Renderings of the Paramount Hotel Dubai (top left and bottom) and of the Paramount Resort Boao in China (top right and far right), the first two properties to be signed by Paramount Hotels and Resorts. Renderings of the Paramount Hotel Dubai (top left and bottom) and of the Paramount Resort Boao in China (top right and far right), the first two properties to be signed by Paramount Hotels and Resorts.

Career Highlights

  • MARCH 2012-PRESENT: Joined Paramount Hotels & Resorts as CEO.
  • 2009: Joined Swiss-Belhotel International as SVP Middle East.
  • 2009: Left Accor in 2009 and took some months sabbatical in the south of France.
  • 2007: Joined Sofitel as VP Sofitel Pacific, later changed into SVP Sofitel Asia Pacific, responsible for the operations of 41 hotels and resorts.
  • 2005: Relocated to Auckland, New Zealand as regional manager New Zealand, Fiji & French Polynesia, responsible for the operations of 30 hotels and resorts.
  • 1998: Returned to Brisbane, Australia as director of operations for Accor’s Resort Division in Australia and New Caledonia, overlooking the operations of 23 resorts.
  • 1996: Relocated to Tokyo as chief executive Accor Japan, taking over the management of 13 hotels located throughout Japan, belonging to a company called “Hokke Club”, Japan’s first hotel chain initially created by a Buddhist Sect.
  • 1993: Joined the Accor team in Australia, as GM of Novotel Twin Waters Resort on the Sunshine Coast, and at the same time was director of operations for Accor’s Resort Division in Australia and New Caledonia, and later Queensland properties.
  • 1990: Joined a group of pioneers to start-up Accor in Asia, in the position of GM of Sofitel Central Hua Hin in Thailand; later given additional responsibilities as director of operations for multi brand properties in Singapore and Malaysia.
  • 1986: Joined the Accor Group in Bruges, Belgium after 18 months transferred to the GM position of a large Novotel in Banjul, The Gambia.
  • 1984: Accepted the position of general manager of a 235-key resort in Hurghada on the Red Sea in Egypt, at the age of 28.
  • 1984: Completed a one year management internship at the Holiday Inn in Sharjah in 1984, while also fulfilling his role as GM of the Sharjah Tourist Centre.
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