Rory Cole-Bowen – Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Rory is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of hospitalitybiz^®. which is recognized as one of Australia’s leading Hospitality Executive Search and Recruitment companies specializing in the placement of top performing people in the hospitality industry both locally, nationally and internationally.

During his career spanning over 25 years Rory has worked for some of the most prestigious hotel companies in Europe, Southern Africa, Asia and Australia including a number of “Leading Hotels of the World’ including Gleneagles, The Royal, The Windsor and The Beaufort Heritage. Rory also worked as Corporate F&B Director Asia Pacific for Oberoi Hotels and was involved in the opening and running of a number of food and beverage and restaurant operations in Singapore and Malaysia.

He then spent many years in General Management and Senior Management positions for some of the leading international 5 star Hotel companies in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Rory has also worked as Operations Manager for Qantas Catering a large multi-national corporate airline catering company. Experienced in working with large teams and in diverse businesses, he has in-depth knowledge of production processes, process improvement, logistics, and industrial relations, Quality Assurance, Occupational Health and Safety and business strategies.

Rory established hospitalitybiz^® in 2002 and has built a highly successful business whose reputation is built on absolute trust and dependability. He leads a team of senior hospitality professionals who are unwavering in their uncompromised professionalism and code of ethics and who provide our clients with highly personal, individually tailored recruitment services.