Mark Yates - Committee Member

Mark Yates

Current Role

Edward-Brooks Limited (Permanent Recruitment and Project Management to the Hospitality Industry) - Managing Director.

Career in Brief

Hotel Management School
Relais & Chateaux - Management Training and Development Course in England and France
The Savoy - Front Office, Chef de Brigade
Gravetye Manor - Hotel Manager and General Manager
London Capital Club - General Manager
Ashdown Park (Elite Hotels) - General Manager
Country House Hotels USA - Project General Manager for Vanderbilt Hall Rhode Island USA
Queenwood Private Members Golf Club (The Greens Group USA) - Project General Manger in charge of design, completion and opening
Creation of Edward-Brooks Limited

Hobbies and Passions

All sports, particularly cricket and tennis - MCC member since 1995 and still actively playing on a regular invitation basis
Marathon running, family holidays and walking the dog
Fine wines and quality dining

Career Highlights/Achievements

Managing a quality country house hotel by the age of 25.
Enhancing the reputation of one the country’s finest hotels. Being part of a major refurbishment programme and fully computerising a hotel from a manual system bringing the property into the 20th century.
Overseeing the reopening of a luxury hotel in USA and then working for an American based exclusive private golf club company which included project managing their first European project.
Setting up own business in November 2002.

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