For the past 20 years Yvette has been drawn to the changing landscape of the hospitality industry and the innovations that keep it compelling and relevant. After working across the industry in design, development, operations, HR and finance, she founded Craft House in 2011 to provide clients with a vertically integrated solution to ensure projects operate and perform as great as they look on the cover of a magazine. Prior to founding Craft House, Yvette worked with hotels, boutique properties and private member’s clubs, and was a Senior Consultant with Horwath HTL where she consulted on hospitality developments across Asia. Yvette graduated from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration, is a LEED® Green Associate and author of the HOTELsMag blog, 'The good, the bad and the funky.'

Jonas has over 25 years of hospitality management experience across the industry. His roles have included property level hotel and resort operations management, ranging from human resources to Food & Beverage and Sales & Marketing. He also has tourism and destination management/marketing experience serving as Managing Director of the Marianas Visitor's Authority on Saipan. He then spearheaded the development of hospitality performance benchmarking in Asia Pacific with STR Global, and provided hospitality development advisory services with Horwath HTL in Singapore. Over the years, Jonas has been involved in a number of industry organizations, charities and educational initiatives, often in a leadership role. He is also a frequent speaker and moderator at industry events. Jonas is originally from Sweden but spent his teenage years in Ethiopia. After graduating from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in the United States, his career has taken him from Beijing to the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific, to Singapore, where he worked on development projects and valuations across the Asia Pacific region. He is now back to Europe and based in Monaco.

Peter is responsible for strategy for Elephant LLC and is a senior contractor to Landor Associates in Asia. He works with a diverse set of clients including Tesla Motors, Chow Sang Sang Jewelry, Thai Union Group, Jin Jiang International Hotels, Greenland Development and CP Group among many others. Prior to starting Elephant, Peter was Executive VP at Enterprise IG for 6 years working with Caterpillar Inc., Brown-Forman, FujiFilm USA, Nestlé Foods, and AMD. Before that he was with Landor Associates managing strategic brand projects for Deere & Company, Hewlett-Packard, Lincoln-Mercury, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Telecom, Caltex, Singha Beer and Pepsi Foods, among many others. Peter holds a B.A. degree in Political Science and Oriental Languages with honors from the University of California, Berkeley.

Mark is currently the CEO for The Conduit in London and has more than 25 years of hospitality experience. His career began in his native country, Kenya, at the age of sixteen when he led safaris for Abercrombie and Kent. After graduating from Surrey University in England, Mark held positions at the Connaught Hotel in London, and The Pierre Hotel, Four Seasons, China Grill Management, and the Hudson Hotel in New York. Mark was also General Manager at Soho House New York and then Director of Operations for Soho House North America responsible for the openings of Soho Beach House in Miami, Soho House West Hollywood, the Soho House satellite clubs in Los Angeles, and Cecconi’s restaurant in West Hollywood. Mark also held the General Manager role at The Tribe in Nairobi, Kenya. Mark was a Director at Craft House for five years prior to joining The Conduit, a Craft House client, in the UK as their CEO in 2017. Mark is the Chair of the Board for FilmAid International, and sits on the Board of the Kenya Education Fund and the Board of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust.

Eleanor is a seasoned marketing and public relations strategist with nearly 15 years of experience in the luxury lifestyle space. From agency leadership roles at Ketchum and Craft House to in-house roles, Eleanor brings a unique perspective to clients and lifestyle brands, focusing on achieving business objectives through an effective integrated marketing approach for communications, strategic partnerships, digital channels, influencer strategies and community development . Eleanor graduated from the University of Maryland Smith School of Business with a double major in Marketing and International Business.

A Native Hawaiian, Baron is a member of the Hospitality Asset Managers Association. With over 25 years of experience in hospitality investment, finance and operations, Baron has consulted and worked on projects in the US, Latin America, Asia and Europe. He specializes in luxury hospitality and mixed use development, asset management and branded residences. Baron has been featured on Bloomberg Asia and has composed several white papers and industry articles including authoring Chapter One of “Strategic Hospitality Leadership; The Asian Initiative.” Baron holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business from the University of San Francisco and has a Masters in Hospitality Finance and Marketing from Cornell’s School of Hotel Administration.

Luke has over 35 years of experience in the hospitality field working for various international companies. He most recently spent seventeen years with China Grill Management, mostly as Corporate Chef and Director of Operations where he utilized a diverse set of skills in concept development and execution. Previously, Luke worked in Miami, Jakarta and New Orleans with Intercontinental Hotels and Four Seasons Hotels. Luke has a wealth of knowledge and experience with independent and hotel restaurants of all sizes and concepts and provides a range of culinary strategies including concept refinement, menu development, repositioning, growth strategy, kitchen design, and training and development, always producing measurable results for clients.