FM Recruitment
Nathan Cole · Finance Director
Finance specialism: strategic finance / M&A support Seniority: director Property type: independent boutique
Location: Glasgow Salary: £120,000 Availability: 3 months
Current employer: Dakota Hotels Owner / management group: Dakota (independent)
Matches: 3 companies
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🛡 Ownership-safeOwnership-safe: excluded their own group (Dakota Hotels (owner/management: Dakota (independent))) — no discovery picks needed filtering this run; excluded set on file: Dakota Hotels, Dakota, Dakota Eurocentral, Dakota Glasgow, Dakota Leeds, Dakota Liverpool
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T1 Principal Hotel Company · 4/5 awaiting_approval
Michelle — Financial Controller
✉ michelle@phcompany.com
Principal Hotel Company's lifestyle-independent positioning in Glasgow makes it a natural next move for a Finance Director who has steered Dakota Hotels through PE-backed expansion in the same city and the same upscale-boutique competitive tier, bringing immediately relevant strategic and M&A capability that would complement Michelle's controllership remit.
Day 0 email · Glasgow boutique finance director, PE-backed expansion background
Dear Michelle,
I wanted to bring someone to your attention who I think is a particularly close fit for Principal Hotel Company's Glasgow operation.
We are currently representing a Finance Director with 16 years in hotel finance, all of it in the upscale-boutique sector. Most recently at Dakota Hotels, they led the finance function through a private-equity-backed expansion programme, taking on full P&L ownership alongside M&A and strategic finance responsibility. They know the Glasgow market and the competitive tier you operate in from the inside.
Given Principal's lifestyle-independent positioning, the overlap feels material rather than coincidental. The strategic and transaction experience this candidate carries would sit alongside a controllership remit very naturally, rather than duplicating it.
They are available on a three-month notice period. I would be happy to share their CV if the profile sounds relevant.
Kind regards,
David
The FM Recruitment team
T1 Lore Group · 4/5 awaiting_approval
Peter — Chief Financial Officer
✉ peter@loregroup.com
With Lore Group actively growing its UK lifestyle portfolio, Peter and the CFO team would find immediate relevance in a Finance Director who has already steered a comparable independent boutique operator through PE-backed expansion and M&A, bringing precisely the strategic finance rigour that accelerates portfolio growth without the learning curve.
Day 0 email · Finance Director | PE-backed boutique expansion | 3 months' notice
Peter,
We represent a Finance Director currently with Dakota Hotels, where over 16 years they have built a strong specialism in strategic finance and M&A support across the independent boutique sector. Most relevantly for Lore Group, they led the finance function through a private-equity-backed expansion programme, owning the reporting architecture, investor relationships and deal-support processes that growth at that pace demands.
Given Lore Group's active trajectory in the UK lifestyle market, this is someone who arrives without a learning curve on the strategic side. They understand what a growing independent operator needs from its finance leadership, and they have the track record to prove it rather than simply assert it.
They are on three months' notice and actively considering their next move. I would be glad to share their CV and discuss fit in more detail if you have ten minutes this week.
Kind regards,
Dan
The FM Recruitment team
T1 Principal Hotels · 4/5 awaiting_approval
Alexander — Regional Financial Controller
✉ alexander@principalhotels.co.uk
With Principal Hotels pursuing a UK lifestyle expansion, a Finance Director who has already steered Dakota Hotels through PE-backed growth in the same Glasgow market brings directly transferable experience in scaling an independent boutique estate under investor scrutiny, making this a credible conversation for Alexander as Regional Financial Controller.
Day 0 email · Finance Director | PE-backed boutique growth | Dakota Hotels
Dear Alexander,
Given Principal Hotels' UK lifestyle expansion, I wanted to bring a specific candidate to your attention rather than wait for a brief.
We are currently representing a Finance Director with 16 years' experience, most recently at Dakota Hotels, where they led the finance function through a private-equity-backed expansion programme. That means USALI-standard reporting under genuine investor scrutiny, multi-site P&L ownership, and M&A support across an independent boutique estate. The Glasgow market overlap with Principal's existing footprint makes this more than a coincidence.
For a Regional Financial Controller role, this is someone who has already operated at the level your expansion will demand, without the learning curve of adapting from a corporate chain environment.
They are available on a three-month notice period. I have held back the CV deliberately, as I would rather confirm the fit with you first.
Worth a brief call this week?
Kind regards,
Mark
The FM Recruitment team