FM Recruitment
James Buchanan · Finance Director
Finance specialism: strategic finance / pre-opening Seniority: director Property type: luxury independent
Location: London Salary: £140,000 Availability: 3 months
Current employer: Rocco Forte Hotels Owner / management group: Rocco Forte (independent luxury)
Matches: 2 companies
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🛡 Ownership-safeOwnership-safe: excluded their own group (Rocco Forte Hotels (owner/management: Rocco Forte (independent luxury))) — no discovery picks needed filtering this run; excluded set on file: Rocco Forte Hotels, Rocco Forte, Brown's Hotel, The Balmoral, Hotel de Russie, Verdura, Hotel Astoria, Villa Kennedy
Matches, decision-makers & drafted outreach
T1 Belmond · 4/5 awaiting_approval
Kate — Financial Controller/Director of Financial Projects
✉ kate.john@belmond.com
With Belmond operating at the same pinnacle of luxury hospitality as Rocco Forte, a Finance Director who has led the finance workstream on two luxury pre-openings brings immediately transferable strategic and operational depth that would resonate with Kate's remit across financial projects and senior leadership.
Day 0 email · Finance Director | Luxury Pre-Opening Specialist | 3 Months' Notice
Dear Kate,
I wanted to bring someone to your attention who I think sits unusually well with Belmond's direction of travel.
This is a Finance Director with 18 years in hospitality, currently with Rocco Forte Hotels, who has personally led the finance workstream on two luxury pre-openings from the ground up. That combination of strategic finance capability and hands-on pre-opening delivery is genuinely rare at director level, and Rocco Forte is about as close a cultural and operational parallel to Belmond as you will find in this market.
Given your remit across both financial control and project finance, and Belmond's continued portfolio growth, I thought the timing was worth a conversation. The candidate is on three months' notice and is considering a move selectively.
I have not shared your details with them. If you would like the CV and a fuller briefing, just reply here and I will come back to you promptly.
Kind regards,
David
The FM Recruitment team
T1 Dorchester Collection · 4/5 awaiting_approval
Jolanta — Financial Controller
✉ jolanta@dorchestercollection.com
With two luxury pre-openings already delivered under Rocco Forte's exacting standards, this Finance Director brings exactly the strategic finance pedigree and independent ultra-luxury property experience that Dorchester Collection's London portfolio demands at director level.
Day 0 email · Finance Director, Rocco Forte background , pre-opening specialist worth a look
Dear Jolanta,
I wanted to put a specific candidate in front of you rather than a general introduction.
We are currently representing a Finance Director with 18 years in luxury independent hospitality, most recently with Rocco Forte Hotels. The reason I am writing to you directly is the pre-opening angle: this candidate led the finance workstream on two Rocco Forte luxury pre-openings, covering everything from owner reporting structures and chart of accounts build to USALI implementation and stakeholder sign-off at ownership level.
Given Dorchester Collection's positioning and the calibre of ownership oversight your finance team operates under, I think the translation would be immediate. The pedigree is recognisable at your tier rather than aspirational.
Availability is three months. I have not included a CV at this stage but can share one promptly on your say-so.
Worth a brief conversation?
Kind regards,
David
The FM Recruitment team