Tim Shearman

Chief Executive & Founder

Tim brings over 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry, with a strong focus on private equity and investment. As Chief Executive of Four Corners Hospitality Group, he provides world-class support to hotel owners and investors, specialising in Asset Management, Acquisitions, Advisory and Hotel Management.
 
Tim is a seasoned global senior executive with board-level expertise and a proven track record of driving business performance across complex, multicultural environments. With a strong focus on relationship-building and strategic influence at the highest levels, Tim brings deep industry knowledge, commercial acumen, and a passion for delivering exceptional results.
Previously, Tim served as CEO of Aprirose Real Estate Investment, where he oversaw their extensive hotel portfolio. Before that, he was the Chief Operating Officer at London & Regional Properties, managing their global hotel portfolio. Under his leadership, the portfolio became one of the industry’s most prestigious and diverse, consistently delivering exceptional results.
 
Tim’s career also includes his role as VP of Asset Management at Westmont Hospitality Group, where he managed one of the world’s largest privately owned hotel portfolios, with full responsibility for European operations. 
 
Earlier in his career, he managed UK hotel portfolios and began as a General Manager for internationally branded hotels.
 
Throughout his career, he’s led transformative repositioning strategies, tripling portfolio values and consistently delivering outstanding returns for owners and shareholders. Tim’s experience spans asset management, acquisitions, and disposals—each executed with a clear focus on value creation and strategic growth. His commitment to cultivating top talent and maintaining influential relationships with senior executives across major hotel brands has been key to securing favourable outcomes and sustaining long-term success.

Rekha Toora

Partner

A pan-European real estate investment specialist with c.18 years’ experience across the capital stack, Rekha has sourced, structured and executed hospitality, residential, office and mixed-use transactions across the UK and Europe. Operating across debt, equity, buy-side and sell-side, she brings institutions, private equity firms, and family offices a rare combination of capital fluency and feasibility judgement. Backed by a deep network of capital connections across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, Rekha has a sharp read on where hotel investment is heading.Rekha cuts through complexity, pairing commercial rigour with focused execution, balancing investor expectations against operator realities.

Following her time at JLL Hotel Capital Markets and as Chief Investment Officer at Cerberus Capital-backed Qbic Hotels which was focussed on hotel conversions, she is trusted to engage and motivate a diverse team, understand deal risks and opportunities in the toughest environments. Her hospitality expertise spans hotels, hostels, aparthotels, serviced apartments, and branded residences across Europe.

Rekha chairs the Capital Markets Committee at the EEA (Energy and Environment Alliance), the not-for-profit driving hospitality’s sustainability agenda, whose members represent more than €320bn in Assets Under Management — giving her a direct line into how sustainability is reshaping investment, value preservation, and liquidity decisions across the investor spectrum.
 

She co-chairs both the INSEAD Real Estate Club and INSEAD Hotel Club at INSEAD — ranked Europe’s number one business school by the Financial Times in 2025 — and completed the UK module of its Non-Executive Director programme in June 2026, sharpening a board-level perspective built on her finance and real estate career.

A regular speaker at IHIF Berlin, AHC Manchester and the Energy and Environment Conference, Rekha is a recognised voice on where hospitality investment is headed.

​​Anthony Renfred-Thomas

Chief of Staff

Anthony is Chief of Staff at Four Corners Hospitality Group. He works alongside the leadership team to turn strategy into delivery across the Group’s acquisitions, advisory, consultancy and asset management work.
He has nearly 30 years’ experience as a trusted right hand to CEOs, C-suite executives and Board members. His career spans hospitality, private equity, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, retail and management consultancy. He started in private equity at ABN Amro. He then spent almost five years at Westmont Hospitality Group supporting the SVP of Asset Management & Operations, which gave him a strong grounding in how hotel portfolios are owned, managed and made to perform.
Most recently he worked with the Chief Executive of Newton Europe. There he handled board reporting, stakeholder communications and confidential due diligence support across two acquisitions and a divestment. He also brought in a new travel management partner, projected to save more than £300,000 a year. Before that, at Reckitt, he supported global leaders in Internal Audit and Medical Affairs. That work covered governance, Audit and Ethics Committee reporting, and international conferences for more than 100 delegates.
 
Anthony also brings an owner-operator’s view. He founded and ran a two-site retail business with full P&L and people responsibility, and he runs his own aesthetics practice. He has project-managed six property renovations, including Grade II and Grade II* listed buildings. That experience with capital works and the contractors behind them carries over naturally to hotel assets.
 
