Vijay Thakur

Capital & Platform Strategy

Institutional capital markets foundation at Goldman Sachs and Sumitomo, followed by senior CFO and advisory roles across design-led hospitality and lifestyle platforms, structuring investments where design, operations, and financial performance are closely aligned.

Operates across complex, multi-entity and cross-border environments, including Silencio and the SLOW collective (Scorpios, La Granja), overseeing capital structuring, governance, liquidity planning, investor engagement and board-level reporting.

Integrates hospitality within disciplined financial architecture to support long-term asset performance at masterplan stage.

Bruce Robertson

Development & Operations

Hospitality operator with over 25 years of international leadership across lifestyle hotels, members’ clubs, and design-led platforms.

Led the launch of award-winning properties including The Standard (London), and held senior roles within Soho House Group and other globally recognised hospitality groups.

Responsible for concept realisation, development coordination, pre-opening strategy and operational execution—ensuring vision translates into commercially resilient, high-performing assets at scale.

Michaelangelo L’Acqua

Brand, Culture & Experience

Global leader in brand-led cultural programming, with over 25 years building scalable platforms across hospitality and luxury.

Former Music Director at W Hotels and Global Entertainment Director for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, defining the atmosphere and character of international multi-property environments. Has also led integrated brand strategy for Virgin Voyages and other lifestyle ventures.

Shapes cultural identity and programming to support long-term positioning, differentiation, and asset value.

Operating Layer

Hospitality-led operating infrastructure is integrated at masterplan stage, defining the layers that underpin long-term asset performance.

Food & Beverage

Hands-on expertise in F&B operations across leading hospitality groups including Four Seasons, One&Only, and St. Regis, focused on translating concept into consistent, scalable performance.

The F&B layer is treated as a core component of the operating platform—aligning operator selection, concept, and unit economics to ensure coherence, scalability, and sustained contribution to asset performance over time.

Community & Membership

Specialist capability in customer lifecycle, CRM, and community engagement within hospitality-led environments, with experience across platforms such as Aman and Our Habitas.

The membership and engagement layer is designed to shape how communities are experienced over time—supporting activation, retention, and consistency, while ensuring the operating platform remains responsive and commercially aligned.