A seasoned hotelier with more than three decades of international experience, he has been with the world’s leading luxury hospitality brands including Peninsula, Raffles, Six Senses, One & Only and The Ritz London. Morris joins The Leela hotel group from The Peninsula Bangkok where he served as General Manager since March 2007 and was responsible for operations and standards, business forecasts, marketing, guest relations, community outreach, staffing and human resources. Prior to that, he was Resident Manager at the Peninsula Manila, General Manager of the St. Geran Hotel, Mauritius; Area Director of Six Senses Maldives and General Manager for Soneva Fushi Resort & Spa and Soneva Gili Resort & Spa; and Vice President of Raffles International Ltd. Morris received a degree from École Hôtelière in Lausanne and studied at the Hotel School at Cornell University.