Chris Sedgwick Having spent the last 10 years at Accor and previous 8 years at Rydges Hotels & Resorts, Chris brings extensive hotel operations and leadership experience to the role. His most recent position, Senior Vice President of Operations at Accor Hotels for New Zealand, Fiji and French Polynesia saw him operating as the Chief Operating Officer for the region, being accountable for hotel operations, development, franchising, sales, marketing, human resources and finance across 41 hotels and a team of 2,700 staff. He has also managed a number of hotels across Australia, New Zealand and in Asia, and is an active member of the Australian and New Zealand tourism industry, sitting on a number on Committees and Boards. Photograph by Dominic Loneragan.