Thomas Derichs has over twenty years experience in the tourism leisure and hospitality industry specialising in acquisitions, development, operator selections and General Management of hotels, Food and Beverage facilities and other tourism and leisure related businesses both in Australia and New Zealand.
He has experience in repositioning and establishing businesses with emphasis on changing and developing cultures within organisations and reviewing structures and processes to maximize revenue performance.
Tom’s background also includes reviewing operational infrastructures, design and implementation of facilities and project managing refurbishments and new building developments.
He has a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of South Australia, Diploma in Management, is a registered Real Estate Agent (Qld) and has qualified as a trainer from Destra Corporation LLC Boulder Colorado USA in facilitation and change management.
His experience includes acquisition and development of Hotels for
Stockland Trust Hotel Division, the Saville Hotel Group (now part of
Mantra Group) He has also been the General Manager of the Stamford
Plaza, Melbourne, the Stamford Plaza, Auckland and the Saville on
Russell Hotel, Melbourne. Group General Manager for the Mansion
Group and General Manager Hospitality, Reed Property Group.
Recent consulting roles include MoVida Pty Ltd, Comme Kitchen and
Bar, Jill Anderson Properties, Aurora Spa, Crowne Plaza Pelican
Waters, The Wine Bar, The Sebel , RCQ .