Colin Lubbe will be based in Geneva at Kempinski’s corporate offices. As CFO, he will oversee Corporate and Hotel Finance, as well as Corporate IT. He will be responsible for ensuring that financial reporting and systems are continuously improved. Furthermore, he will be the driving force to increase performance in the Finance as well as the IT departments on a corporate, regional and hotel level, ensuring each department acts as an internal business partner.

Before joining Kempinski, Lubbe was the Vice President Financial Shared Services for Hyatt Corporation in Chicago. During his 27 years of experience in the international hospitality, he has lived and worked in Germany, Switzerland, the United States as well as South Africa, and has opened 26 hotels in his career so far. A native South African, Lubbe speaks English, Afrikaans and basic French and German.