Prior to joining Starwood, Neil was based in London for almost 10 years in various roles as an industry specialist with Deloitte and Arthur Andersen and has advised most major industry players. During this time, he worked on major hotel M&A deals, provided corporate finance advisory services, strategic advice and directed market and development feasibility work in most markets across Europe, Middle East and Africa. His career started as a corporate management trainee in hotel operations with the Taj group of hotels. Neil holds a Masters degree in hospitality management from Cornell University, New York and enjoys skiing, scuba diving, Squash and Latin music.