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Appointments

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
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Haleigh Hildebrand has been named Senior Director of Government & Political Affairs at American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA)

In addition, Haleigh Hildebrand has been named Senior Director of Government & Political Affairs. She joins AHLA from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), where she served as Assistant Political Director. In her new role at AHLA, Hildebrand will focus on building out both grassroots and grasstops programs to support both the Federal and State & Local advocacy teams.

AH&LA
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Leann Paradise has been named Vice President of Political & Member Engagement at American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA)

Leann Paradise has been named AHLA's Vice President of Political & Member Engagement. In this new role, she will work with both the federal and state and local government affairs teams to increase AHLA's grassroots and political engagement. She will be charged with leading both HotelPAC, AHLA's political action committee, and HotelsACT, the association's grassroots platform.

AH&LA
Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Chris Rynkiewicz has been promoted to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa has announced the promotion of Chris Rynkiewicz to Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, Rynkiewicz will oversee all functions and departments of the property's Finance Division while developing and implementing Borgata's strategic plan with its executive team to produce both short-term and long-term profitability.

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

David Aber has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer at Guesty Inc.

David Aber joins Guesty's Executive C-Suite as Chief Financial Officer, as the company continues expanding into new verticals and markets in its next phase of growth. Mr. Aber arrives at Guesty from his previous role as CFO of Seeking Alpha, the world's largest investing community, and formerly served as CFO for top Israeli tech companies, including Taboola, Powermat, Finjan, and DSP Communications.

Guesty Inc.
Walnut, California, United States