CHARLES MARSHALL has over 40 years of experience in the luxury end of the International Hotel Industry, with a career that has spanned 3 continents and 10 countries with the last 25 years in Asia in 5 different countries/ cultures. With his earlier Career in Europe , he made the move to Asia with InterContinental going from Edinburgh to Taiwan followed by GM positions in Jakarta, Phnom Penh and Manilla , before taking on an Area Role in Kuala Lumpur. Joining Hilton in Kuala Lumpur he gained further operational & brand experience in South East Asia, before deciding to pursue his personal interests whilst based in KL. As one would expect, having spent such a varied career in different countries, Charles is very much a people person and well connected to a host of ex colleagues , prodijays as well as owners and industry leaders - as such he is well placed to give insight and advice on wide range of related topics be it - the right person, country/cultural considerations, operational & commercial insights together with best practice gleaned from his many years working for the world's top hotel groups. Charles lives in Kuala Lumpur with his wife Anna - Marie (also an ex Hotelier, now in a different Industry) and their youngest daughter with two elder daughters at University in the UK. Contact Charles
PATRICK LEBLANC is our Partner in New York. With an exemplary background in luxury hotels - ultimately as General Manager of Kerzner’s One&Only Ocean Club in The Bahamas and at The Lowell in New York - Patrick has been a specialist executive recruiter since 2004 with hundreds of successful placements in North America and the Caribbean to his credit. Working initially with the Boutique Search Firm, then for more than a decade heading up Profile’s New York office.
Patrick who is well traveled throughout The Americas, Europe and the Far East is a seasoned and trusted expert in Marketing, Sales & PR appointments equally qualified to carry out Corporate, GM and Department Head level searches. Patrick can be contacted directly at patrick@marknorrispartnership.com or please call + 1(201)370-6725 |www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-leblanc | Skype: ProfilePatrick or click on the "contact us" link.
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MARK NORRIS has been in the recruitment business for the luxury hotel sector for over 3 decades, mainly at Profile Specialist Recruitment Ltd. (pmsr.com) and launched the Mark Norris Partnership in 2016. Mark is a global expert on General Management Appointments and is equally qualified to carry out senor level searches - across all key disciplines in the hospitality and related sectors including Finance, Marketing, Sales & PR and at Executive Committee level. From a family background in the hospitality business, he trained in hotel management with the Savoy Hotel Company in London and Paris. After working for Hilton International for a number of years, he returned to The Savoy, ultimately heading up the Sales & Marketing department. Over the years Mark has traveled widely the globe and as well as his continuing passion for all matters related to a sustainable future for the hotel business, his other interests include sailing, gardening, skiing and golf. Email: mark@marknorrispartnership.com or call +44(0)7500 837813 or +44(0)1747 870922 | Skype: mark.t.norris
ONNO POORTIER the Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of NOW Transforming Hospitality GmbH, a legacy project in alliance with inspiring figures and companies from the hospitality industry. A respected hotelier and professional, Onno's extensive international hotel consultancy, asset management, business development, corporate organization, marketing and operational management experience spans 5 decades with luxury deluxe hotel brands including Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd and Leela Palaces Hotels & Resorts - then working throughout Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and USA. Now as Chairman, Board Director and Board Advisor of numerous luxury deluxe hotels and marketing alliances, he travels worldwide and maintains an active and leading role in the industry - together with his wife Alexa Co-Founder of itmustbeNOW.com who herself has extensive senior management experience within the hospitality industry in Media, PR, Marketing and Communication - Onno & Alexa live in the beautiful Swiss Resort of Château-d'Oex
MEINHARD HUCK has more that thirty years' experience in the hospitality industry and is an Honorary Member of the Cornell Hotel Society. From 1997 he worked for Swissotel Hotels & Resorts as President, later under the ownership of FRHI. Prior to this appointment from June 2003, he was the Senior Vice President, Europe, Middle East & Mediterranean of Raffles International Hotels & Resorts and earlier in his career he worked in various capacities with Holiday Inn International. In 1990 he co-founded a company which was built up to be a chain of highly branded mid-scale hotels. In 1995 he was appointed Vice President, Europe, for Scotts Holdings Ltd. a Singapore based public company, responsible for developing and acquiring serviced apartments and all-suite hotels. With such extensive global expertise mainly at Board Level, Meinhard offers clients an invaluable skillset of particular relevance in cases of acquisition or mergers. Meinhard is also the founder of Barcli Hospitality Management with its HQ in Zurich.
ADRIAN CONSTANT who heads up Voyager Hotels LIMITED a consolidated hotel and real estate-based investment and advisory company and offers a comprehensive range of services for investment, development, acquisitions, mergers, and distressed asset turnarounds in several jurisdictions. Clients include public companies, private investment groups, high net worth individuals, private equity partnerships and other financial institutions. It offers a comprehensive range of advisory services based on a profound knowledge of the sector and has the flexibility to not only advise or conduct acquisitions on behalf of their clients, but also to asset manage and operationally manage post acquisition on behalf of owners. Before forming this enterprise, Adrian Constant was Chief Executive Officer of one of Europe’s largest sports and leisure resort based in Spain and in the mid 2000’s joined one of USA's premium private equity investment firms with a remit to invest and build a portfolio of strategic investments. Formerly Vice President Orient Express Hotels, where he was in charge of all of Orient Express's European properties, as well as having specific development responsibility for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, he benefits from a wide knowledge of luxury hotel operations. Adrian can be reached at ac@voyagerhotels.com
ANDREW HUMPHRIES has exceptional breadth and depth in the luxury hospitality industry, on both the ownership and operator sides. Most recently Andrew headed up, initially as COO and then as ACEO, Katara Hospitality in Doha, Qatar – owners and asset managers of some of the most iconic hotels in the world, including Raffles Singapore, The Plaza in New York, The Savoy in London, the Burgenstock Resort in Luzern, The Peninsula in Paris and The Carlton in Cannes. Prior to that Andrew was RVP for Viceroy Hotels, based in Abu Dhabi and was previously with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts for 17 years, as RVP in the Middle East and ultimately as RVP for the Caribbean and Florida. During his time with Katara Hospitality, as well as asset managing the global portfolio, he was directly involved with the World Cup 2022, readying and opening 13 hotels in Qatar as well as enabling 65,000 real estate units for fan accommodation. Andrew is entrepreneurial and creative with outstanding leadership, people management and development skills and is a strong strategic thinker with exceptional attention to detail. He is highly culturally adaptable. With his broad experience, Andrew understands how to add significant value in luxury hospitality for both owners and operators. For an initial conversation Andrew can be contacted at andrew.humphries@outlook.com