City Lodge Hotels Limited announced that Clifford Ross will, due to ill health, be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from 30 June 2018. The board announced that Andrew Widegger will succeed Clifford as CEO with effect from 1 July 2018. Andrew joined the company as Group Financial Manager in 1993 and has fulfilled the role of Financial Director on the board since 1994.

In addition to Andrew's appointment, the following appointments have been made, both with effect from 1 July 2018: Alastair Dooley as Chief Financial Officer and executive director on the board. Alastair, a Chartered Accountant, joined City Lodge in 2009 from KPMG and, prior to his promotion, fulfilled the role of Divisional Director: Financial. Lindiwe Sangweni-Siddo as Chief Operating Officer and executive director on the board.

Lindiwe joined the company in 2015 from the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre and, prior to her promotion, fulfilled the role of Divisional Director: Operations.