Founder of Highland Hospitality Corp., Barceló Resorts SL and The ServiceSource Foundation, Bruce D. Wardinski is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been the head of 9 different companies and is Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Playa Hotels & Resorts NV.

He is also on the board of DiamondRock Hospitality Co., Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and George Mason University Foundation, Inc. and Chairman of The ServiceSource Foundation.

He previously was Chairman, President & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Playa Hotels & Resorts BV and President & Chief Executive Officer of Barceló Resorts SL (a subsidiary of Playa Hotels & Resorts BV), Co-Chief Executive Officer at American Realty Capital Hospitality Advisors LLC, Chief Executive Officer for Barceló Gestión Hotelera SL, Member-Executive Commission at Barceló Corporación Empresarial SA Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Crestline Capital Corp. and Chief Executive Officer for Barcelo Crestline Corp. (both are subsidiaries of Barceló Corporación Empresarial SA), Treasurer & Senior Vice President at Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. and Treasurer & Senior Vice President at Host Marriott Corp. (a subsidiary of Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.) and Chairman for Highland Hospitality Corp.

Mr. Wardinski received an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.