Victor J. Perea Appointed Senior Vice President, Finance for Barceló Crestline Corporation (Mexico)
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Victor J. Perea Appointed Senior Vice President, Finance for Barceló Crestline Corporation (Mexico)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - Mexico - Careers -
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Bruce Wardinski, CEO of Barceló Crestline Corporation and
Playa Hotels & Resorts, S.L. (Playa) today announced the appointment of Victor J. Perea as
Senior Vice President of Finance for Barceló Crestline Corporation. Barceló Crestline currently
asset manages the owned assets of Playa Hotels & Resorts, a privately held Spanish company
focusing on the acquisition and development of all–inclusive beachfront resorts in Mexico, Latin
America and the Caribbean. Barceló Crestline filled a critical role in setting up Playa and
attracting investors, and subsequent to the company’s formation, Barceló Crestline has, in its role
as asset manager, overseen a dramatic expansion in the size and branding of the portfolio.
Playa now owns 17 resorts in Mexico and the Dominican Republic that are managed by Barceló
Hotels & Resorts or by AMResorts under the Secrets, Dreams and Sunscape brands.
Mr. Perea joins Barceló Crestline from GE Capital where he was Managing Director of the
Structure Finance unit in Latin America. During his 10 year tenure with GE Capital he held
various positions including Vice President, Hispanic/Segment Marketing; Managing Director, GE
Commercial and Industrial Finance; and Vice President, GE Capital Real Estate in Mexico. Prior
to joining GE Capital, Mr. Perea was with Booz, Allen & Hamilton in Mexico City.
“Victor brings extensive experience in structuring finance activities throughout Latin America and
Europe with an emphasis in the hospitality and leisure businesses,” said Bruce Wardinski. “His
knowledge and skill will be a tremendous asset as we aggressively grow the Playa portfolio. We
will look toward Victor to help us identify additional equity and debt capital in order to continue to
fuel Playa’s growth,” added Wardinski.
Mr. Perea holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University, Graduate School of Business. He
graduated from the Engineering School at the Universidad Anahuac, Mexico City. He is GE sixsigma
certified and a graduate of the GE business management program. His other accolades
include formal studies in music and participation in 12 Olympic distance triathlons.
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