Leadership

Gilbert ESPITALIER-NOËL

Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director

Appointed to the Board of Directors: February 2013

Qualifications: BSc University of Cape Town, BSc (Hons) Louisiana State University and MBA INSEAD.

Committee: Member of the Corporate Governance Committee

Professional Journey:

Gilbert Espitalier-Noël commenced employment with the Food and Allied Group (now Eclosia group) in 1990 and was appointed Group Operations Director in 2000. He joined the ENL Group, where he was Executive Director from February 2007 until June 2015.

He is since July 2015 the Chief Executive Officer of New Mauritius Hotels. Gilbert ESPITALIER-NOËL

Was the President of the Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2001, of the Joint Economic Council in 2002 and 2003 and the Mauritius Sugar Producers’ Association in 2008 and 2014.

Skills:

Extensive experience in the agro-industrial, property and hospitality sectors.

Pauline SEEYAVE

Chief Financial Officer, Executive Director

Appointed in August 2016

Qualifications: Master of Arts, St Catharine’s College, University of Cambridge and Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Professional Journey:

Pauline Seeyave is currently the Chief Financial Officer of New Mauritius Hotels Limited. She has 20 years of working experience in UK and Mauritius. She has managed client portfolios in Audit and Business assurance and has occupied senior executive roles in banking, across finance, risk management, credit, project finance and corporate banking. She is a current Non-Executive Director of Innodis Ltd and was a past Director of SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd, State Insurance Company of Mauritius Ltd and Club Mediterranee Albion Resorts Ltd.

Skills:

Extensive experience in risk management, corporate finance and financial reporting.

François VENIN

Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Executive Director

Appointed in July 2015

Professional Journey:

François Venin is currently the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of New Mauritius Hotels Limited. He is responsible for managing the sales and marketing strategies of the NMH’s 8 hotels, all overseas offices worldwide and the three tour operating companies. Beachcomber Tours in France, the UK and South Africa. He also assists in the decision-making process on new projects or ventures and manages communication platforms with optimum use of all available digital channels. François Venin was previously the General Manager of Mauricia Beachcomber Resort & Spa and Canonnier Beachcomber Golf Resort & Spa and had before that managed properties overseas for Club Méditerranée.

Skills:

Strong expertise in sales, communication and marketing strategies. François Venin also has over 41 and 32 years of extensive experience in hospitality and team management respectively.

Jean Louis PISMONT

Chief Operations Officer

Graduated from the Hotel School of Granville and holds a degree from Thonon-les-Bains, Hotel Management School, France. Previous experience in several countries within reputable international hotel chains; he has previously managed Shandrani, Victoria, Paradis and Dinarobin Beachcomber. He represents the interest of NMH as owners’ representative of the Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech and the new Club Med in Seychelles. He is also a past president of the Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Mauritius (AHRIM).

Joined NMH Group in February 1997.

Geraldine KOENIG

Chief Officer Operational Excellence

BA Hons Economics / MA, University of Cambridge, UK.

Diploma in Management, University of Amherst, USA.

Previous experience with SGS Group Management Ltd (Geneva) and Rogers Group

Joined NMH Group in March 2016.

Bertrand PIAT

Chief Human Resources Officer

BSc (Hons) Psychology and Economics from City University, London and MA Occupational Psychology from Sheffield University. Previous experience in Human Resources and Training experience in Corporate and Consulting roles, locally and abroad.

Joined the NMH Group in 2009.

Karine CURÉ

Chief Communication & CSR Officer

Karine holds an Executive Master (MSc) in Marketing (Hons) from the University of Paris-Dauphine (France) and a BSc. She started her career in the field of communication in Paris and has worked in Mauritius in the tourism, leisure and hotel sectors as well as Corporate Marketing & Communication.

She joined the Group in February 2019 as Communication & CSR Officer and is the Chairperson of FED (Fondation Espoir Developpement). Karine is the former Chief Marketing & Communication Executive of Rogers Co Ltd since October 2015.