DAVID BARK

Hotels Asset Manager, Mulpha Australia Limited and General Manager – Asia/Australasia/Oceania, Hub OS

David is an experienced hospitality professional with 40 years’ experience as a GM, Area General Manager in large 4- and 5-star hotels managed by IHG/Accor/Wanda in Australia, China, New Zealand, as well as being the CEO of Private Club in Australia

He also had his own hotel asset management consultancy business and consulted to one of the largest private owners of Hotel assets in Australia.

David has opened 4 hotels in China, managed large scale Hotel refurbishment projects from concept to delivery as well as the complete repositioning of hotels plus David has organised external events for up to 15,000 people in attendance.

David is the Chair of the Standards committee for the IHG Owners association (OA) in Australia as well as being an active member of the OA in Australia

Through hands on involvement with the hotel-based teams, David ensures that all opportunities to drive performance and asset returns are materialized.