2023 Advisory Board
Meet our 2023 advisory board. These champions of the industry provide us with the strategic insight and guidance that ensures our content is relevant, topical, and valuable to the hospitality value chain.
Developing a meaningful, balanced and innovative programme – reflecting the vision and mission of the hotel and hospitality industry itself, whilst encouraging growth, diversity and transformation – is the purpose of our advisory board.

Adrian Landry
GM
The Leonardo Hotel

Alexa-Rae Sebba
Head of ESG
Moore Global
Bronwen Auret
Chief Quality Assurance Officer
SA Tourism
Darryl Erasmus
Managing Director
TrevPAR World
Eugene Kotze
General Manager
Town Lodge Waterfall, Midrand
Gustav Pieterse
Hotel Manager
Saxon Hotel, Villas and Spa
Lee-Ann Bac
Director
BDO South Africa
Martin Kobald
VP – Worldchefs
ChefMLK Group of Companies
Mike Vroom
Executive Director Africa
Newmark Hotels
Robert Jasper
GM
Sandton Sun Hotel
Rosemarie Van Staden
Chairperson
National Accommodation Association of South Africa
Stephen Hickmore
Director
Swiss Hotel School
Wendy Alberts
Chief Executive Officer
Restaurant Association of South Africa (RASA)
Yusuf Tilly
Director
Trade Connect