Leadership

Oxford, its affiliates and principals have successfully sponsored, co-sponsored and/or participated in the investment, acquisition and/or development of approximately $3 billion of  hotel real estate across approximately 13,000 hotel rooms including approximately 5,000 employees.

John and his various projects have been nominated and won numerous awards,  he has been a regular judge at the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business New Venture Challenge and a guest speaker at Northwestern’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He has held a number of board seats and executive positions with a variety of community, industry and cultural organizations.  John graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and an emphasis in Real Estate. He received his MBA from the University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business with an emphasis in International Finance and Economics. He has also studied at Northwestern University, Harvard Business School (President’s Program) and Oxford University (Christ Church).

A devoted family man, John tries to live by a personal and professional ethos of integrity, discipline, hard work, a collaborative and empathetic style, a positive attitude, a growth mentality, an enthusiastic zest for all aspects of life and a belief that nearly anything is possible. He is a voracious reader who loves biographical, business, social, architectural, political and military history. He also enjoys chess, genealogy, art, cinema, classic boats, architecture, nutrition, the scouting movement and sports of all kinds.

Larry co-founded Oxford Hospitality Investment Partners in 2005.  Immediately prior to joining Oxford, Larry’s principal activities included leading the leveraged buyout of SunRiver Living Centers, LLC, a Bend, Oregon portfolio of assisted living and skilled nursing assets. SunRiver was subsequently successfully sold.  Also prominent among his’ previous activities is his 1989 founding of Providence Health Care, Inc., a vehicle to acquire an Ohio-based chain of nursing care facilities and assisted living communities. 

Larry’s experience also includes arranging financing for two publicly held health care real estate companies, AmServ Inc., and Amerihealth, Inc.  He led the acquisition of several portfolios of senior housing real estate assets as well as a Tampa-based institutional pharmacy, actively participating in management of these enterprises.  From 1985 through 1989, Larry founded and served as CEO of Common Goal Mortgage Company, at that time the nation’s only lender specializing in senior housing and long term care.  He also served as an officer and board member of Common Goal Capital Group, an affiliated entity that sponsored a publicly registered mortgage fund, which also lent exclusively to the senior housing industry.

Larry graduated from Harvard College in 1976 with a concentration in history.  He earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business in 1980, concentrating in real estate and finance.  He is a former member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and is a member of the Urban Land Institute.  He is also an avid skier and tennis player.  Larry enjoys international travel and reads widely.  His primary interests are history, biography, architecture, classic literature and politics.

In addition, he has extensive experience in third party operations and asset management where he operated 45 properties and reported to a variety of well-established clients and ownership structures including Sifton Properties, Tridel Corporation and numerous others. Richard’s initial education and management development was in the field of Hotel & Resort Management where he spent nine years with Hilton International Hotels in Canada and the U.S. in a number of progressive positions.  

Most recently, he served as Vice President at a mid-market investment and merchant bank and prior to that worked as a consultant in the lower mid-market M&A sector, completing numerous successful transactions in a variety of industries. Credentials include a Commerce degree from Ryerson University with a double major in Corporate Finance and Economics and an MBA from McMaster University with a major in Strategic Business Valuation. Scott is also a Chartered Business Valuator (CBV).

Tim has led financings and M&A transactions for mid-market companies (both private and public) in a variety of sectors including software, life sciences, technology, real estate and entertainment. Tim began his career with Renaissance Hotels and Marriott International as Director of Sales working in the International tour and travel and conference markets. He is a Graduate of the University of Guelph having earned an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree in Hotel and Food Administration.