Mr. Shepherd’s notable projects include a 14-month engagement with a FTSE 100 U.K. hospitality company with multi-site hotel and restaurant operations. The project defined and delivered a £400 million cost-efficiency program. Mr. Shepherd oversaw the design and delivery of efficiencies across hotel and restaurant operations, delivering £70 million of labor efficiencies. Working directly for the COO and CHRO, Mr. Shepherd personally led the design and planning of a large restructuring program for site management (both on- and above-property), as well as overseeing the design and implementation of efficiency programs in housekeeping and front-of-house labor.

Mr. Shepherd led commercial due diligence workstreams, co-creating the growth strategy and substantiating the business plan for a portfolio of U.K. lifestyle hotels. He also led due diligence for a hospitality company to partner with a brand major and subsequent carve-out of brand and restructuring of RemainCo operations.

Before joining A&M, Mr. Shepherd spent three years with Sonder, a U.S. tech-enabled hospitality company. As Director of Investment Analysis, he was responsible for underwriting all hotel and apartment deals to support expansion across EMEA. Mr. Shepherd created underwriting methodologies and P&L and cashflow models, and supported data infrastructure for mass-model management. He also established strong governance for deal approvals and advised on the company’s market expansion strategy.

Prior to this, Mr. Shepherd spent eight years with InterContinental Hotels Group in senior corporate strategy, development strategy, and investment analysis roles. Before that, Mr. Shepherd was a Strategy Consultant for IAMCO Partners, a boutique advisory firm.

Mr. Shepherd earned a bachelor’s degree (first class) in German and mathematics from Cardiff University and an MPhil in European politics from the University of Oxford. He is a fluent German speaker.