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Global Leisure Partners LLP
17/18 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PT, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7016 8050, Fax: +44 (0) 20 7016 8060
Web: www.globalleisurepartners.com |
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Operating
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Operating Executives
GLP’s unique Operating Executive network includes 37 current and former CEOs, business decision-makers and thought leaders from the casino & gaming, lodging, & hospitality, health & fitness, travel & tourism, media & entertainment, real estate and financial services industries. This differentiates GLP from other merchant banking practices through the depth and breadth of industry perspective and experience that its executives provide.
This unique industry-specific network provides GLP with proprietary deal flow, due diligence support, portfolio company management and board talent (directly or sourced via the executives) and management and consulting services to clients in conjunction with GLP’s advisory services. Each executive is an investor in GLP and aligned with GLP’s interests through access to proprietary co-investments, opportunities for board participation, management positions and consultancy fees.
Expertise Sector by Executive
GLP
Operating
Executives |
Sector Expertise |
Casinos &
Gaming |
Lodging &
Hospitality |
Travel &
Tourism |
Health &
Fitness |
Retailing &
Lifestyle |
Consumer Media & Entertainment |
Financial &
Real Estate |
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Bob Appel
Former managing partner of Neuberger and Berman, a leading equity oriented money manager now owned by Lehman Brothers. Now a private investor and active in New York philanthropies. |
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Tom Baker
Former President and COO of International Game Technology from February 1996 to October 2000, then Chief Executive Officer until October 2004 and finally Chairman until 2005. While CEO, Tom presided over growth in IGT’s market capitalization from less than $5 billion to over $15 billion. |
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Mike Balfour
Co-founder, former CEO and Deputy Chairman of Fitness First; Chairman of YachtPlus. |
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Anton Bilton
Executive Chairman of Raven Mount Plc, an AIM-listed property developer; CEO of Raven Group, a major European property developer and venture investor. |
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Brahman Capital
A US$1.8 bn market neutral hedge fund. Brahman invests in companies with great management and compelling value opportunities. |
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Bob Chepak
President of Merrill International. Merrill is a leading provider of communications and outsourced document services to financial services organisations, corporations and law firms globally. |
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Bob Decker
Managing Director of GLP; Founder of Robert L. Decker LLC, Business Consultant. Former EVP and CFO of Churchill Downs; Former VP of Finance for Hilton International Corp. |
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John Donaldson
Former CEO of The Thomas Cook Group, has retained an involvement as non-executive Deputy Chairman; Chairman Cannons Health & Fitness, Chairman of Laterooms.com, Director/Investor Thames Clippers Ltd., Former Non-Executive Director of Ebookers plc and Holiday Autos. |
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Ed Ellers
Former President, CEO and Director of President Casinos; Former senior Partner of Klehr Harrison Ellers, a major Philadelphia-based law firm; Professor of Law, Temple University School of Law, teaching Gaming Law. |
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William Finneran
Founding Partner of EXOP Capital; Chairman of the Board of Edison Control Corp and Con Forms Industries; Former Managing Director of Wachovia Securities. |
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Nathan Gantcher
Founding Partner of EXOP Capital; Former CEO Oppenheimer & Co., Inc.; Former Vice Chairman CIBC Oppenheimer; Former CEO of Alpha Investment Management. |
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Michael Gauselmann
Vice Chairman of Gauselmann AG, one of the largest European gaming companies. Founder and Chairman of Atronic, a large European slot machine manufacturer which recently agreed to sell a 50% stake in Atronic to GTECH. |
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David Giampaolo
CEO of Pi Capital in the UK; Co-founder of Fitness Holding Europe. |
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Ron Gidwitz
Former CEO of Helene Curtis, a major hair care and consumer products company. Ron spearheaded the sale of Helene Curtis to Unilever for over $900 million in 1996. |
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Alan Goodenough
Former Chairman and CEO of London Clubs International plc. |
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Clive Jacobs
Founded holiday autos Group in 1988 and grew it in to the world’s largest car rental broker operating out of 30 countries worldwide. Sold the business in March 2003 to lastminute.com and spent a year as Executive Deputy Chairman. Clive has since become a serial investor in both established and start-ups across the travel, internet and software sectors. |
