Mr Lake is the Senior Vice President Finance Operations, Asia & Pacific, Premium, Midscale and Economy, for Accor. He has 30 years of experience at Accor and during this time, following a number of hotel and cluster Financial Controller roles, Mr Lake spent time as Corporate Asset Manager before then taking on the leadership of the operations finance functions in Australia, then the Pacific and now incorporating Asia as well. In addition to his finance responsibilities, Mr Lake was leader of Procurement for 3 years and in his most recent role Mr Lake has led and been in growing Accor's Hospitality Services division incorporating Qantas Lounges and, more recently, Concierge, Cafes, Kiosks and meeting spaces in Commercial Office towers.