in Bangkok, overseeing the Thai hotel portfolio. He moved to Shanghai in 2011 to open Four Seasons Hotel Pudong while being responsible for a portfolio of Chinese & SE Asian hotels. Since 2016, he resides in Singapore and leads the company’s hotel operations for APAC.
Rami Badr
Managing DirectorOrion Capital Managers
United Kingdom
Rami is a Partner & MD of Orion located in London. Since joining Orion in 2002, he has been involved in acquisitions, asset mgmt and realizations for the Orion European RE Funds across Europe with a particular focus on larger corporate transactions, pan-European portfolios, debt acquisitions, restructurings, hotel & retail investments. This includes active involvement in investments such as Infracity in Stockholm, Puerto Venecia or Sotogrande in Spain, the equity participation in Société Foncière Lyonnaise or the debt acquisition & restructuring of the Spanish company Inmobiliara Colonial. Before joining Orion he was an associate at Arthur Andersen within the transaction support team, advising large corporations on their RE strategies.
Susan Bland
Managing DirectorRBH Hospitality Management
United Kingdom
Formerly Chief Operations Support Officer, Susan moved into the role of Managing Director in 2020 – in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With more than 30 years of industry experience – ten of which have been with RBH – Susan boasts a strong operational background coupled with unrivalled experience in HR and talent development and oversees all operations and commercial activity across the business.
Susan also holds the role of Chair of the Hospitality Employers Group (HEG), which is made up of some of the industry’s biggest global players.
Wesley Paul
Executive Chairman & FounderNextGEN
United Kingdom
Willy Legrand
Professor, Department of Hospitality ManagementIU International University of Applied Sciences
Germany
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Sweden
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A leading hotel property company. Pandox owns and leases out hotel properties to leading hotel operators. Pandox owns a total of 156 hotels with a combined 35,000 rooms in 15 countries. Pandox has an integrated business model and is active throughout the value chain with the goal of offering the most attractive platform for hotel operations.
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United Kingdom
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