Brian Clivaz

Brian Clivaz is a well-known figure in the hotel and restaurant world. His career began at The Dorchester Hotel working with Anton Mosimann. He trained in Paris at L’Hôtel Plaza Athénée and L’Hôtel Meurice. He was Duty Manager at the Mandarin Hyde Park Hotel and transferred to Dubai to help establish the Dubai International Hotel. He became MD of the Fourways Inn, Bermuda and then MD of Simpson’s-in-the-Strand. He was the founding Director of Home House private members’ club and MD of Scott’s Restaurant, Mayfair. In 2005 he became MD of The Arts Club and oversaw its transformation into London’s most exclusive and fashionable private members’ club. In 2016 he opened Devonshire Club, a luxury private members’ club in the City of London. In 2018 he led the turnkey development of 6-7 Grosvenor Place into a private members’ club. He is Chairman of L’Escargot restaurant, Soho; London’s oldest French restaurant, and former Chairman of Boulestin in St James’s and Motcombs in Belgravia. Brian is a Freeman of the City of London, Liveryman – The Worshipful Company of Cooks. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts, Fellow of the Institute of Tourism, Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality, Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Linnean Society, and former President of The Reunion des Gastronomes. He has a Hon. MBA from the University of London. He has been advisor to a number of private members’ clubs, including 50 St. James’s, the Café Royal, Keeper’s House, Royal Academy, 10 Trinity Square and 1880 Singapore.

Haider Shah

Haider Shah is an international finance & development professional with extensive experience in private equity investments and international transactions in the hospitality, real estate, power, and core infrastructure sectors. He specialises in creating and delivering project-enabling financing solutions, strategic partnership structures, and successful exits for equity investors. Haider’s projects have included iconic distressed assets and greenfield developments including hotels, private members’ clubs, golf club & marina developments, residential developments, water & power plants, and green fuel production plants in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. His clients and invested partners have included Angelo Gordon and Hanyang Corporation, and sovereign and long-income funds Oman Investment Authority (OIA) and Railpen. Haider has advised on several projects in the power sector, notably for POSCO, SolarReserve, and Korea Western Power, and has acted for clients to deliver successful restructurings of commercial, capital, and real estate matters. He has acted as an advisor to government and multilateral development organisations on international development and finance, and regularly contributes to matters of expert witness testimony and the drafting, lobbying, and legislating of national power and water policies. Haider has a BSc in Economic Science from the University of Manchester.