KEMPINSKI
 28, boulevard du Pont-d'Arve
1205 Geneva
Switzerland
+41 22 809 8841
+41 22 809 8809
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KEMPINSKILike snowflakes, no two Kempinski Hotels are alike. Kempinski, Europe's oldest luxury hotel group, owns a collection of more than 50 hotels and resorts. About half of the company's properties are in Europe; the rest are scattered across the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Many of Kempinski's European hotels are located in historic buildings and palaces, including the former home of German composer George Frideric Händel. The company also has hotels in Sicily's vineyards, at the Dead Sea in Jordan, and along Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Kempinski was founded in Germany in 1897. 
After having completed his studies of Hotel Management at the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland he started his career in IT by managing the installation of typical hotel systems. During his employment for Micros-Fidelio Software in Paris and later at the Munich head office, he contributed to the successful implementation of networking and server installations and created the standards for hotel groups such as Marriott International, Intercontinental Hotels and others.
Stefan Bader joined Kempinski Hotels as Consultant in 2002 and started as Director of Hotel Technologies in January 2009. Initially managing the wide area network and hardware standards he moved to find innovative guest-facing technologies through research and partnerships with external companies while supporting the company with the project management on a large number of openings.
A German citizen, Stefan is married with one child, enjoys skiing, hiking and diving and lives in Munich.
Jeremy Ward was appointed as the Senior Vice President-IT for Kempinski Hotels in 2008. He brings more than 17 years of experience in the IT industry to the position. Prior to his appointment, he was the CIO for JJW Hotels and Resorts. At JJW Hotels and Resorts, Jeremy was fundamental in establishing and expanding the technology used throughout the groups hotels, including applications and solutions used across the back-office, and the emergence and convergence of technologies used for guest facing solutions. At Kempinski Jeremy is tasked with aligning the business requirements of the group with the IT strategy and steering the Group through a rapid expansion process as they look to double in size over the next 3 years. Jeremy sits on a number of external advisory panels related to the hospitality industry and is a board member for HTNG.
Alexander Gundlak is working for Kempinski Hotels S.A. as Manager Back of House Systems at the corporate office in Geneva, Switzerland. He is in charge of Kempinski's Intranet, its collaboration platform and the corporate people management systems including the Jobsite. Prior to Kempinski he was working in different areas and positions for jobpilot AG, Lufthansa AG and stepped then into hospitality and worked for Steigenberger Hotels AG and Fleming's Hotels & Restaurants as IT Manager for 13 hotels. He gained over 8 years of experience in media design, web development and IT systems administration. His major project is currently the implementation of a companywide Web 2.0 based community platform.
Colin Lubbe is the Chief Financial Officer but also in charge of Information Technology for Kempinski Hotels. He is responsible for ensuring that financial reporting and systems are continuously improved. Furthermore, he is the driving force to increase performance in the Finance as well as the IT departments on a corporate, regional and hotel level, ensuring each department acts as an internal business partner.
Before joining Kempinski, Lubbe was the Vice President Financial Shared Services for Hyatt Corporation in Chicago. During his 27 years of experience in the international hospitality, he has lived and worked in Germany, Switzerland, the United States as well as South Africa, and has opened 26 hotels in his career so far. A native South African, Lubbe speaks English, Afrikaans and basic French and German.
Sophie Pommois is responsible for all Hotel Information Systems from the technical and data integrity point of view. This means all the integration between the different levels of different databases at hotel and central levels. Mainly all systems where the guest information is included in: PMS, Sales and Catering, E-Communication with the Guest Systems, Reporting and tools to improve the data quality of the databases on the hotel level. On the central level - Hotel Information Systems, Central Reservation System, Global Sales Offices, Web-booking Engine and all the distribution part.
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