Executive Portfolio
International Hospitality Executive
Creating the Perfect Ambience with Music
International Hospitality Executive · Arts Entrepreneur · Music Educator
More than five decades in music and more than three decades serving luxury hospitality organizations. Since entering the Asian market in Hong Kong in 1992, Greg has partnered with senior hospitality leaders to create distinctive guest environments through thoughtfully conceived, booked, and managed live entertainment.
The right live entertainment partner becomes an extension of a property’s hospitality team, not an outside vendor.
Executive profile
A career built on trust
In 1994, Greg founded Chako Productions Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. In less than two years, he built it into one of the region’s leading entertainment companies, with more than 30 full-time resident artists performing six nights each week under long-term contracts.
Hospitality leaders who experienced his work repeatedly invited him to assume greater responsibilities and develop programs for new properties, because they trusted his judgment, professionalism, relationships, and commitment to their guests.
Greg works as naturally with chief executives, hotel managers, diplomats, and government officials as he does with front-line employees, artists, educators, private clients, and guests.
Property-wide oversight · Singapore
Every live engagement, across five properties
Greg simultaneously booked and managed every live-entertainment engagement across these properties, spanning lounges, restaurants, lobbies, corporate and special events, cultural presentations, and signature entertainment destinations including the Equinox Complex.
The Ritz-Carlton Millenia
The Oriental Singapore
The Fullerton Singapore
The Westin / Raffles City complex (two properties)
Selected residencies & programs
From Cincinnati to Asia, and back
Doc’s Place
Invited to sit in, Greg instead proposed booking and managing the weekly jazz program, then opened the first business account for Chako Productions. Four nights of live jazz, with press releases, calendars and media coverage.
Captain’s Bar, Mandarin Oriental
Invited by F&B Manager Dean Winter to assemble a trio for a fortnight of jazz. Greg recorded his first album, Everything I Love, during the run, and the engagement became a weekly residency.
Pan Pacific Singapore · Raffles Hotel
An initial three-month contract at the Pan Pacific was extended. Chako Productions sponsored U.S. musicians to continue it while Greg established a new trio at the Bar & Billiard Room at Raffles Hotel.
The Westin Shanghai at Bund Center
Invited during the hotel’s pre-opening by executives he had worked with at The Westin Singapore. The residency increased revenue, attracted favorable press, and was featured on Chinese television.
Imperial Hotel Tokyo · InterContinental Yokohama Grand
A weekly piano-guitar engagement at The Imperial Hotel Tokyo from 2005 through 2008, followed by a ten-month residency at the InterContinental Yokohama Grand that became the foundation for his Collaboration Quartet.
Sorrento’s Italian Joint
Planned to end in spring, the Saturday engagement was extended after the general manager reported that customer numbers had increased significantly and credited the music. Recordings from the room became the album Come to Sorrento’s.
The pattern
How each opportunity led to the next
Rather than beginning again with each opportunity, senior hospitality leaders repeatedly expanded his responsibilities, introduced him to new organizations, and entrusted him with increasingly significant leadership roles.
- 01Initial Opportunity
- 02Consistent Delivery
- 03Executive Trust
- 04Expanded Responsibility
- 05Long-Term Partnership
- 06New Opportunity
“It is unique the way he so successfully straddles both worlds: creative arts and business.”
Martin B. Jones · then Vice President of Food and Beverage, Asia Pacific, Starwood Hotels & Resorts (2014 letter)
Relationships
Hotels, brands & organizations
Hong Kong
- Mandarin Oriental
- The Ritz-Carlton
- The Peninsula
- Grand Hyatt
Singapore
- Raffles Hotel
- The Ritz-Carlton Millenia
- The Oriental
- The Fullerton
- The Westin
- The Pan Pacific
- Four Seasons
- Hilton
- Hyatt
Shanghai
- The Westin Shanghai at Bund Center
Japan
- The Imperial Hotel Tokyo
- Tokyo Dome Hotel
- Keio Plaza Hotel
- ANA Hotels
- InterContinental Yokohama Grand
Corporations & luxury brands
His wider portfolio also encompassed government agencies, diplomatic missions, prestigious private clubs, and international cultural organizations. Executive references are available on request.
2024 – present · Cincinnati
Leadership, education & community
Inducted into the Cincinnati Jazz Hall of Fame
President of a Business Network International chapter; BNI Centennial Performer Award
Founded EverybodyLovesMusic, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and serves as its president
Launched Melody Mastery: 40 lessons, 40 chord-melody arrangements, 8 courses
Member of the Rotary Club of Cincinnati
The complete Executive Portfolio
A 16-page career record: executive profile, leadership highlights and a city-by-city history from 1978 to today.
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