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Hospitality Appoints Harris White as Chief Financial Officer
July 13, 2011 (Denver, CO) - Sage Hospitality of Denver, Colorado has appointed Harris White to the position of Chief Financial Officer. The appointment marks a return engagement for White, who served for six years as CFO of Sage Hospitality in the late '90s and early '00s. He will lead all capital, financial, asset management and legal activities for both the real estate and management companies, which have invested in and manage more than 60 hotels and 10 restaurant concepts nationwide
White originally joined Sage Hospitality in 1995
as a
regional controller and was quickly promoted to the CFO position. He
left the
Company in 2003 to join The Wellbridge Companies, a Denver-based owner
of
upscale fitness facilities nationwide, where as Chief Financial Officer
he
assisted with a successful recapitalization. In 2006, he joined
Morgan
Keegan & Company and served as a Senior Vice President of Mergers
and
Acquisitions until July of this year. Harris began his career in the hospitality
industry with The
Promus Companies, Inc., the owner of Embassy Suites, Hampton Inns,
Homewood
Suites and Harrah's Hotels and Casinos. He joined Promus as a
Senior
Financial Analyst in 1989 and was a Regional Finance and Accounting
Manager
when he left in 1995 to join Sage. About Sage Hospitality Founded in 1984, Sage Hospitality has strategically grown into one of the largest privately held hotel management and development companies in the nation operating a variety of large, full-service hotels and extended stay and select-service properties. Sage Hospitality's comprehensive management portfolio includes major international brands for Marriott, Starwood, Hilton and IHG as well as the independent boutique hotels. Sage Hospitality has further differentiated with the creation of the Sage Restaurant Group, which has created and is managing 10 unique restaurant concepts including the acclaimed Mercat a la Planxa restaurant in Chicago. For more information, please visit www.sagehospitality.com. |
Contact:
Anna Stancioff
Hawkins International PR (212) 255-6541 [email protected] |