Ralf StrubBringing over 28 years of international and Canadian hospitality industry experience to the Executive Team, the addition of Strub is one more step towards achieving Bellstar’s long term structured strategy for growth throughout North America. Strub was born and raised in Switzerland, where he started his hospitality career. His early career history included management roles in food and beverage, sales and marketing and turn-arounds of hotels and resorts in Switzerland, Canada, Republic of Maldives, Austria, South Korea, Italy, Germany and Russia. Immigrating to Canada in 2004, Strub joined Prime Restaurants of Canada, implementing and executing the restructuring of the corporate division of restaurants as well as the re-positioning of the concepts. Promoted to Vice President of Western Canada in 2008, he relocated to Vancouver, where he took on the responsibility for the overall performance and development of the East Side Mario’s brand. Strub holds the highest award of quality management in the Swiss Tourism industry ‘2Q’; is a Swiss-trained Chef; and his education includes a Master of Hospitality Management of S.H.V., from the Swiss Hotel Association, in Bern, Switzerland. Ralf becomes a key member of the Bellstar Executive Management Team led by Ed Romanowski, President and CEO, along with Jon Zwickel, Chief Growth Officer, and Patti Smith, Chief Financial Officer.