M3, the hospitality sector's #1 cloud-based accounting, financial reporting, and data management platform, announced that Jennifer Weldon has joined M3 as a Customer Success Manager. Jennifer brings with her 25 years of customer experience and is dedicated to customer satisfaction. At M3, Jennifer will ensure customer success while bringing order, structure, and focused management attention to customers' issues.
Judy Hendrick retired as CFO and Chief Growth Officer of Aimbridge Hospitality on 31 December 2021, following 13 years in the role, and she has 20 years of extensive experience in hospitality and banking. She served for 15 years at Wyndham International in various executive roles, including EVP Chief Investment Officer, SVP of Finance, and Treasurer, before which she held senior positions at Chase Manhattan Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and First Republic Bank. She serves on the American Hospitality & Lodging Association's Women in Lodging Advisory Board, the American Heart Association Board of Directors for the Southwest Region, and on the Executive Committee of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce Executive Women's Roundtable.
Madina Mohamed Osman is the hotel's cluster director of finance. She has been with Hilton in the United Arab Emirates for over 38 years. She will oversee the financial forecasting, implementation, and cost control activities for the property.
Hotel owner, operator, and development firm Hotel Equities ("HE") is proud to announce the addition of Lindsay Meadows to the team as Director of Procurement. She is responsible for providing elevated focus and oversight of HE's purchasing strategy, vendor relationships, and corporate rebate programs. She reports directly to Al Smith, President of Operations.
BirchStreet Systems, the market leader in P2P software for the hospitality industry, announces the appointment of Kris Herrin as General Manager of Payments.
Dallas based Lisa Papageorge, has served as a prominent member of CWT's Finance & Strategy Leadership Team since the start of the year, successfully overseeing CWT's treasury and investor relations organization. Before joining CWT, Lisa was Treasurer at Service King Collisions Repairs, where she was responsible for the company's implementation of cash management programs. Prior to that, she spent over six years at Dr Pepper Snapple Group where she led the global treasury function, cash flow management, and banking relationships.
Based in Minneapolis, Jim Shepherd will serve on CWT's Finance & Strategy Leadership Team and be responsible for the delivery of analysis, decision support, and leadership of Financial Planning and Analysis as well as the Finance Business partnerships to the global operating functions of CWT. Jim brings more than 20 years senior leadership experience in the areas of finance, strategy, and operational excellence, delivering shareholder value and strategic impact for Fortune 500 companies. He joins CWT via Medtronic, where he served as the Vice President of Strategy and Transformation for Global Operations and Supply Chain.
Overseeing the corporate finance and accounting functions for both Timbers Company and operations at subsidiaries and joint ventures, Timbers welcomes Mark Roland as the new Corporate Director of Finance - Operations. In this role, Mark is responsible for leading the accounting team by implementing strategic direction, in addition to managing financial assets. Beginning his career as the Director of Finance at Hilton Hotels, Mark most recently served as the Vice President of Finance and Accounting with Kolter Hospitality.
M3, the hospitality sector's #1 cloud-based accounting, financial reporting, and data management platform, announced that Derek Watson has been promoted to Director of Professional Services. Derek has been with M3 since the start of the M3 Professional Services department in 2014. Beginning as a Staff Accountant, Derek progressed in his M3 career over the past eight years as Accounting Supervisor and Accounting Manager. M3 looks forward to the level of detail and service that Derek will provide to customers in his new role.
Bill has spent almost 25 years in the technology sector as a finance executive with a variety of publicly-traded and privately-held companies.
Since Mr. White joined MCR in January 2016, he has been an integral member of the management team, serving as a Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Development based in the company's New York City office. In that role, Mr. White led the company's New York City hotel operations, overseeing day-to-day management as well as the acquisition of The Lexington Hotel, Autograph Collection, and the Royalton Hotel New York. Mr. White also oversaw the firm's acquisition of two software companies — StayNTouch, a cloud-based hotel property management system, and Optii, a software platform that transforms hotel operations. In his new role, Mr. White will lead MCR's finance function, including accounting, fund administration, tax, treasury and human resources.
