PPHE Hotel Group Limited Announcement of senior appointments
30 November 2017 - 6:01PM
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PPHE Hotel Group Limited
30 November 2017
30 November 2017
PPHE Hotel Group Limited
("PPHE Hotel Group" or the "Company")
Senior appointments announced to strengthen Executive Leadership
Team
PPHE Hotel Group, which owns, leases, develops, operates and
franchises full service upscale, upper upscale and lifestyle hotels
in major gateway cities and resort destinations, predominantly in
Europe, is pleased to announce three appointments within its
Executive Leadership Team, focused on key areas within the business
to support the next phase of growth.
Daniel Kos has been appointed Chief Financial Officer with
effect from 1 January 2018. Daniel will be responsible for
overseeing the financial strategy and priorities of PPHE Hotel
Group. Daniel joined the Company in September 2011 as Group Head of
Accounting, and was appointed Vice President Corporate Finance in
March 2015. He has been instrumental in a number of key financial
transactions including the EUR105.8m new capital fundraising by
PPHE Hotel Group's Croatian listed subsidiary, Arena Hospitality
Group d.d., which completed earlier this year and numerous
refinancing activities.
Prior to joining the Company, Daniel held senior leadership
positions within auditing and finance, including 11 years at Mazars
LLP, an international audit practice. Daniel is a Certified Public
Accountant (Register Accountant) and holds a Bachelor in Business
Economics from the Hogeschool van Amsterdam.
Greg Hegarty has been appointed to the newly created role of
Executive Vice President UK and Chief Commercial Officer. In his
new role, Greg will have overall responsibility for delivery of
PPHE Hotel Group's Commercial Strategy and will oversee the UK
operations, the Company's largest operating region. He brings to
the role over 22 years' experience in the hospitality sector and
has been a driving factor in the success of the Park Plaza(R)
Hotels & Resorts' brand positioning as one of the biggest
international upper upscale operators in London.
Prior to his promotion, Greg had been Regional General Manager
for the UK at PPHE Hotel Group since 2009 and has held roles at
operators including GLH and BDL.
Robert Henke has been appointed as Executive Vice President of
Corporate Affairs and Customer Experience. In this newly created
role, Robert will oversee Corporate Affairs including Corporate and
Investor Communications, as well as brand strategy, customer
insights and engagement, information technology and the Company's
responsible business priorities.
Robert has more than 18 years of international hospitality
experience and has been an integral part of PPHE Hotel Group's
marketing strategy since 2007 previously holding the position of
Vice President Marketing and Branding. Prior to joining PPHE Hotel
Group in 2001, Robert held global marketing roles at Hilton and
Golden Tulip.
Commenting on these promotions, Boris Ivesha, President and
Chief Executive Officer, PPHE Hotel Group said:
"I am delighted to announce these promotions which further
strengthen our Executive Leadership Team. Together our Executive
Leadership Team brings decades of experience in the hospitality
sector, as well as a deep understanding of PPHE Hotel Group's
business to support the next stage of our ambitious growth
plans."
Enquiries:
PPHE Hotel Group Limited
Robert Henke, Executive Vice President
of Corporate Affairs Tel: +31 20
and Customer Experience 717 8600
Lisa Woodman, Director of Corporate Tel: +44 (0)20
Communications 7034 4800
Hudson Sandler Financial Public
Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20
Wendy Baker/ Sophie Lister 7796 4133
Notes to editors
The Company is a Guernsey registered company and through its
subsidiaries, jointly controlled entities and associates, owns,
leases, operates, franchises and develops full-service upscale,
upper upscale and lifestyle hotels in major gateway cities,
regional centres and select resort destinations, predominantly in
Europe.
The majority of the group's hotels operate under the Park
Plaza(R) Hotels & Resorts or art'otel(R) brands. The group has
an exclusive licence from Carlson Hotels Worldwide Inc., one of the
world's largest hotel groups, to develop and operate Park Plaza(R)
Hotels & Resorts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The art'otel(R) brand is wholly owned by the group.
The group has a controlling ownership interest (51.97% of the
share capital) in Arena Hospitality Group, one of Croatia's
best-known hospitality groups.
The group's portfolio of owned, leased, managed and franchised
hotels comprises 39 hotels offering a total of approximately 9,000
rooms. The group's development pipeline includes two new hotels
which are expected to add an additional 500 rooms by the end of
2019.
Company websites:
www.pphe.com
www.arenahospitalitygroup.com
For reservations:
www.parkplaza.com
www.artotels.com
www.arenaturist.com
For images and logos visit www.vfmii.com/parkplaza
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