Executive Hotel Management Team

Our Executive Hotel Management Team has amassed a wealth of hotel management experience...

Our Executive Hotel Management Team has amassed a wealth of hotel management experience in both hotel operations and hotel finance over the years. Our experience in the mid market sector dates back over 27 years operating our own hotels and managing others. We are a small team, fleet footed and able to move quickly. Decisions are made quickly in response to client requirements.

The Executive comprises:
Chief Executive - Julian Tee
Finance Director & Company Secretary - Nicholas Carlton

Also on the Board are:
Chairman and founder - John Tee
Advisory and founder - Derek Plant

Non-Executive Director:
Former Partner, Lovells - John Kitching

Julian Tee was a Management Trainee with the Savoy Group of Hotels & Restaurants for five years from 1990, including one year at The Phoenician Resort in Arizona, USA. Having been a part of the opening team of the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington in 1996, he spent two and a half years as Conference & Banqueting Manager at Turnberry Hotel in Scotland. He joined Compass Hotels Ltd in April 1999 as General Manager at Manor House Hotel in Cheshire and was appointed Chief Executive in August 2000. A career resume is attached for reference.

Nicholas Carlton joined TSB Scotland as a graduate entrant in 1985 and undertook a wide range of branch and Head Office roles as part of his trainee programme. He was admitted as a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland in 1989. Following the merger with Lloyds Bank he spent five years in a senior management role within the new retail head office working in a specialist finance / human resources capacity. He joined Compass Hotels in July 2000 and was appointed Finance Director & Company Secretary.

• Julian M Tee - Resume of professional career