Mark H. Berey

Mr. Berey joined Miller Global in 2008 as an Executive Vice President. Mr. Berey will be based in Florida and will have responsibilities for hotel management and development primarily in the Eastern United States, Mexico and the Caribbean.  He has over 25 years of experience in real estate development, retail and hospitality-related businesses.     

Mr. Berey began his career in banking in Chicago, and then joined Urban Investment & Development Co. in 1977.  As SVP and Treasurer he arranged more than $1 billion in financing for this national real estate company.  He negotiated hotel joint ventures and management contracts with Marriott and other hotel companies. 

 From 1986-1989 Mr. Berey was EVP, CFO, and Partner in Himmel & Co., a Boston-based real estate development and management firm specializing in large-scale commercial and mixed-use developments. Himmel & Co. partnered with MKDG Co., which was led by Micky Miller.

 In 1989 Himmel & Co. acquired control of Sutton Place Gourmet, a Washington, DC based food retailer, and Berey became President and CEO of Sutton Place.

 In 1997, Mr. Berey joined Giant Food, Inc, a publicly traded $4 billion dollar mid-Atlantic supermarket chain, as SVP and CFO. He was responsible for finance, real estate, and construction until the successful sale of the company to Royal Ahold.

 From 2001 through 2007 Berey was a Board Member and EVP-CFO of Avendra, LLC, a Rockville, MD based hotel procurement venture founded by Marriott, Hyatt, Fairmont, IHG, and ClubCorp.  Avendra procured more than $2 billion of goods and services in 2007.

 Mr. Berey holds a B.S. degree from Indiana University and earned an MBA as an F.C. Austin Scholar at Northwestern University.        

 He serves as a Director of FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE: FCN) and is a member of its Audit committee and Governance committee.  He also serves as an Advisory Board member of Swander Pace Capital, San Francisco, CA. 

Mr. Berey is a National Trustee of The National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver, CO and serves on the Board of Project REAP (a real estate non-profit organization) based in Washington DC.

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