Dakin Partners is a private equity platform focused on providing investors with access to high-quality hotel real estate opportunities. Through a disciplined and structured investment approach, we partner closely with an experienced hotel development and management company to identify, deliver, and manage premium-branded hotel projects.
Our platform combines investment strategy with hands-on execution and active asset management, allowing investors to participate in carefully selected opportunities supported by industry expertise. By focusing on long-term value creation, transparency, and disciplined capital deployment, Dakin Partners aims to deliver sustainable, risk-adjusted outcomes for our investors.
Dakin Hotel EquityPartners works in close partnership with ICC Development Group, combining disciplined capital management with experienced hotel development and operational expertise. Through this partnership, ICC acts as the delivery and management platform for selected projects, providing end-to-end capability across development, construction, and ongoing operations, while Dakin Partners focuses on investment oversight, structure, and alignment with investor objectives.
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Harrold Dakin brings extensive experience in financial management, investment advisory, and hotel real estate transactions. He has held senior advisory roles with JP Morgan, Macquarie Bank, AMP Capital, and CIMB Morgans, working across complex capital and investment mandates.
Harrold specialises in large-scale hotel and residential developments, including the $700 million Sofitel Darling Harbour in Sydney. His expertise spans the full investment lifecycle, from planning and construction through to finance, negotiation, and asset management.
Joseph Pizzolato brings over 33 years of diverse leadership experience across multiple industries. Previously, as CEO of Genetica and Managing Director of a successful accounting and advisory practice, Joseph has consistently demonstrated exceptional strategic and financial management skills.
In 2024, Joseph was honoured by APAC Entrepreneur Magazine as Australia’s most influential entrepreneur, acknowledging his transformative impact on the business landscape.
Kim is a highly experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with over 20 years’ experience advising on complex, high-value transactions. Her background includes senior roles at leading Australian law firms, including as an Equity Partner at a global listed firm, as well as in-house legal counsel and company officer positions within major listed financial services organisations and investment banks.
Her experience spans the full business lifecycle, including structuring, acquisitions and divestments, takeovers, joint ventures, IPOs, equity capital markets, and corporate governance, supported by deep expertise in regulatory compliance, the Corporations Act, and ASX Listing Rules.
Tarek Adasi is a senior hospitality development and design consultant with more than 20 years of experience delivering major real estate and hospitality projects across Australia, the Middle East, and international resort markets.
Tarek’s hospitality portfolio spans luxury hotels, lifestyle brands, serviced residences, and mixed-use destinations. His operator experience includes Rezidor, Rotana, and Kempinski, followed by 12 years in leadership roles with Hilton, where he managed large-scale developments across the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions.
Dr. Schwartz brings his exemplary hotel management, ownership, and operations experience to the Dakin Hotel Equity Partners Board. Dr. Schwartz is the CEO for the Schwartz Family Company which has a long family history in hotel development and management. It is the largest private company owner of hotel rooms in Australia. The company owns, under operator management agreements, some of the world’s largest hotel brands; over 3,000 hotel rooms in Sydney, Newcastle, and the Hunter Region, Canberra and Melbourne. He is actively involved in a continual upgrade of these hotels. His largest project to date is an investor/owner for the 590-room Sofitel hotel at Darling Harbour, Sydney.
Simon Chhoeu has 17 years’ experience in Construction, Manufacturing, Agricultural and International exporting businesses. Simon has extensive experience with self-managed superannuation funds, estate planning and succession planning for family businesses. Simon has completed a Bachelor of Accounting and a Masters of Taxation Law with Honours at the University of Technology Sydney, and a Certified Financial Planning course at the Financial Planning Association (FPA). He is a FCPA.
Simon is currently elected as 2017 President of CPA Australia (NSW) Division, after 8 years as Divisional Councillor.