He is known for being discreet, calm under pressure and commercially sharp. He gets things done without fuss, so the leadership team can focus on creating value for owners and investors.

Sylvia Matthews

SVP Finance & Business Support

Sylvia’s extensive involvement in the hospitality sector spans over 30 years. During her 15-year tenure in Dubai, she held a senior finance position in the corporate office of the Jumeirah Group. In this capacity, Sylvia not only effectively managed financial risk and supported governance, but also played a pivotal role in driving growth. Her contributions extended beyond Group Financial management, encompassing collaborative efforts with senior regional and departmental directors to shape financial strategies and guide strategic business planning. Sylvia’s capabilities extend to seamlessly interacting with operational managers and confidently presenting to diverse audiences, including Board members, Asset managers, and Owners.

Now, as she joins the FCHG team, Sylvia’s wealth of experience is poised to add significant value. Her return from Dubai in 2015 was marked by a successful venture with her husband, during which they achieved remarkable success in launching, running, and revitalizing a splendid Edwardian house in the Scottish Borders. This endeavour led to its transformation into a prestigious 5-star, 3 Rosette Restaurant with Rooms. Her proven expertise and accomplishments are set to enhance the capabilities of the FCHG team in exciting new ways.

Jon Baker

VP Finance

Jon & Robin ensure our hotels & resorts maintain and increase financial value over the lifecycle of the term. With an unrivalled expertise in all-things-finance relating to hotel P&Ls, financial processes and driving efficiencies, we know our assets and their teams are in the best financial hands. Our veritable ‘financial-fixers’!

Jon has worked in the hospitality sector for over 25 years, predominantly in financial and operational procedures, having worked in a number of high profile financial roles and company board positions in both the UK and USA, in multi-site units and Head Office positions.

Over the past 6 years Jon has managed acquisitions and new developments with independent hotels and brands including IHG, Accor, Hilton, Best Western and Wyndham. Having constructed major investment appraisals and delivering large-scale hotel refurbishment programs to strict time scales, and on budget; ultimately achieving significant increases in asset value.

Jon’s experience led him to developing and rolling out new digital concepts to support acquisitions, disposals, bank funding, compliance, IT, revenue management and HR.

Specialising in building dynamic teams and processes, motivating staff to drive growth, increase efficiency, cost effectiveness and bottom-line profit.

Robin Williams

VP Finance

Jon & Robin ensure our hotels & resorts maintain and increase financial value over the lifecycle of the term. With an unrivalled expertise in all-things-finance relating to hotel P&Ls, financial processes and driving efficiencies, we know our assets and their teams are in the best financial hands. Our veritable ‘financial-fixers’!

Robin has over 30 years of hospitality experience predominately in Financial Control and Systems. He is currently VP Finance of FCHG and previous to this, has been doing troubleshooting and pre-opening projects in the UK. Robin previously worked for London+Regional within the hotels asset management team improving financial performance and management reporting.

Robin spent 16 years in Spain where he was Financial Controller for several luxury establishments such as the Rey Juan Carlos I in Barcelona and Finca Cortesin in Malaga. When he returned to the UK, he spent 3 years as Group Financial Controller for a small group before setting up his own consultancy. Robin specialises in increasing efficiency in the finance function, drawing from his vast experience of software and systems coupled with a very varied experience, he ensures hotels have strong financial control while keeping the finance teams streamlined and efficient.

Alan Garrick

SVP Property and Project Management

Alan is our Property & Project Management professional.

He is literally top of his game at managing our clients’ hotel refurbishments, development projects, cost management, building surveying, designer services, FF&E procurement and disaster recovery.

Alan has worked within the construction industry for over 30 years and is a highly respected, commercially minded operator within his field with an enviable network of globally renowned clients and contacts.

In his current role as Managing Director of Fitzsimons, Alan has worked with some of the world’s leading hospitality brands including IHG, Hilton, Marriot, Hard Rock, Guoman and various other independent operators.

In 2017 he was the project director for the delivery of the award-winning Spyscape Museum in New York.

Rachel Shackleton

VP Learning, Development & Wellness

Rachel Shackleton is a seasoned hotelier who transitioned from Food and Beverage to Human Resources, Learning, and Development, specialising in hotel openings across countries like Jamaica, Barbados, St. Lucia, Russia, and the UK.

