Expert Profile
Thirty plus years senior management experience on unit and corporate / multi unit level with consistently increasing responsibilities.
Proven track record of success in opening / re-opening and operating four and five star properties in Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and Middle East.
A graduate of the Hotel University of Munich, Germany (Hotel Management) and Buxton University, London (BA.Com. Hotel Management)
General Manager in Canada, Africa, (Kenya), the Caribbean & Egypt. Corporate & Unit Director of Food & Beverage in Canada, the Caribbean, Africa and Middle East (Kuwait), Executive Chef in Canada, Bermuda and Caribbean.
Current Client Locations include:
Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Singapore, Dubai, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Nigeria, Egypt, Abu Dhabi , Saudi Arabia
Uganda, Djibouti, Chad, St. Lucia, Tobago
Past Member of the Board of Examiners of Kenya’s Utali Hotel College and the Trinidad & Tobago Hotel Association.
Member of the Hotel, Catering Industrial Management Association,
The Global Hoteliers Club and an Officer of the Chaine des Rotisseurs.
Director, H&T Hospitality
Various hospitality related projects, incl. Food & Beverage projects (remodeling of Kitchens & Restaurants), Human Resource and Training projects, Executive Search & Recruitment, development and implementation of operating policies and procedures, re-opening of seasonal properties.
General Manager Marriott Hotel Karachi, Pakistan
General Manager, Sonesta Hotel Cairo, Egypt
General Manager Golden Tulip Hotel Flamenco, Cairo, Egypt
General Manager, Delawana Inn, Honey Harbour, ON Canada
General Manager, Grafton Beach Resort & Grand Courlan Resort & Spa, Tobago, WI.
General Manager / Dir. Op. Holiday Resort's Ltd. Neptune Hotels, Mombassa, Kenya, Corporate Director Food & Beverage, Safir Hotels Kuwait
Resident Manager, F&B Manager, Inter.Continental Hotel Mombassa & Mount Kenya Safari Club, Nairobi (I.C.H. managed)
Group Director F & B Sonotel International, Nigeria & Kenya (Ogun State Hotel, Abeokuta & Bauchi State Hotel, Diani Reef Hotel, Kenya)
F & B Manager, The St. Lucian Hotel, St. Lucia, WI
F & B / Exec. Manager, Royal Palms Hotel, Cayman Islands
Asst. Innkeeper, Holiday Inn Burlington, ON, Canada
Executive Chef , Halcyon Days Hotel, St. Lucia, W.I.
Executive Sous Chef, Elbow Beach Hotel, Bermuda
Bachelor of Commerce, Hotel Management, Buxton University, UK
Graduate, Hotel University, Munich Germany, (general management, accounting, budgeting, financial controls.)
George Brown College, Toronto, Canada, courses in Hotel & Restaurant Marketing.
Numerous in-house training courses and seminars – “How to Train”, “General Management” “Human Resource Development” etc. during employment with Holiday Inn, Inter.Continental and Kuwait Hotels Company
College of Applied Arts (Food and Beverage) Munich, Germany.
Past Board Member of MUSKOKA TOURISM, Ontario, Canada
Past Director, Hospitality & Tourism Association Trinidad, National Board & Tobago Chapter
Past Active member to establish a Hospitality Training Institute in Tobago
Past Board Member of the Kenya Hotel Association, Sub-committee on Environment
Past Member of the Board of Examiners at Utali Hotel Training College, Nairobi, Kenya
Member Hotel, Catering & Institutional Management Association AHCIMA
Member, Global Hoteliers Club
Officer (Argentier) of the Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs
Current Client Locations include:
Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Singapore, Dubai, Kenya, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Nigeria, Egypt, Abu Dhabi, Saudi Arabia
Uganda, Djibouti, Chad, St. Lucia, Tobago, Qatar
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