Leona McDarby

Chief Financial Officer, Kerten

Leona is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of corporate fund raising, IPO listing, commercial and financial management experience in global companies with significant operating scale and complexity. Prior to joining Kerten, Leona was the CFO of Ireland’s largest Alternate Financial Services Group in real estate asset classes across Europe. Prior to that, she was Chief Operating Officer at UBS Bank in Switzerland where she worked in UBS Investment Bank, Group Operations and Global Asset Management, managing international transformational programs. Leona has also served as CFO of large property development and investment groups with international holdings and worked in similar roles across several industries including hospitality, healthcare, technology, real estate and manufacturing.

Marloes Knippenberg

Chief Executive Officer

Marloes’ innovative mindset has helped span the organization’s operational and pipeline portfolio to new heights and geographies across the Middle East, CEE, and the Mediterranean. Her hospitality journey started with Hilton where she held senior operational and commercial management positions for over a decade. She launched Kerten Hospitality in 2015, with the backing of Ireland-based investment vehicle, Kerten. Marloes demonstrates the added value that boutique mixed-use projects, tailored hospitality solutions and personalized approaches deliver. She pioneers her Disruptive Innovation vision across the hospitality ecosystem with the aim to establish an industry platform where technology, hospitality and sustainability coexist and evolve for the benefit of consumers, investors and communities at large.

Be inspired with us across all our brands:

The House Hotel & Residence: The House Hotel & Residence buildings are distinctive, they often always tell a story, and are at one with their surroundings. Each location has a well-defined sense of identity that is connected to the heart of the local community. Besides hosting local and foreign events, the brand comes to life by integrating the neighborhood through its interior design.

Cloud7 Hotels & Residence: Our interactive sleep-meet-eat hubs bring our neighborhood to the guests so they get to really live like a local through our unique ‘Meet the Locals’ platform, locally sourced natural and healthy food and drink, interactive displays from emerging local artists and engaging community initiatives.

Frikadell: One burger doesn’t fit all, so our offering with Frikadell allows guests to order a burger their own way using our in-house technology and application – letting guests create their own experience.

Ouspace: We recognized that the culture of work has undergone a transformation, and we took the serviced office and co-working market to the next level. Ouspace creates supportive work environments that encourage solo as well as collaborative projects, allowing guests to work no matter where they are.