Bret McLeod Named Chief Monetary Officer for Nice Wolf Resorts

Nice Wolf Resorts, Inc. has appointed Bret McLeod as the corporate’s subsequent Chief Monetary Officer. McLeod has greater than 20-years of monetary management expertise, a majority spent throughout the hospitality business, and can oversee the corporate’s finance and accounting capabilities in addition to function a member of Nice Wolf Resorts’ govt management crew liable for driving the corporate’s enterprise transformation and progress.

McLeod will play a management position in creating and refining monetary processes, techniques and infrastructure whereas guiding a world-class finance and accounting crew of greater than 110 pack members. He can even present crucial assist as the corporate navigates a interval of serious progress, with three resorts set to open throughout the subsequent 18-months, in addition to function a key advisor for future improvement alternatives and strategic capital choices.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Bret to the Nice Wolf Pack,” shared John Murphy, Chief Government Officer for Nice Wolf Resorts. “We’ll rely closely on Bret’s sturdy monetary acumen as we add greater than 1,500 keys to our portfolio with new resorts opening in Florida, Texas and Mashantucket, Connecticut, in addition to additional improve and rework the Nice Wolf Lodge expertise at our 20 present resorts throughout North America.”

“I am excited to affix Nice Wolf Resorts, a dynamic firm that’s in the course of a major progress section and is consistently acknowledged for its people-driven tradition and high-performing groups,” added McLeod. “I am honored to be part of the pack and to assist contribute to this firm’s continued success.”

Previous to becoming a member of Nice Wolf Resorts, McLeod served as Chief Monetary Officer for the publicly-listed firm Citycon, an proprietor of 33 grocery-anchored procuring facilities with over 250 staff all through the Nordic area. Previous to Citycon, he was co-founder, Managing Accomplice, and Chief Monetary Officer of Lakewood Lodge Group, a personal funding agency that specialised in resort investments for institutional funding companions. Previous to forming Lakewood, McLeod spent most of his profession with Host Accommodations & Resorts, the biggest public lodging REIT and a S&P 500 firm, the place he final served as Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Head of Technique and Investor Relations.

McLeod holds an MBA from the Kellogg College of Administration at Northwestern College and a B.S. in Enterprise Administration from the McDonough College of Enterprise at Georgetown College, the place he double-majored in Finance and Administration.

McLeod might be based mostly at Nice Wolf Resorts’ company headquarters in Chicago and is within the strategy of relocating to the Windy Metropolis from Stockholm, Sweden along with his spouse and kids.