Compound Ventures was founded by and is led by Timothy Lewis.

Timothy has had an unusual career trajectory that has ultimately led to him gaining a uniquely broad understanding of business operations, commerciality and expansions.

From humble beginnings as a kitchen porter, Timothy quickly worked his way up through entry level roles until he was a Manager of remote mine site hospitality operations with Compass Group. From there he was promoted tp managing multi-site operations with roles as General Manager, Operations Manager and Area Manager. It was during this time that Timothy started offering his services as a freelancer to independents within the Hospitality & Leisure sector, where he led many major projects such as development (design & build of bars, restaurants, nightclubs, hotels), commercial strategy (expansion planning, partnerships, expense optimisation), operational enhancement (FM, process optimisation, supply chain, manufacturing), creative (content, brand & identity, PR, marketing) and much more.

By age 30 Timothy was appointed as the Director of Operations & Projects for one of London’s most prestigious and established boutique hospitality operators, The Breakfast Group. Under Eric Yu, Timothy oversaw operations of the existing estate, and led the expansion, taking the group from 6 sites to 10 and revenues from $10m to $25 million.

Over the next several years Timothy diversified his consultancy endeavours to more sectors including property development, F&B manufacture, childcare, , XXX with remits broadening further still to commercial due diligence, XXX XXX, xXX, organisational change,

In 2017, this combination of strategic, commercial, operational and creative experience was recognised by Selina Hotels as being integral to transforming their revenue generating amenities, into a premiumised, infrastructure supported, operationally sound, profitable and scalable portfolio of ancillary revenue outlets for their burgeoning hotel estate.

Initially engaged as a consultant, he was soon appointed as the Vice President of Commercial & Operations at Selina Hotels. This was a key leadership role at the company, where he was responsible for ideating and implementing a strategic roadmap that would facilitate the rapid and sound expansion of the company after an infusion of private equity capital.

Reporting directly to the CEO, Timothy led the strategy, development, implementation, operations and growth of the global Restaurants, Bars & Retail (RB&R) estate. The remit was incredibly complex yet ultimately resulted in successfully expanding the RB&R estate from 5 outlets to over 300, in 100 hotels, spanning across 20 countries in six continents. This estate generated a P&L of $150 million, delivered by a location-level staff contingent of over 1,500 people, all of which was under Timothy’s direct accountability. 

This success led to Selina Hotels being listed on NASDAQ (SLNA).

Timothy was responsible for the several crucial functions at Selina Hotels.

where he led global M&A activity, property asset underwriting, development, and the global Restaurant, Bar & Retail estate.

This visibility to M&A proved to be a lightbulb moment for me, as I realised I should be working this hard for myself, and not for a CEO that treated everybody like garbage.

Timothy leads Compound Ventures where he guides strategy, commercials, acquisitions and operations for Compound Ventures itself, clients, targets and portfolio companies.

Timothy holds a Bachelor of Commerce with First Class Honours gained at Curtin University.

with run rate revenues of $1B.

My clients have been diverse, including hospitality groups, private investors, globally recognised brands and property developers who seek to add value to their property assets, businesses, brands and similar. 

The remit for the above has been extremely broad, ranging from new concept/product development, rebrandings, design and build, mixed-use property development, marketing campaigns, strategic partnerships, commercial and operational optimisation, and expansion planning, amongst myriad other deliverables. 

Firstly, the devlopment the physical estate and designing and implementing the infrastructure to support global operations. the development and implementation of a strategic roadmap to scale the infrastructure of the revenue generating verticals (Rooms, Offices, F&B, Leisure, Retail, other) to support a growth trajectory that planned on 500 hotels with 4000 ancillary outlets.
Developing world-class F&B/R&B concepts/brands and CXP (incl. Wellness, Retail, Coworking and Events)

1. Repositioning the existing estate and pipeline with the optimised F&B/R&B/CXP

2. Critical Infrastructure Design - Location level, corporate level, and scaling frameworks

3. Deliver Site Openings, Project & Infrastructure Rollouts 

4. Ensure Operational Excellence via SOPs, comprehensive T&D programs and Qual/Quant monitoring 

5. Commerciality - Maximising revenue capture from hotel guests and local trade, and ensure profitability