Thomas Grundner has been appointed as vice president – sales & marketing, Middle East & Africa to lead the sales, marketing and revenue function for the region.
Grundner has accumulated more than 20 years of expertise having held positions across the world, including vice president of sales with Jumeirah Group and more recently as head of sales and marketing with Meydan Hotels and Hospitality.
His role with Millennium & Copthorne is to drive market share and revenue across the existing portfolio through the implementation of commercial strategies.
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With more than 15 years of experience, Husam Kakish has joined as vice president - HR. He will be responsible for establishing, implementing and evaluating HR strategies and policies as well as working to expand the group’s regional talent base.
Kakish has had a number of senior level positions at MGM Resort International before joining InterContinental Hotels Group as regional director of human resources – Middle East & Africa.
And finally, Kevin Cairns has joined as vice president – technical services. With expertise in pre and post opening hotel projects, Cairns has joined the company from Jumeirah Group where he has overseen the development of multiple hotel projects in the Middle East from concept to final build. More recently he led the design direction and creation of design guidelines for its new lifestyle brand.
Shashi Nair will continue in his role as vice president - finance, overseeing all finance and accounting operations across the portfolio.
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