Mr. Chuck Bedsole

Mr. Bedsole has more than 23 years of industry experience, including eight years with Big Four professional service firms and five years of corporate-level experience with hospitality companies in the areas of acquisitions/development, finance and marketing. He has substantial domestic and international experience with hospitality properties including hotels, mixed-use resort developments, hotel condominiums, interval ownership, all-inclusive resorts, and marinas. He also has significant experience with residential, commercial and industrial projects in Latin America.

Mr. Bedsole’s advisory experience include strategic planning, due diligence, feasibility, valuation, litigation support, marketing and financing engagements for multinational companies, capital sources, developers, financial institutions and governments in major markets in the US, Caribbean and Latin America. He has worked with major clients including Goldman Sachs, CS First Boston, Odebrecht, Remington Hotels, Viva Resorts, Consorcio ARA, Centex, Olympus Real Estate Funds, Crescent Real Estate Equities, Circa Capital and Electrolux.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Bedsole served as a practice leader in the Hospitality & Leisure group of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and for seven years as the practice leader for Latin America in Ernst & Young LLP’s Real Estate Advisory Services Group. Prior to his tenure at Ernst & Young, he served as director of development for Jack Tar Village Resorts, Inc. and was responsible for new resort development and acquisitions in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Mr. Bedsole received a degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Austin in 1982, and is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Portuguese. He is a member of the US-Mexico Chamber of Commerce, the International Advisory Committee of the Greater Dallas Chamber and the Urban Land Institute. He is a frequent speaker at key industry conferences on lodging and real estate development in the US and Latin America. He has authored numerous articles for industry publications, including Globe St.com, The Wall Street Journal, Hotelexecutive.com, and Hotels magazine.

He can be contacted at 972-374-4204 or ebedsole@alvarezandmarsal.com