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GUEST CONTRIBUTORS

Daniel J.

Penseyres Deborah

rior to his position of CIO at HSBC private
bank in Monaco, Mr. Penseyres was the McCormick
CEO at BOC (Suisse) Fund Management.
P Between 1991 and 2001 he set up eborah McCormick’s wanderlust
alternative investments advisory platforms for Union for far-away places led her to
Bancaire Privée (UBP) and was in charge of several D pursue a travel-writing career. She
multi-funds. He also co-created a marketing and sales was managing editor for in-flight magazine
platform for the distribution of alternative investment Wild Blue Yonder, and then brand director
products for the Republic National Bank of New York working with East West Resorts. McCormick
(Suisse) SA, Geneva. has bridged the architect’s vision with
compelling branding for resorts including one
of the top 25 spas in the world: Spa Anjali at
the Westin in Beaver Creek. Under the tagline
Rafael Micha “Where Nature Nurtures” McCormick created
a positioning platform intrinsically tied to the
inspiring Colorado Rocky Mountains.

afael Micha M Sc, International Relations, is CMO and
Managing Partner at Grupo HABITA, which has 14
R posh lifestyle hotels located in Mexico and the US. His Jonathan
hotels and lounges have been featured in publications including:
Madonna, Kim Kardashian-West, Katy Perry, Bono, Viggo Stein
Wallpaper*, Vogue, Condé Nast Traveler, and the New York
Times, among many others. In addition, he personally attends to
VIPS, international media, and his prestigious guests, including:

Mortensen, and contemporary artists Shirin Neshat, Gabriel
Orozco, the architects Wolf Prix, and Richard Meier, among
many other luminaries. Micha is on numerous Art Museum
boards and is deeply committed to the contemporary art scene.

Neil Santos

he travel and lifestyle specialist with Element
Lifestyle is an easy-going adventurer from
Fullerton, California with a live-in-the- onathan Stein graduated from McMaster
T moment mentality. Having graduated from with a combined Honors B.A. in
California State University in Communications, he went to J Philosophy and Spanish while playing
Italy to further his studies where he immediately caught the varsity tennis. Stein has taught for nine years in
travel bug. His fascination with different cultures, fashion, award-winning hotels in Mexico, the Caribbean,
entertainment, and incredible places around the world, are Australia, Thailand and Costa Rica. Currently the
what drew him to Element Lifestyle. He believes in making Tennis Professional at the illustrious Las Ventanas
the best of any situation by always staying humble, and al Paraiso, A Rosewood Resort, he recently
hungry, while on the lookout for the next adventure. founded Los Cabos’ leading tennis pro company
TOP 10’S, managing programs at luxury resorts
and residences. His motivational attitude and
philosophy are portrayed in his book LOL: Loving
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Our Lives by Living Our Loves, published in 2016.