Chris Wayne-Wills, Crerar Hotels, Vice Chair

Chris became a Trustee in 2020, and in July 2024 was appointed Vice Chair.

Chris has over 25 years experience in senior management positions in the Hotel industry. His career started as a Sales Manager before quickly becoming a General Manager. His wide and varied experience has included large city centre hotels,  resorts with golf & spa businesses and various multi-property leadership roles.

His experience in Scotland includes being the General Manager of the Roxburghe Hotel in Edinburgh and Regional Managing Director for Macdonald Hotels. During this time he was also Chief Executive of the Macdonald Aviemore Resort and oversaw a successful extensive investment and repositioning project.

As Regional General Manager for QHotels, Chris was responsible for multiple businesses including Slaley Hall in Northumberland and the Westerwood in Cumbernauld. During his time working with QHotels he was also General Manager of The Midland Hotel in Manchester an AA 86% Silver Star hotel which was the highest graded large four star hotel in the UK and the host hotel for the Conservative Party Conference. As Cluster General Manager for Marriott International he oversaw all managed Marriott Hotels in Scotland and the North of England. He was awarded the Marriott International special recognition award for outstanding commitment in 2018.

Chris is now CEO of Crerar Hotels, a high quality, privately owned hotel group in Scotland whose purpose is to share the spirit of Scotland throughout all of their hospitality

Chris was one of the first recipients of the HIT Scotland Leadership Scholarship in 2008 and attended the General Manager’s Programme at Cornell University.