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Appointments

Nicholas Northam has joined Glion Institute of Higher Education - London Campus as Professor Global Real Estate Markets

Nicholas Northam has also joined Glion London where he will teach Global Real Estates Markets on the Master's in Real Estate, Finance and Development. During his wide and varied career spanning over 40 years within the hospitality business, Nicholas has been General Manager of a number of Marriott Hotels and was Operations Director for Marriott in the UK. He additionally spent over a decade in asset management, most recently as the Executive Vice President for Interstate Hotels and Resorts, Europe's largest third-party management company and the international arm of Aimbridge Hospitality.

Sommet Education
London, United Kingdom

Debra Adams has been appointed as Program Director at Glion Institute of Higher Education - London Campus

Debra Adams, who has been a Consultant Lecturer at Glion since 2017, is now Program Director of the Master's in Real Estate, Finance and Development based at Glion's London campus. She has previously held positions at a number of hotel schools in the UK and Switzerland and is a specialist in hospitality finance training for finance professionals and operational heads of department in hotels, restaurants and leisure facilities. Debra is also a Trustee and Member of the National Supervisory Board at the Institute of Hospitality.

Sommet Education
London, United Kingdom

Ankur Jain has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer at AvantStay

AvantStay, the premier hospitality platform transforming short-term rentals for the way people travel and invest today, announces the appointment of Ankur Jain as Chief Financial Officer. Jain joins AvantStay as a seasoned finance and startup executive with more than a decade in the real estate sector, including his previous roles as CFO of Better Place Forests (BPF); CFO and Founding Team Member at Mynd; and Vice President of Finance of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (now Invitation Homes), where he took the company public. Invitation Homes is the largest single family residential REIT in the world.

AvantStay
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Ankur Shah has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Access Point Financial, LLC

Access Point Financial, LLC (APF), a leading direct lender focused exclusively on the hospitality industry, today announced the appointment of Ankur Shah as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Capital Markets. Ankur is assuming his new leadership role with the company upon the retirement of APF's outgoing CFO, John Patton, who held that position since 2011. Prior to accepting his most recent role, Ankur served as Managing Director and Co-Head of Capital Markets and Corporate Development. In his capacity as CFO, Ankur will be responsible for establishing, structuring and managing capital and industry relationships, overseeing corporate strategy and financial operations, and serve as a member of the company's executive committee. Ankur will be based in APF's McLean, VA office.

Access Point Financial, LLC
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

David Scharfstein has been named Chief Financial Officer at Hotel Equities Group, LLC

Today, hotel owner, operator, and development firm, Hotel Equities (HE), announced the appointment of David Scharfstein as Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, Mr. Scharfstein will lead and support all functions and go forward financial strategy for HE's finance and accounting discipline with an elevated focus on mergers and acquisitions.Mr. Scharfstein has 15+ years of experience as a strategic partner to the C-suite and board of directors, and an extensive corporate finance background across a wide range of industries and functions. He joined Hotel Equities from EmployBridge where he spent the past 4 years as Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis and later Vice President of M&A Integration and Enterprise Initiatives. While there, he was tapped to stand up and lead an enterprise transformation organization reporting to the CEO to lead post-merger integration in support of M&A strategy and other enterprise-wide initiatives. Prior to EmployBridge, David was Senior Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at nThrive, Inc. where he served as finance business partner for the C-suite and supported total company financial planning for the newly formed $550M Private Equity-backed entity.

Hotel Equities
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States

Matthew Raines has been promoted to Supervisor of Customer Projects - Accounting Core at M3

M3, the hospitality sector's #1 cloud-based accounting, financial reporting, and data management platform, announced that Matthew Raines has been promoted to Supervisor of Customer Projects - Accounting Core. Matthew started with M3 as a Staff Accountant in the Professional Services department in 2017, and his desire to learn more led him to the Accounting Core Training team. Matthew has been leading the projects team for over a year and a half and will continue to improve customer success in M3's software.

M3
Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States

Gabriel Coy has been appointed as Vice President & General Counsel at Twenty Four Seven Hotels

Twenty Four Seven Hotels, a third-party hospitality management company for premium-branded, select-service and lifestyle hotel segments in the western U.S., today announced that Gabriel Coy has joined the company as vice-president and general counsel. The appointment expands the company's leadership team by adding its first in-house legal position. In his new role, Coy will Provide counsel, leadership and guidance on all legal issues arising with respect to hotel operations, hotel development, corporate governance and asset management.

Twenty Four Seven Hotels
Newport Beach, California, United States

David Foster has been appointed as Non-Executive Director at The Star Entertainment Group

Mr Foster forged a career of more than 25 years in the financial services sector, including over five years as Chief Executive Officer of Suncorp Bank where he had responsibility for navigating the Bank through the global financial crisis and delivering a significant turnaround and restructuring of the Bank. He stood down as CEO at the end of 2013.

The Star Entertainment Group
Brisbane, Australia
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Matthew Schupbach has been appointed as Vice President of Accounting at Spire Hospitality

Schupbach has more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Before joining Spire, he was the assistant chief financial officer for Dimension Hospitality. Prior to his stint at Dimension Hospitality, Schupbach was a regional vice president of finance with Caesars Entertainment. He has overseen various finance functions throughout his hospitality career and will bring that knowledge to Spire with the vision of driving internal performance.

Spire
Irving, Texas, United States

Liza Stone has joined Virgin Hotels as General Counsel

Liza Stone joined Virgin Hotels as General Counsel in April 2022. As the chief legal officer of the company, Stone oversees Virgin Hotel's domestic and international legal affairs, including corporate governance, regulatory compliance, labor and employment, intellectual property, and litigation matters. Stone brings to Virgin Hotels over 25 years of legal experience in domestic and cross-border hospitality transactions. Prior to joining Virgin Hotels, Stone was a senior member of the Global Hospitality Group at Sidley Austin LLP, an internationally recognized law firm. At Sidley, Stone represented institutional owners, investors, and lenders as well as major hotel brands in connection with acquisitions and dispositions, financings, joint ventures, and mergers and acquisitions for hospitality assets. Prior to Sidley, Stone worked at internationally recognized law firms, and served as Associate General Counsel of the Real Estate Healthcare Lending Group of a publicly traded commercial finance company. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Santa Barbara, as well as two Law Degrees from the McGeorge School of Law at the University of The Pacific.

Virgin Hotels
Miami, Florida, United States

John Starr has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Timbers Company

Timbers Company, a leading developer and operator of boutique luxury resorts and private residence clubs, announces today the appointment of John Starr to chief financial officer (CFO). With more than 20 years of financial management experience, John joins Timbers Company's executive leadership team in Winter Park, Fla., further supporting the Company's strategic growth and perfectly timed for new locations and announcements to come.

Timbers Company
Winter Park, Florida, United States