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    <img src="/img/abid-2021.jpg" alt="Abid Butt">
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    <h1>A creative and dynamic leader with a passion for tourism and hospitality.</h1>
    <p>Performance-focused C-level executive with proven success in leading global and diverse  teams to best-in-class outcomes. Provided strategic leadership to advance organizations. Developed strong relationships with all stake holders for collaborative culture. Outstanding track record in high volume, multi-site operations on five continents. Skilled in delivering sustainable change and driving innovation in challenging roles. Leveraged business acumen, ingenuity and information resources to create value.</p>
    <a href="img/resume-abid.butt.pdf" target="_blank">
      <div class="resume-button">Resume</div>
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<section class="featured grid-x">
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      <h2>Career Summary</h2>
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          <th>2022 – Current</th>
          <th>Group Chief Executive Officer</th>
          <th>Assets Group</th>
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          <th>2019 – Current</th>
          <th>Managing Director</th>
          <th>AB Ambassadors</th>
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          <th>2017 – 2019</th>
          <th>Chief Executive Officer - AMEA</th>
          <th>Dream Hotel Group</th>
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          <th>2012 – 2016</th>
          <th>Chief Executive Officer</th>
          <th>Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts</th>
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          <th>2006 – 2012</th>
          <th>VP Asset Management</th>
          <th>Host Hotels & Resorts</th>
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          <th>2003 – 2006</th>
          <th>VP & General Manager</th>
          <th>Benchmark Hospitality International</th>
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          <th>1998 – 2003</th>
          <th>VP Operations</th>
          <th>Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts</th>
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        <tr>
          <th>1984 – 1998</th>
          <th>HM, GM, Regional Director</th>
          <th>Sheraton Hotels & Resorts</th>
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      </table>
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    <section class="skills cell">
      <h2>Skills</h2>
      <p>Extensive domestic and international hospitality business expertise.</p>
      <p>A leader with the clarity of vision; tenacity to achieve clearly-set goals; passion for delivering the best quality product; and an innate sense of loyalty and responsibility towards all stakeholders. Lead teams through creativity, dedication with revitalization and alignment of business goals.</p>
      <p>Extensive experience in design and implementation of organization culture supporting balanced score card philosophy.</p>
      <p>Proven track record of strong working relationship with owners, developers and management teams to achieve various project completion and operational improvement.</p>
      <p>Strong strategic planning, preparation and implementation skills.</p>
      <p>Thrive handling multiple priorities while working under demanding conditions.</p>
      <p>Special aptitude for analytical problem solving, delivery system design and implementation through process mapping, evaluation and reengineering.</p>
      <p>Distinct talent for change management to excel the organization into exceeding its’ goals.</p>
      <p>Active public-speaker with keen views on current issues confronting the travel and hospitality industry globally.</p>
      <p>Adjunct faculty member for Leadership in Hospitality program at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies.</p>
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