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Rod is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in hospitality operations and strategic management, having held senior roles with leading international hotel operators like Accor across regions such as Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia. His leadership and strategic insight make him well-suited to drive BWH’s growth and regional expansion. Prior to joining BWH, Rod was Vice President of Operations for Stamford Hotels & Resorts in Australasia and spent eight years as AGM/COO for a Hospitality Group in Asia, overseeing a portfolio of internationally branded hotels.

With more than 25 years of hospitality experience Caspar brings a valuable,composed, and universal leadership style into the businesses he leads. AQ, and EQ are some of his strongest assets.

Caspar is change-savvy, a driven team motivator, a mentor, and a strategic leader. He understands the “why” and ethos of business and his entrepreneurial drive ensures he makes positive and financial differences in the businesses he leads. Caspar thrives in challenging environments, he continues his constant ongoing studies and network to stay agile, diverse and on the forefront of hospitality. Strategising, supporting, and leading in the process of accelerating growth is vital. He challenges the process, to analyse the markets we are in to find ways to increase revenues each year for the businesses. Revenue & Yield management is fundamental to leading any business and its part of his DNA.

Talent and team development is key, and Caspar have created and assembled several high calibre c-suite senior leadership teams in the industry with great success. His focus is on creating, aligning, and organising these elements of the organisation ensuring growth, awareness and transparency and ROI to investors. Caspar is a hotel branding expert, he is a pre-opening specialist, who has several years’ experience in operating and leading all aspects of multi-million-dollar hotel portfolios around the world.

Caspar have launched and managed 5-star hotels, boutique hotels, apartment hotels, co-working facilities, co-living concepts as well as sustainable 5-star eco retreats.

Having led hotel companies as COO and CEO in international markets and driven the expansion and development side of well-known Australian, Asian, and European groups with a focus on exceptional 5-star service, his expertise is extensive, and he is reviewed as a Global forward-thinking hospitality specialist. In 2019 he founded and setup Boutique Lifestyle Hotel Management Company QCC Collection Group Pty Ltd, working with several investors on projects around in Asia.

QCC is currently working with several high-profile investors on their projects, hosting Operator Selections, finding brands, but also delivering feasibility work as well ongoing owner representative work. A large part of this is strategy and helping owners and operators in markets they are not familiar with when it comes to management and operations in general.

Besides his work with QCC, Caspar setup the Motif Retreats Brand Platform and in late 2023 and have spent the last years securing land deals around Australia with investors.

The brand focusses on ultra-local sustainable materials, with modular construction as a pivotal part to the roll out into regional areas of our beautiful country.

Caspar, sits on various hospitality advisory boards and spends a lot of time on mentoring and continuously pushing the boundaries for education in the hospitality and tourism industry.

He loves the hospitality industry and he loves challenging the status quo!

As Account Director at Edgescan, Rodney partners with organizations to strengthen their security posture, reduce risk, and simplify vulnerability management. He focuses on building trusted, long-term relationships and helping clients achieve measurable improvements in their cybersecurity resilience.

A petrol head at heart, Rodney can often be found around anything with two or four wheels and speed. When not working or enjoying motorsport, he’s a keen cyclist who values the challenge and freedom of the open road.

Jackie Park is the Managing Editor of GlobalData’s energy publications, Power Technology and Future Power Technology.

Her coverage expands across the sector, from renewables and energy storage to EVs and grids. Jackie has also worked for NBC affiliate WRAL-TV in North Carolina, US and The JoongAng in South Korea. She graduated with a degree in public policy with a concentration in policy journalism at Duke University and obtained her masters in global politics and communications at the University of Helsinki.

Aliona has approximately three years of experience in pharmaceutical logistics and supply chain operations, with a strong focus on managing regulated storage and distribution environments under GxP and GDP requirements.

In her current role, she works closely with third-party logistics providers to ensure compliance, oversees internal logistics deviations and customer-related complaints, and leads the development and monitoring of key performance indicators. She is actively involved in internal process improvement initiatives and is currently supporting a major warehouse relocation project to accommodate business growth and increased capacity needs.

Her expertise includes temperature-controlled storage and transport, validation and quality requirements, evaluation of passive and active cooling solutions, assessment of logistics service providers, and the development of sustainable distribution strategies. She also brings strong experience in quality assurance, deviation management, and risk mitigation across regulated supply chains.

Earl Tanmantiong has served as Director and Chief Technology Officer of HBNB since March 3, 2025. In addition, Mr. Tanmantiong has served as Chief Technology Officer of Hotel101 Global since 2024. Prior to joining Hotel101 Global, Mr. Tanmantiong served as Founder and President of Earl Hotel Revenue Management Corp., a revenue management service provider for hotel chains in the Philippines, from 2017 to 2024; and as Director of Revenue Management for Hilton-branded hotels in Manhattan, New York City, from 2013 to 2016. Mr. Tanmantiong holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration, Cum Laude, from Cornell University.

With over two decades of experience spanning consulting, business development, and sales management, Rana serves as the pioneering sales leader for the ASEAN market at ClickHouse. Originally from Australia and now a long-time resident of Singapore, he has spent the last 15 years specializing in business analytics and database technologies. Rana is passionate about delivering tailored, cutting-edge solutions that meet both the immediate and future needs of his clients. Throughout his career, Rana has held key roles at industry-leading companies, including Confluent, Hasura, IBM, and Tridant, among others. His expertise lies in helping organizations unlock the full potential of their data through innovative strategies and solutions.