eSuites(TM) Hotels Names Ian T. Rogers Chief Financial Officer
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eSuites(TM) Hotels Names Ian T. Rogers Chief Financial Officer
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Officials of eSuites Hotels(TM), an upscale boutique hotel brand, today announced that Ian T. Rogers has joined the company as senior vice president and chief financial officer. In the position, he will oversee all treasury related functions, financial systems, controls and reporting, planning and analysis and risk management.
"Ian has an impressive range of financial experience with both public and private companies, as well as start-ups," said Sam Winterbottom, president & CEO of eSuites Hotels. "Combined with a strong background in hotel and construction accounting, financial controls, and hotel systems, his expertise prepares him to provide the essential leadership in finance and accounting we will need during our initial stage of dynamic growth and beyond."
A 20-year financial management veteran with experience at world-class hotel and travel- related companies, Rogers most recently was chief financial officer at Tauck World Discovery, a Norwalk, Conn.-based luxury tour operator. Prior to that, he built a record of success at Minneapolis-based Carlson Companies, where he was the starting financial controller at the first western hotel in Russia, the Radisson Slavjanskaya Hotel in Moscow, a joint venture with the city. He progressed through a variety of finance-related positions, including director of finance and accounting for company-owned and -operated hotels, to vice president finance and CFO for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, a $300 million luxury cruise line division of the Carlson Companies. He began his hospitality career with Trusthouse Forte, PLC in the UK and went on to serve in financial management positions at hotels and resorts throughout Europe, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Rogers received his MBA from the Ca
rlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
"Joining eSuites Hotels is a rare opportunity to be involved at the start- up of a new hotel venture with a brand concept that is set to shake up the traditional hotel world and deliver a level of service that the new generation of travelers is now seeking," Rogers said. "I am keen to leverage my experience in both the international and domestic arenas to enhance the value that we can provide to both our investors and our guests."
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