Rob Garrett

Kerzner International Resorts FZ LLC (Luxury Hospitality)
August 2013 - Present: Director, Global Executive Office/Special Assistant to CEO
• Director of operations and business development activity for the lead executive in a global office of a multinational luxury resort operator with the Atlantis and One&Only brands
• Driving the resort expansion and acquisition programme, managing the process of deal flow from initial client contact to inspection of potential sites, to terms negotiation for new long term resort management agreements with a $200m pipeline. Origintated and managed relationships and negotiations in China, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Thailand, Turkey, USA
• Client relationship generation and management directly with C-Suite executives in multinational organisations, UHNW Family Offices, Real Estate Developers, Luxury Retailers, Food & Beverage Restaurant brands for the purpose of brokering large Real Estate driven deal for mixed use and hospitality projects
• Business Development - building relationships with Real Estate partners, F&B operators and luxury retail to develop multi-year retail and restaurant management agreements for the portfolio of resorts. Client relationships include: Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Giorgio Locatelli, Blue Ribbon Restaurants, The Arts Club, Levant, Labelux, Paspaley
• Project Management of the company's design and development activities, ensuring coordination and adherence to brand standards in design and development of existing and new resorts and branding campaigns
• Monitoring and reporting of financial budgeted P&L key metrics to the CEO, working closely with the Revenue Management Team and Finance Team, and updates on key financing initiatives with the CFO

The Goodwood Group of Companies (Luxury Hospitality & Events)
April 2012 - July 2013: Business Development Manager
• Responsible for High Net Worth Individual Membership Product Portfolio and Sponsorship generation principally across automotive, media, luxury retail and financial services sectors.
• Development of new business strategy for HNWI membership product in concert with Group Board and CEO in this international luxury events and hospitality business
• Delivered YoY 10% growth over three years on a team target of £12m gross new business revenue through sponsorship and membership business ranging from £75k to £3m term contract value. Account managed client renewals and increased revenue worth in excess of £5m with success with ENRC, Rolex, Tag Heuer, Audi, BMW
• Generated creative new business concepts for the international business expansion and the existing events portfolio; proposed a strategy for engagement with new sectors and geographies
• Product marketing and launch with management responsibility for new loyalty product sales & marketing development: budgeted revenue of £2m with P&L reporting responsibility

May 2010 - April 2012 Business Operations Manager (Executive Assistant to CEO)
• Lead responsibility for managing and prioritising business resource within CEO's office for production of client pitches and relationship generation and account management
• Project managed a large scale change project dealing with VIP entertaining, involving constructing a process and developing a business case and measuring ROI for the entirety of Goodwood's three major public events, and a portfolio of smaller scale private events
• Research, development and implementation of time-sensitive strategy and pitches for international business development initiatives in Executive Office, and subsequently independently contributing to the management of this function within the wider business
• Actively participated in the negotiation of first global merchandise licensing deal (Belstaff), worth in excess of a projected £500k per annum. International exposure to pan-European and International client base, utilising my language and cultural skills with French and German multinationals. Direct client relationships included: Renault, Infiniti, Schroders, TPG, Rolex, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, ENRC, Tag-Heuer, McLaren

November 2008 - January 2010: Training Officer (Initial Training Group)
• Selected on merit as instructor in organisation of 250 staff responsible for delivery of training and coaching to all Royal Armoured Corps recruits, planning and delivering multi-disciplinary training and managing change in training delivery
• Managed and led a training team staff of 7 core members, with supporting staff of up to 15 delivering military training and leadership coaching to 100+ recruit soldiers

British Army
2006-2010 Officer (Captain), The King's Royal Hussars

January 2008 - November 2008: Armoured (Main Battle Tank) Troop Leader at Regimental Duty
• Delivered top KPI performance in role during an extremely high intensity period of training in UK, Germany, Canada. Received top performance report from peer group of 18 young officers for leadership of 14-strong team
• Organised pan-European exchange visits and exercises using French and German language proficiency
• Organised a Regimental charitable Ball for 500 guests, coordinating fundraising in excess of £50, 000

August 2007 - December 2007: Combat Operations in Iraq (OP TELIC 10/11)
• Platoon Commander in charge of 30 men and a wide range of armoured equipment in a front-line unit on combat operations during a period marked by the transition from high intensity war-fighting to peace support
• Planned and delivered operational success under extreme pressures from enemy action, climate & mission time; ensuring safety of team and mission success, reporting directly to highest levels of political and military command

January 2006 - August 2007: Junior Officer Training and Regimental Duty
• Completed specialist training in Tank combat gunnery, maintenance and tactics, achieving top prize from a cross division peer group of 25 young officers
• Led a Regimental adventurous training and ski racing expedition to Verbier for 9 weeks. Familiarising young soldiers with snow, taking them to racing on expert level Downhill courses in a rapid acceleration which tested their courage and adaptability
• Managed and administrated all facets of travel, diplomatic clearances, equipment and logistical support

Further Employment

2004-2005: WestLB AG
• Selected as Graduate Trainee in function liaising across business units and all management levels within corporate bank. Problem solving and communicating strategy to employees and investor relations' client base in Germany and UK. Left to pursue Faststream placement, on assumption that would be precluded from pursuing planned initial military career due to injury

2005: Civil Service - Department for Constitutional Affairs (now Ministry of Justice) - Faststream• Bill Manager for Compensation Act (2006), responsible for communicating policy across government, managing cross-industry stakeholder relationships and organising parliamentary delivery
• Demonstrated adaptability and tenacity to succeed in rigorous selection process selecting from top 2% of University graduates. Final board candidate for Foreign and Commonwealth Office Diplomatic scheme - top 0.25% of candidates. Returned to Army to fulfil sponsorship commitment after rehabilitation from serious injury

2002-2003: Allianz Versicherungs AG (Placement Year)
• University Sandwich placement in German Industry, developed language fluency to highly proficient level, alongside commercial acumen in this operational and customer services placement in the automotive insurance sector