LAGUNA BEACH, CA—Montage Hotels & Resorts appointed Matthew Stephen-Hassard as VP/acquisitions and development.
With 20 years of experience in multiple fields, Stephen-Hassard is responsible for expansion of the company’s portfolio of hotels and resorts, both within the United States and internationally.
Prior to joining Montage Hotels & Resorts, Stephen-Hassard began his career in strategy development, investment banking and mergers & acquisitions. His most recent role was principal/investment banking at North Point Advisors in San Francisco, where he led all facets of transaction execution and provided M&A, capital raising and corporate financial advisory services to companies, real estate developers and high-net-worth individuals in the real estate, hospitality and hospitality-technology sectors. Prior to North Point, he was an independent consultant providing corporate financial and strategic advisory services to several private companies, as well as to a publicly held retail technology company.
In addition he previously was senior director of corporate development and head of M&A for International Specialty Products, a specialty chemical company located in Wayne, NJ. He has also held roles as VP/merchant banking at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.; VP/investment banking at Presidio Merchant Partners LLC; and associate/investment banking at Adams, Harkness & Hill, Inc.