Ferdinand WidjajaBENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, has named Ferdinand Widjaja director of finance for Graduate Berkeley, a Gemstone Collection property located in Berkeley, California. Dell Dellinger, BENCHMARK's general manager at Graduate Berkeley, made the announcement. Ferdinand Widjaja was most recently chief accountant complex for Highgate Properties with responsibilities for the Hotel Diva and Hotel Union Square. He started with the company as credit manager for the Park Central Hotel of San Francisco. Earlier Mr. Widjaja served in positions of increasing responsibility within the Accounting and Finance departments for the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco. He is a graduate of Atmadjaja University in Jakarta, Indonesia, where he earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Economics with a major in Accounting. He resides in San Francisco.