BACK ROW L-R: Executive assistant to GM Sothanee Boonvanit; director of engineering Andre Brinckman; security manager Khalid Khalil; director of revenue Jimmy Jacob; executive chef B.Pathmanathan. FRONT ROW L-R: Director of finance Parag Varshney; HR manager Jergen Arnade; director of rooms Rorie Ylagan; GM Scott Mawhinney; director of F&B Simone Stanco; hygiene manager Shahul Hameed and DOSM Stefan van der Kruyf.
Meet the team
Scott Mawhinney, general manager
Canada-born Scott Mawhinney brings more than three decades of international hotel experience to Dusit Thani Abu Dhani having worked across Asia, Europe, North America, South Pacific and the Middle East. Most recently, he was MD of Thailand-based Nine Star Asia Company. In the region, he was on the management team for the opening of the Al-Hosn Palace in Muscat, Oman and was on the pre-opening team of the Burj Al Arab Dubai.
Simone Stanco, director of food & beverage
Italian national Simone Stanco joined Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi from his role as F&B director at Moevenpick Hotel Jumeirah Beach, which he had occupied since the hotel’s preopening. Stanco’s career has taken him across Kazakhstan, California, London and Germany in F&B roles.
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Stefan van der Kruyf, director of sales and marketing
Having begun his hospitality career at InterContinental Hotel Frankfurt in 1982, van der Kruyf went onto work with hotel chains worldwide, including Hyatt, Starwood and Marriott. His first post in the region was in Dubai in 1996.
B. Pathmanathan, executive chef
A Malaysian national, Chef Pathmanathan has 20 years’ industry experience and joins Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi from the Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam, Brunei, where he was executive chef for the past three years. He has experience in Fiji, Oman, Samoa and Malaysia, with skills in restructuring and rebranding.
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