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Ellis Landau
Former CFO of Boyd Gaming. In over 30 years as a financial executive in the gaming and hospitality industries, Ellis was responsible for acquisitions and financings totalling several billions of dollars, including the groundbreaking Borgata project financing, and the $1.3 billion Coast Resorts acquisition. |
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Yvette Landau
Former General Counsel of Mandalay Bay. While at Mandalay, Yvette was a key member of the management team that built Mandalay into one of the leading casino entertainment operators in the US. Mandalay was sold to MGM Mirage for $7.9 billion in 2005. |
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Bruce McLaren
Extensive career in the advertising industry. In 1986 sold Ted Bates Advertising to Saatchi & Saatchi; founded CAM Galaxy Group in 1988, a group of specialist marketing companies which at one stage consisted of 27 companies in six European countries; sold Interactive Games International out of CAM Galaxy Group to GTECH. Current directorships include The NewsMarket.com. |
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Bob Miodunski
Former CEO of Alliance Gaming Corp. |
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Saul Negreann
Private investor in retail, apparel and real estate. |
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Jean Claude-Noel
Adjunct Clinical Professor at INSEAD, Founder of Atrium Consulting LLC and International Director Executive Coaching Network Inc. Former Senior Vice-President-the Americas of Hilton International; Former Group Chief Operating Officer of Christie's International; Former Senior Vice President International TNT Express Worldwide and Corporate Vice President M&A of TNT Post Group; Former CEO TNT subsidiaries. |
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Timothy Parrott
President and CEO, Americas for Aristocrat Technologies Inc; former Chairman and CEO of On Stage Entertainment Inc; Former Chairman and CEO of Boomtown Inc; Board Member of Pinnacle Entertainment. |
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William Paulos
Co-founder of Millennium Management Group; Former President and COO Primadonna Resorts, Inc; Former COO Crown Casino Ltd; Former Senior VP Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc. |
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Patricio Perkins
Former Board member of YPF SA, former Managing Director of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc (Argentina). |
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Bill Richardson
Former Vice Chairman and a major shareholder of Mandalay Resort Group. Responsible for all of its development activities, including design and construction. In Las Vegas, Bill led the original construction of Mandalay Bay, The Hotel and the Monte Carlo and the redesign/expansions to Luxor, Circus Circus and Mandalay Bay totalling more than $3 billion. Now head of W.A. Richardson Builders, LLC. |
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William Rogers
Chairman and founder of the Halifax Group, founding investor of Colony Capital. |
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Mike Rumbolz
Chairman / CEO Cash Systems Inc; Managing Partner of Acme Gaming; Former Vice Chairman Casino Data Systems, Former President and CEO of Anchor Gaming; Former Director of Corporate Development of Circus Circus Enterprises, the predecessor to Mandalay Bay Resorts. |
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Vernon Sankey
Former CEO of Reckitt & Colman; former Chairman of Thomson Travel Group; former Chairman Gala Plc; holds Chairmanships and non-executive directorships of Pearson, Photo-me International, Zurich Financial Services (Ch), Food Standards Agency, The Really Effective Development Company, Cofra (Ch), Beltpacker and Taylor Woodrow plc. |
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Bob Scott
Former CEO of Coral Eurobet plc. |
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Mark Smith
Executive Chairman and former CEO of Town Sports International |
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Lady Barbara Thomas Judge
Chairman of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and of SOAS University. Deputy Chairman of Friends Provident PLC and the Financial Reporting Council in the UK. Senior Non-Executive Director of Quintain Estates and Development Plc and of Portmerion Potteries. Former roles include: Director of Capital Radio Group and of Allders; a founder of Private Equity Investor Plc; a Director of News International; a Commissioner of the US SEC and Executive Chairman of Whitworths. |
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Jerome Turk
Developer and CEO of Pala Casino, Resort & Spa, an American Indian facility; former Co-owner and Chairman of Fitzgeralds Gaming Corp of Las Vegas, Co-developer, owner and operator of Empress River Casino in Chicago. |
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Chris Wiedenmayer
Former President & CEO of Faber Castell-USA. |
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John Wilson
Former CEO of Millennium and Copthorne Hotels; Former COO of Hilton International. |
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William Wortman
Co-founder, Millennium Management Group; Former CFO of Caesars Palace. |
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