Francois E.

Operations Manager (ExCom) | Luxury Resort & Multi-Property Operations | F&B, Rooms & Pre-Opening Specialist | Middle East · Africa · Asia

Vietnam

About

With 14 years of international hospitality experience across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, I operate at the intersection of luxury resort operations, multi-outlet F&B leadership, and high-standard rooms division management, currently as Operations Manager on the Executive Committee in Vietnam. My career spans branded hotel groups, independent luxury resorts, and ultra-high-net-worth private estates and royal households in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, giving me a rare combination of structured brand standards and the discretion, adaptability, and precision that VVIP and fine luxury environments demand. • End-to-end hotel operations leadership across Rooms, F&B, Housekeeping, and Guest Experience • Pre-opening and expansion experience • Cross-cultural team leadership across 10+ nationalities, with a track record of building high-performing department head teams • Strong commercial awareness: budget management, cost control, and revenue-focused decision-making across multi-outlet operations • Deep experience in luxury guest journey design, from 5-star resort operations to royal household service standards I thrive in complex, fast-moving environments where operational precision, people leadership, and exceptional guest experience must all deliver simultaneously.

Experience

  • Operations Manager at Ana Mandara Cam Ranh
    Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Operations Manager on the Executive Committee at Ana Mandara Cam Ranh, a 284-key room and villa beach resort owned by Sovico Group — Green Globe Award winner 2025, Vietnam's Leading Green Resort (World Travel Awards 2025), T+L Luxury Awards Asia Pacific 2026 nominee and Conde Nast Travelers Triple Crown 2026 - Hot List, Gold list and Readers choice award. 550+ staff across all resort departments, with full accountability for daily operations, guest experience, commercial performance, and brand standards with main focus in Lagoon Village Key achievements: -Spearheaded targeted service and quality initiatives, increasing NPS from 50% to 77% with a improved guest arrival journey and restructuring the guest feedback loop. -Elevated TripAdvisor ranking from #5 to #3 Best Resorts in Cam Ranh through rigorous enforcement of luxury service benchmarks and real-time review management. -Delivered F&B revenue 11% above prior year, consistently pacing ahead of monthly targets through aggressive upselling and menu engineering. -Orchestrated the pre-opening lifecycle of a 30-villa (68-room) Lagoon Village luxury extension; directed all OS&E procurement, asset positioning, and cross-departmental concept development to ensure a seamless, on-schedule launch.

  • Hospitality Operations 2IC at Palace & Private Estates
    Mar 2025 - Nov 2025 · 9 mos

    Hospitality Operations and Events manager (2IC) for a large scale UHNW VVIP property in the United Arab Emirates

  • Room Division Manager at Zuri Zanzibar Resort
    Oct 2024 - Feb 2025 · 5 mos

    Room Division Manager at Zuri Zanzibar, a 56-villa luxury resort and member of Design Hotels. Led 72 staff across Front Office and Housekeeping as part of the resort's Executive Committee. Key achievements: • Occupancy growth from an average of 60% to 93% • Reduced housekeeping expenses by 8% through tightened budget controls while maintaining 5-star standards • Improved room turnover efficiency by 21% through process redesign • Introduced new room amenity program aligned with 5-star luxury positioning • Provided functional leadership to Front Office Manager, Housekeeping Manager, Laundry Manager, and Night MOD Managers

  • General Manager - F&B at Royal Saray Resort
    Jun 2024 - Sep 2024 · 4 mos

    Pre opening assignment as General Manager of Al Massarah Beach Club, Restaurant and Pool and Managing of the existing Al Hadiqa Pool & Bar at The Royal saray resort, a UHNW owned, commercialy operated property in Manama, Bahrain.

  • Operations Manager at Sailing Club Leisure Group
    Dec 2023 - May 2024 · 6 mos

    Responsible for the day to day operations of a vibrant and upscale, 300 cover, beach club establishment including but not limited to service, restaurant, bar, beach and events.