Oliver Bateman has been appointed General Manager at Royal Garden Hotel London

Oliver Bateman has been appointed general manager of the five-red-AA-star 394-bedroom Royal Garden hotel in Kensington.

Bateman, who joins the hotel after 16 years with Hilton across its London portfolio, will take the reins from Jonathan Lowrey.

He joined the industry in 2000, taking a role as a barman at the Sanctuary House hotel in Westminster. He had intended to save for a gap year but never left, progressing through the ranks into guest relations, housekeeping and finance.