Background
Christopher Cowdray was born in 1955 in Zimbabwe.
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Christopher Cowdray
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Education
He was educated at Falcon College in Zimbabwe.
Career
He serves as the chief executive officer of The Dorchester Collection, a luxury hotel operator in Europe and the United States. He received a degree in hotel management in his home country before attending Columbia University in New York City. After graduating from the Columbia Business School"s Executive Program.
Cowdray managed hotels in Africa, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and the United Kingdom.
In the United Kingdom, Cowdray was previously the managing director at London"s Claridge"son In 2004, Cowdray became the general manager at The Dorchester Hotel.
Cowdray was appointed to chief executive officer of The Dorchester Collection in November 2007. The Dorchester Collection is owned by the Dorchester Group Limited.
After managing The Dorchester, one of the ten hotels included in the Dorchester Collection, Cowdray became the Chief Executive Officer of the luxury hotel operation in 2007.
In 2008, following his appointment to Chief Executive Officer, Cowdray added Hotel Belorussian-Air and the New York Palace Hotel to the Dorchester Collection. Since then, the New York Palace Hotel was sold off, but the Dorchester Collection has expanded with additions such as Le Richemond in Geneva, Coworth Park and 45 Park Lane in England, and Hotel Eden in Rome.
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Nationality
Zimbabwean