M3, the hospitality sector's #1 cloud-based accounting, financial reporting, and data management platform, announced that Casey Harrison has been promoted to Product Owner of Insight and Integrations. Casey has been a part of the M3 family since December 2017. Starting out his M3 career as a Sales Support Engineer, Casey transitioned to the Product Team in 2019 as a Business Analyst.
HVS, a globally recognized hospitality consulting firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Eric Guerrero to the position of Partner within the Americas region. HVS is the largest consulting firm dedicated exclusively to the hospitality industry, with over 35 offices in the United States.Eric leads the HVS Americas Brokerage & Advisory division, which provides a wide array of asset opportunities and financing solutions. The team has participated in hundreds of hotel transactions with an aggregate value of over $6 billion across the United States. With over a decade of investment sales experience, Eric is well positioned to lead the division's continued growth. He has advised both private investors and institutional clients and has managed hotel transactions of all classes and sizes.
The Westin Pune Koregaon Park is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Girdhar Jangid, as Director of Finance for The Westin Pune Koregaon Park. In his role, he will be instrumental in the preparation of Capex and operational Budgets with regular forecasting of reports. He will also play a key role in helping drive financial results through optimization of cost and materializing the potential savings.
As Chief Accounting Officer, Robert will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of hotel and corporate accounting, including our expanded centralized accounting model, which was launched in 2020. Robert joined Remington in 2013 as vice president of accounting and was promoted to SVP of accounting in 2016. Before joining Remington, Robert served in numerous accounting and finance leadership roles at Hilton Worldwide, supporting areas such as marketing, the loyalty program, information technology, and working in finance and operations for Wilson Hotel Management Company.
Bally's Corporation (NYSE: BALY), a global gaming, hospitality and entertainment company with a portfolio of casinos and resorts and online gaming businesses, today announced that Bobby Lavan has been appointed as Bally's Chief Financial Officer. Steve Capp, Bally's current Chief Financial Officer, is leaving Bally's to pursue other interests and opportunities, and will continue to support the business through the end of April.
Avijit brings with him 25 years of enriching experience in challenging finance roles. He began his journey with the Hyatt family 6 years ago and has worked at Hyatt Raipur and Hyatt Regency Chennai before taking on his latest role at Hyatt Regency Dehradun. His business acumen is driven by a strong commitment towards operational excellence.
Greg Zabinski was promoted to executive vice president, capital markets for Peachtree PC Investors. Zabinski holds a bachelor's degree in management with a certificate in finance and a minor in economics from Georgia Tech. Before Peachtree, Zabinski was with Morgan Stanley in private wealth, analyzing and investing in private equity, hedge funds and option-related strategies. He began his career as an investment banker with New York-based Citigroup to help structure credit facilities for Fortune 500 companies.
hotelAVE is pleased to announce that CEO and Founder Michelle Russo has been named Jack A. Shaffer Financial Advisor of the Year, the most prestigious recognition awarded to the top financial advisor in the hospitality real estate investment industry. The award was presented on January 25, 2022 at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS) in Los Angeles, California.
Since joining Wincome Hospitality in January of 2019 as Corporate Controller, Kerry Niprikas has led the finance and accounting for Wincome Hospitality and its entities through unprecedented times. A 30-year hospitality veteran of finance and operations, Niprikas says he has seen his "share of economic swings (the Great Recession) and major travel disruptors (9/11)". Couple this with his past experience at both the property and corporate levels and on various hotel brands including Fairmont, Westin, Marriott, and Hilton, and you have a highly skilled financial executive trained in being flexible and resourceful which was invaluable to leading Wincome Hospitality through the current coronavirus pandemic. This led to his earlier promotion to Corporate Director of Finance and now Vice President of Finance.