RODNEY SIMPSON

Managing Director of Operations – APAC, BWH Hotels

Rod Simpson is a highly experienced hotelier across 37 years of hotel operations, encompassing 19 countries in the upper upscale and mid-scale hotel sectors. His international experience includes the entire Southeast Asia region, China, Australia and New Zealand. A highly travelled, results focused leader who thrives on tough assignments and challenges, he is a diplomatic and patient entrepreneurial professional, that has a history of turning underperforming regions hotels / resorts around operationally and financially including guest and associate satisfaction, ensuring strong stakeholder returns. Rod has attained an acute understanding of cultural sensitivity from his global experience, and he has a deep passion for developing and mentoring his teams and believes in sharing his knowledge.