Grant Budde

Grant Budde has been in the industry for over a decade, the majority of which has been spent in Dubai. Coming from an F&B background, he joined Jumeirah Group in 2009 as an outlet manager, moving up to beverage manager two years later. He then worked at Kama Resorts as operations manager before returning to Jumeirah.

Budde then moved to Sofitel Dubai Downtown as assistant director of F&B, later moving to Lapita with Marriott as a director of F&B.His most recent role before Th8 was at the QE2 hotel moored in Dubai's Mina Port.