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.
The Jekyll Island Club Resort is proud to welcome Steve Grainger as Director of Finance. Grainger brings more than 20 years of success in planning and executing strategic financial and operational initiatives for hospitality and real estate development organizations.
Prior to joining The Marcus Corporation, Paris served as senior vice president and chief financial officer at Jason Group, Inc., formerly Jason Industries, Inc., a Milwaukee-based global manufacturing company, leading the company's accounting and reporting, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, investor relations and information technology functions. Prior to being appointed chief financial officer in 2017, Paris held various leadership roles in corporate and business unit finance at Jason. Earlier in his career, Paris served as audit senior manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP, a global accounting firm and professional services network. Paris holds a master's degree in management with an emphasis in accounting and a bachelor's degree in finance and real estate from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. He is also a certified public accountant in the state of Wisconsin.
Nick Galli joins the team as Regional Director of Finance. Galli is responsible for ensuring that the portfolio achieves institutional-grade controls, procedures, and reporting to meet USALI-11 compliance as Kirkwood prepares to launch its syndication platform integrating with private equity capital. Prior to joining Kirkwood, Galli was Director of Finance at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs and previously worked at the St. Regis Aspen Resort.
Like Indigo Road founder, Steve Palmer, Shoener's hospitality career began as a dishwasher and touched upon all integral roles within the restaurant, from server to general manager, allowing him an expansive understanding of the granular specifics of the operations. Previously a general manager for the Charlotte locations of IRHG restaurants O-Ku and Oak Steakhouse, Shoener moved to the Carolinas from Orlando, FL to join the Indigo Road team. Prior to that, he spent 11 years as the director of operations for a restaurant group in Orlando. During this time with the group, he opened several restaurants and oversaw a variety of concepts. As a senior leader responsible for financial operations, Shoener works with restaurants on the back-end financials regarding cost of goods, P&L reviews, and efficient reporting. It's not all about the numbers for him, however, as he thrives on mentoring employees to develop and grow in their hospitality careers as he experienced firsthand.
Dunne's role has been elevated from CFO of Atrium Hospitality as he assumes oversight of the company's newly created Feasibility and Business Analytics Group. His new role also includes responsibility for loan administration for the enterprise. He joined Atrium Hospitality in 2020, bringing more than 20 years of hospitality operations and finance experience to the newly created CFO role. Prior to Atrium, he worked for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) for more than 19 years, including as VP, operations finance, Americas. He directed the financial support and business partnering for IHG's largest operating region, spanning the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
Also, Thomas Fink has been promoted to Group Director Finance & Administration. In this newly created role, Fink and his staff are responsible for the continued automation and complexity reduction of accounting, payments, cash management, and bookkeeping in order to efficiently handle international growth in the background. The Ruby Group already operates in six countries, with two more to be added shortly thanks to the contractually secured project pipeline. Thomas Fink has already been successfully accompanying Ruby's growth for five years as part of Martin Zilkens' team, Vice President Finance. His promotion is in line with Ruby's elective goal to train and develop junior management staff.
Andrea Agrusow has been appointed to the newly created position of Chief Financial Officer of Adina Europe to help support the Australian hotel company's long-term growth strategy and continued expansion across continental Europe.
Leading hospitality management company Davidson Hospitality Group has appointed Lance Tucker as Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, Tucker will be tasked with overseeing budgetary planning and cost management in alignment with the company's long-term strategy, developing tools and analytical systems to create value and optimize organizational performance against annual budgets, and assisting in the establishment of yearly financial objectives.
Outrigger Hospitality Group is pleased to announce SHARI FUJITA as vice president finance.
In his role as Finance Director, Lashmar will work closely with Managing Director Simon Maguire to deliver strategic growth ambitions and oversee financial operations at the group, a collection of five luxury properties across the South West and Suffolk.
Backed by more than 12 years of experience in the hospitality sector, Mohamed has worked with an array of world-renowned brands in his fast-paced career.
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE), world renowned integrated entertainment resort developer today announced the appointment of Haven Pope as Chief Accounting Officer. In this role, Haven will oversee a comprehensive system of financial reporting and analysis for MGE and its subsidiaries globally to promote future growth and development.
Renowned hotel brand and management company Dream Hotel Group is pleased to announce the promotion of Laura Mutterperl to the newly created position of Chief Legal Officer. Honored by Hotel Management magazine as one of 2019's Influential Women in Hospitality, Mutterperl has more than 15 years of experience in driving hotel business and legal strategy. Mutterperl joined Dream Hotel Group in 2017 as Executive Vice President and General Counsel and has played a key role in advancing the company's growth and success, which includes drafting more than 40 new hotel management agreements, the opening of four new hotels in the United States and the anticipated openings of three new locations in Doha, Qatar, Belgium and The Catskills, NY in 2022.