Introducing Mr Lee-Mahoney I
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Club President Plìilip Bouzring xzelcorrres the 11e.wz FCC lTtalaager, Jethro Lee-1\4a"hone),', a-nd e><pla"ins tro.w. tre s/as selected.
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to an adveltiselnent, and through hos-
new rnanager will already be on the job ancl members should have little trouble recognising his tall and solid frarne. Jetl iro Lee-Mahoney was appointed following aboard meeting on Satr-rrday March L2, following which a contract was signed in the presence of various members, and Mr Van Es' calrera. This sholt ceremony was the cr-rlmination of a search which lasted ten weeks and involved an irnrnense
pitality industry employment agen-
amount of work. Most of this fell on the shouldels of the committee set to go through the applications and inter-
vieu' the more promising sounding candidates. The committee incir-rded various board members and three non-boarcl associate members. As members will recall, at the EGM in January I mentioned the desirability of co-opting expeliencecl non-board rnembers into the selection process both to make it as effective as possible and to reassure associates that their interests were not being ignored. In the e'r.ent we were forturnate to be able to co-opt Michael Matthews, cr-rrrently with the Ritz-Cadton, who
has many years experience in tl-re Asian hotel industry; Atl'rene Choy who is a recruitment consultant u.ith Deloitte Touche Tohmatau; andJohn Rittger of Digital Eqr-riprnent Corp., who recently was involved in a manager selection process at the Arnerican C1ub.
Assisting the committee
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Gillian Hacking, a consultant to whom we paid a fee for all the co-ordinating and administrative work, setting up interviews and investigating candidates backgrounds, etc. Applicants carne by wold of mouth, in response
cies. Indivic|-ral approaches were also
made to possible candidates. In all u'e revieu'ed the C.V.s of some 50 individuals ancl inten iewed
l-2 or so who seemed particr-rlally promising. To be a snccessfnl rnanager of the FCC lequires a balance of skills including F&B training, house and per-
sonnel lnanagelnent experience, and an ability to deal w-ith members and boards. In the event, we had a preference, but not an or.erriding one, for a person with club experience in addi-
tion to l-rotel and restaurant management skills. Along with a list of requirements, we dicln't have a large budget, nor s/ere we able to offer inhouse accornmodation, as do rnost clubs and hotels in Hong Kong. f¡sm \Øe were also conscio¡15 of recent unfoltunate experience the inportance of assessing charactet'
and attitude, as v.ell as folmal
qualifications. Though Jethro Lee-Mahoney has never wor-ked in Hong Kong, his first contact with the FCC was via one of our associate mernbers wl-io also hap-
pens to be a member of Con-rmonwealth House in London of which he was managel. He was also recortmended to me by former FCC PresidentMike Keats
to
please! As
an easy lnan it-never happened, I u,as
visiting London in eady Febmary and was able to inten.ieur hirl. At that stage $.'e were tencling to assume that the post coulcl be filled locally. Br,rt when that proved lo lestrict olll'scope to too few candidates, u..e invited sorne from overseas for interuiews in Hong Kong. This even-
PRES$ HERE.
tually led to oLll' offering the post to Jethlo Lee-Mahoney. Jetlrlo Lee-Mahoney, 49,has an tnteresting, varied and appropdate (forthe FCC) background. His first training was in art but he clecicled that the pursuit of food was more another interest - r,vorked at - as a chef, practical. He trained provincial hotels in England, before joining the melchant navy as a steward and rising to the rank of Catering Officer. Back on land again, he was man-
agel of a hotel in rùTeymouth, then lness manager of the Staff College at Camberley, training glound not jr-rst for-Britain's military elite but also for those of mân)¡ other countries. Flom there he rnoved to become lnanager of the famous 'ù7ig and Pen c1Llb,
strategically located in Fleet Street
between the newspaper offices and the law coLlrts. Till the recent removal of the pless to cheaper locations (and changes in the iicensing lau,s) the \ùfig and Pen s¡as a synonym for long but
excellent lunches, copious drinking and the algumentatir¡e spirit of jor-rrnalists and lawyers.
For the past five years LeelVlahoney has been manager of Com-
monwealth House on London's
Northr-lrnbedand Avenue. This Club,
witl'r a rnembership of 10,000 and residential facilities as well as restaLlrants, bars and function rooms has recently closecl. The building
except the facade is being completely redeveloped¡¿¡þs¡ on the lines of the HK Club -Building. Rather than wait around for the redevelopn1ent, Jethro decidecl to seek a new c1'rallenge.
He has certainly tound
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