Robert is a trained economist and entrepreneur with a background of sporting excellence, and a passion for design and experience. Robert heads up Lamington Group, an established group of companies investing and developing real estate in the residential and commercial sectors. He is also the founder and MD of award-winning room2 Hometels, an innovative and creative hospitality brand and operating business which bridges the gap between Airbnb and hotels. room2 currently has 3 open sites with 5 in the pipeline, as part of an ambitious roll out plan of 5000 keys by 2030. Robert spearheaded a shift to put sustainability at the heart of the business in 2020, Lamington has since launched its detailed roadmap to net zero by 2030, opened the world's first whole life net zero hotel in Chiswick in Dec 2021, and committed to only build to this specification going forwards.