Kew Green Hotels appoints FD to support the groups’ international growth 

12 August 2020

Kew Green Hotels has appointed Russell Duckworth as Finance Director to support the group’s continued domestic and international growth strategy and to provide further expertise to hotels and partners.

This senior leadership appointment comes after the recent announcement that Kew Green Hotels is expanding into the South East Asia market, launching seven properties, four under the Wyndham Hotels & Resorts brand umbrella in Bangkok, Thailand, commencing from quarter one 2021, in a joint venture with Siamese Asset. Alongside the launch of these seven properties, Kew Green Hotels will also be launching a Commercial Hub for South East Asia to support the region, based in Bangkok.

On the appointment, Chris Dexter, CEO of Kew Green Hotels remarked “I am delighted to welcome Russell to Kew Green Hotels to support with our continued drive for operational and financial excellence and providing outstanding performance for our hotels, owners and partners. This key appointment for the group cements and builds upon our continued focus on our people, our customer and our industry leading profit delivery, at this a critical time.”

Duckworth joined Kew Green in March 2020. Classically trained with Price Waterhouse Coopers, Russell’s interest in hospitality started when assigned to the Southern Sun Hotel Group as an external auditor. His career has spanned a period of 25 years, holding a variety of positions around the world from South Africa, British Virgin Islands to the UK, working with a number of medium to large corporate companies including Le Meridien, Malmaison & Hotel Du Vin, Rocco Forte and Virgin Limited Edition. Russell’s experience is evident in the positions held during this time, which included self-accounting entities, corporate finance and group operational finance roles.