Greenwich, CT (November 9,
2012) – SH Group, the hotel brand
management company of Starwood Capital Group, has named Francis Killory
as Vice
President, Development - Asia Pacific, for the company. In this role,
Killory
will lead and manage the acquisition and development of the company’s
two new
hotel and residence brands, Baccarat and 1 Hotels, throughout the Asia
Pacific
region and particularly in China. Killory will also establish and
manage the
company’s Asia regional office in Singapore.
“Francis is a
great addition to our team, and his experienced understanding of this
market
will help the company achieve its goals in the Asia region in the
coming
years,” stated Steven Hankin, Managing Director, Starwood Capital
Group. “We
already have a strong pipeline in market for our two brands, and we are
confident Francis will add to our growth prospects.”
Killory brings nearly 30
years of development experience in the Asia Pacific region to SH Group.
Most
recently he was the Vice President, Development of Asia Pacific for
Jumeirah
with prior roles in development with Carlson and Meridien. Killory has
a Bachelor
of Science in Journalism/Communications, as well as a Master in
Business
Administration from Cornell University. He also holds a Master of
Science in
e-Commerce from Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.
Killory
is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
About Starwood Capital
Group/SH Group
In 2006, Starwood
Capital Group created SH Group, a hotel brand-management company
that owns
the environmentally-focused 1 Hotels & Resorts brand and holds the
Baccarat
Hotel license, as well as other potential future hotel brands. SH Group
provides Starwood with significant proprietary investment opportunities
and
maximizes returns on hotel investments in the firm’s dedicated hotel
funds.
Professionals within SH Group also act as Starwood Capital’s in-house
design
and hotel operations experts.
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