Rachel founded Concept Training and Development Services in 1996, ranking among the top learning and development companies in St. Petersburg and Moscow from 2000 to 2015.

Rachel works with organisations to strengthen their culture and performance through lifelong learning and development and collaborates with executives to enhance workforce engagement and leadership culture. As a qualified Kinesiologist and Medical Herbalist/Naturopath, she restores clients’ health and vitality mentally, physically, and emotionally.

FCHG is delighted to have Rachel’s enviable experience within the family, another example of its leading-edge and contemporary proposition and service offering to our partners and clients. At the core of her extensive background lies a unique perspective that prioritises the growth and well-being of both individuals and teams.

Rachel’s expertise has been featured in Thrive Global, Authority magazine, and Business Week. She has also been interviewed on the Rick Nuske Business Show and presented at the Health summit in Geneva.

Ros Hardiman

SVP People

Our guru for any expert advice and support, from HR policy navigation & compliance to implementing procedures and development of teams, making sure we achieve our talent-management goals, both internally and across our assets.

As an industry insider, Ros has worked with some of the best hospitality brands in the UK over the past 25 years as a senior people professional. Her breadth of experience encompasses luxury, high profile businesses including Wentworth Club, Kensington’s Royal Garden Hotel and the Gordon Ramsay Group, as well as large, multi-site leisure and hotel operators.  

Ros has extensive experience in shaping organisations through periods of rapid change and growth and in managing acquisitions, reorganisations and restructures. She has a commercial, big-picture approach and works closely with other senior leaders to emphasise the long-term value of people as the key driver of organisational growth, innovation, and sustainability.  

She specialises in transforming HR functions to ensure they add value to businesses by being future-fit, responsive to the rapidly changing world of work and able to provide a consistent employee experience. 

Together with her strong personal and professional values Ros brings a wealth of experience, resilience and hard-won wisdom to the FCHG team. 

Claire Steven

VP Operations

Claire takes care of our hotels & resorts’ Commercial  – Sales, Marketing, PR and Revenue Management as well as F&B efforts across the board. Whether at granular or strategic level, all-things Commercial runs through Claire’s DNA, with a heightened passion and focus on Events and Food & Beverage sales and operations – from initial creative concepts, planning and coordinating to the development and implementation of amazing Food & Beverage concepts & processes, in line with short, mid and long-term strategies. Across all commercial lines of the P&L Claire is the authority, compounded by her ever-evolving tech knowledge and expertise in this space.

Antoine Melon

VP Strategy Food & Drink

Antoine is our food and drink guru, bringing expertise in concept development and launch, operational design, food and beverage identity, staff recruitment and training. He is a strategic award-winning hospitality Director with 25 years global experience.

Graduated from Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne with a Diploma for Higher Studies in Hotel & Restaurant Management, Antoine spent the initial years building his career in Europe & Asia.

His track record consists of opening 18 restaurants and 4 hotels (The Fife Arms, Sunday Times 2019 Best Hotel in UK, The Ned, Farmhouse, Oxfordshire and Six Senses Laamu, Maldives) in 5 different countries. His focus has been on improving business performance as well as maximising growth and delivering hospitality and excellent customer services.

In the past two years Antoine has launched a platform offering in-person hospitality experiences in the comfort of Londoner’s homes. While launching HOMETAINMENT He has also been involved as a consultant with the Marbella Club and Nobu Ibiza as well as working as Operations Director for co-working brand Mason & Fifth & Non Executive Director for the Mr & Mrs Smith Bingham Riverhouse hotel in Richmond.

Ali Kingsnorth

VP Transaction & Acquisition Services

Is all about seeing a transaction through from start to finish. Working with several disciplines, Ali helps our clients execute any type of transaction from acquisition to disposal, providing support, assistance and services that extend to financial modelling, market research and risk analysis.

With over 25 years’ experience in hospitality, Ali has project managed a variety of hotel sale transactions, including one of the highest value UK transactions; the disposal of 12 hotels for in excess of £858 million. Alongside this complex transaction Ali has also managed many single asset transactions with values starting at £2.5m to over £25m.

Throughout her career Ali has also led many other projects including the selection and installation of accounting, asset monitoring, time, attendance and payroll systems. Ali has also been instrumental in the restructuring of many hotels’ finance functions, major insurance claims and many other projects throughout her career.