Brigita has got a vast experience in hospitality business. With a proven success at creating business development strategies and promoting data-driven decision making, she currently holds a position of Development Director at Apex Alliance Hotel Management. She is skilled in leadership of strategic thinking, environmental analysis (competition, macro and micro economic), business case development, marketing alignment and financial modeling and is now responsible for business development of Apex Alliance Hotel Management services in Europe. In the past she worked as Development Projects Manager for Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia at Orbis Hotel Group/ACCOR, executing rebranding, development, and acquisition of hotel projects in the region. Brigita has successfully graduated Vilnius University Economy Faculty bachelor and International Business Master Degree. She has successfully obtained postgraduate degree on Hotel and Restaurant Management at Swiss Hotel Management School. She had her internship at a 5* Beau Rivage Palace, Lausanne, Switzerland, and two years managerial training at the Thompson Hotel Chicago (ex-Sutton Place Hotel Chicago), United States. Vast majority of her operational experience came from a long-term work experience holding different executive positions at Novotel Vilnius Center Hotel, Vilnius, Lithuania.