I enjoyed working in hotels so much. I felt very fulfilled by being of service to people, playing a role in making guests’ experience memorable for all the right reasons." 

Coming to London, Timothy started studying at Thames Valley University (TVU). Here, he learned all the essential commercial elements of running a hospitality business, including practical modules in the kitchen, which helped him to understand the challenges that everyone encounters in their roles in the hotels he would eventually manage. He also made friends from all over the world.  

Hospitality is a very engaging industry, and it attracts people who have a good energy. The Ealing campus was great, and I have very positive memories of my time there.” 

After being moved to the New Jersey Hilton Short Hills for two years for his first Executive Committee role as Director of Front Office Operations, Timothy returned to London, where he joined luxury hotel The Royal Lancaster, initially as Executive House Manager and progressing on to Executive Food & Beverage Manager, where he  was responsible for the operations of five food and beverage outlets. 

It was a great opportunity for me to have the experience of running a large food and beverage operation when my background was more rooms division. 

My only experience in restaurants until then was working as a waiter and barman and latterly at the Mary King Room at TVU. But I learned that if you have strong leadership skills in one discipline, these skills are transferable. If you go in with humility, and a willingness to learn, you can be successful.”  

These skills would help when Timothy started working at The Hoxton. 

The earliest part of my career was all luxury hotels, so it was a cultural shift for me to be part of business that was very design-led and creative. At the time, The Hoxton was rewriting the rules of hospitality with its energetic lobby spaces, great design, partnerships and activations.” 

Timothy joined the original Hoxton Shoreditch team as Director of Operations and was then subsequently promoted to General Manager for the site. As the business started to scale and acquire new sites in London and Europe, Timothy became the group’s Global Brand Director, where he played a key role in defining the Hoxton brand to enable it to scale globally. 

When The Hoxton group began acquiring sites in the US, Timothy was promoted to Managing Director for North America, moving back to New York. Timothy headed up the US business and launched The Hoxton in the US market, establishing a regional central office and North American team based in New York City. He led the highly successful opening of Hoxton hotels in New York, Portland, Chicago and LA.