Valor Hospitality Partners has appointed Paul Nisbett as its Global Chief Financial Officer, elevating one of hospitality’s most experienced finance leaders to a role that spans the company’s entire international portfolio. The move represents a significant step up from Nisbett’s previous position as CFO for the EMEA region, reflecting both his decade-long contribution to Valor’s growth and the company’s ambition to scale its financial leadership in line with a rapidly expanding global footprint.
Nisbett brings more than 20 years of senior hospitality finance experience to the role, with a career defined by scale-building and commercial transformation. Before joining Valor, he served as Commercial and Finance Director at Malmaison and Hotel du Vin Hotels, where he helped develop a six-hotel, £150 million business into a 28-hotel, £500 million operation over five years. That track record of growth-stage financial leadership became a hallmark of his career.
He subsequently spent four years at Principal Hayley Hotels, initially as Chief Operating Officer and then in a Special Projects capacity, before moving into the CFO seat at The Hotel Collection. There, Nisbett served from April 2012 until February 2015, and was appointed acting CEO to oversee the group’s transition from Barceló to Puma Hotels Collection – a period during which he was instrumental in establishing a focused management team and repositioning the business as a leading four-star provincial hotel company.
Nisbett joined Valor Hospitality Europe as Finance Director in 2015, a move that came at a pivotal moment in the company’s European expansion. He has since progressed through the organisation, assuming the CFO EMEA role as Valor’s regional portfolio scaled substantially. The UK operations alone have grown from 17 hotels in 2021 to 40 properties today, reaching more than 7,000 rooms across the country. His promotion to Global CFO now positions him to apply that financial discipline and operational understanding across the company’s full international network.
Valor Hospitality Partners has expanded to a portfolio of more than 100 properties across 65 cities and 22 countries worldwide since its founding in Atlanta, Georgia, by Euan McGlashan and Steve Cesinger in 2012. The company’s growth trajectory shows no signs of slowing, with active expansion across the Middle East and a new entry into the Caribbean market through a strategic partnership. Managing the financial architecture of a portfolio of that breadth – spanning multiple currencies, regulatory environments and ownership structures – demands precisely the kind of cross-regional experience Nisbett has accumulated at Valor.
The company has also invested heavily in its workplace culture, earning a place on The Times Best Places to Work list for two consecutive years and being named best employer in the hospitality spotlight category in 2025. That recognition adds weight to Nisbett’s elevation within an organisation that values leadership continuity and internal development. His appointment to the global role signals that the financial rigour he has embedded across the EMEA region will now inform Valor’s broader capital strategy as it pursues the next phase of international growth.
Nisbett is a CIMA-qualified accountant and has been an active contributor to industry education through HOSPA, where he previously served as chair of the finance community.
