our people

Dean Dransfield – Director
Dean Dransfield established Dransfield Hotels & Resorts in 1993. Dean has been involved in the full range of projects undertaken by the organisation involving over 30,000 rooms in more than 300 enterprises. Dean’s focus is on providing forward looking value added advice, a philosophy that created the Hotel Futures series in 1997, which is regularly commented on in the media. Dean regularly provides expert advice in litigation matters and prospectuses. Dean is a Chartered Accountant and prior to establishing Dransfield Hotels & Resorts, worked as an insolvency practitioner for 10 years managing and selling assets with a combined value over $1 billion, including many tourism related enterprises. 

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Grace Lam - Associate Director

Grace joined Dransfield in 2007.  Her background is in investment banking, specialising in project finance.  Grace has experience across a range of sectors including property, transport and other infrastructure assets.  Grace’s experience also includes commercial and financial transaction structuring, feasibility assessments, risk analysis and transaction execution.  During her time at Dransfield, Grace has assisted in the preparation of independent expert reports, feasibility assessments and litigation support.

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Scot McLaughlin – Consultant
Scot McLaughlin holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree.  Prior to joining Dransfield Hotels & Resorts, Scot worked in the banking sector undertaking a range of roles including financial budgeting, forecasting, site assessments, leasing proposals, growth strategies and capital investment programs.  Since joining Dransfield, Scot has undertaken a wide range of activities including development feasibility assessments, complex financial analysis, development of detailed financial analysis templates, applied industry research and operating asset reporting.

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Tessa Marshall – Consultant
Tessa Marshall holds a Bachelor of Business degree, majoring in Real Estate & Development from the University of Queensland.  Prior to joining Dransfield in January 2009, Tessa worked on large scale residential property developments within acquisition and development management teams.  Tessa's experience has focussed on design management, construction tendering, planning submissions, control systems, with exposure to start up processes.  At Dransfield, Tessa has assisted on a variety of engagements including Hotel Futures annual and quarterly reports, marketing campaigns, project feasibility analyses, financial modelling and investment research. 

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