About

Founder

Ivor McBurney

Our Director, Ivor McBurney, has worked in the Hospitality Industry for 30+ years across 4 continents in both operator and ownership environments. Prior to moving to the Middle East in the late 1990’s, he worked in the UK, US and Europe in a wide range of finance positions for Hilton Worldwide at unit, regional, area and corporate office levels.
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From 2000 to 2005, Ivor was Finance Director – Middle East for Hilton as the regional portfolio expanded from 18 to 35 hotels. Subsequently, he spearheaded the expansion effort for Hilton as VP Development with the brands represented in the Middle East expanding from 2 to 5 and 20+ additions to the development pipeline.

In 2010, he joined Kingdom Hotel Investment as VP Development Finance leading that function on a US $ 1bn Development program that resulted in 6 luxury and upper upscale hotels with residential and commercial real estate components across Middle East, Africa and Asia.

From 2015 to 2020, Ivor was SVP – Asset and Development Finance where, in addition to being Asset Manager of 9 hotels across the Middle East and Africa, he supervised Risk Management activities and was responsible for the financial oversight of major capital expenditure projects for the company.

His range and depth of experience across multiple geographical locations of the business in both operator and ownership environments is unparalleled. He is frequently consulted as an industry expert to advise owner and operator management teams.

We provide Asset and Risk Management services to a range of clients with hotels in the luxury and upscale sectors in Europe, UK, Middle-East and Indian Ocean.