Jon is a senior hospitality professional, with significant board experience at strategic & operational levels combining over 25 years’ experience across the wider hospitality & leisure sectors of Hotels, Restaurants, Bars, Clubs & Casinos.

Most recently as a founding partner of The ONE Group Europe Jon was instrumental in securing, developing and operating the company’s flagship F&B operations at ME Hotels London & Milan and The Hippodrome Casino London grossing combined annual revenues of c£30 million headlined by the international brand STK.

Having worked in corporate, entrepreneurial and NASDAQ listed organisations, Jon brings a wealth of sector experience, specialising in business planning, fundraising, site selection, conceptualisation, licensing, operations, development and launch alongside strong commercial acumen & in-depth operational understanding.

Currently Jon operates Stake Concepts, a boutique advisory firm specialising in Hotel F&B and is currently advising a range of hotel developers and operators across the UK and Europe on their FnB strategies.

Jon also has extensive recent experience working as a strategic advisor and Non Executive Director with listed and private equity backed leisure businesses spanning both national and London centric estates successfully supporting executive management teams in realising their corporate ambitions, within both private businesses and PLC’s on medium term projects.