Michael Bonsor to lead Chancery Rosewood hotel as managing director

Michael Bonsor has been named managing director of the Chancery Rosewood hotel ahead of its opening in London’s Mayfair in 2025.

He will lead the launch and operations of the 144-room hotel, which is being developed in the Grade II-listed building that housed the US Embassy until 2017.

The Grosvenor Square site is owned by property group Qatari Diar and will feature multiple restaurants, retail concepts, and meeting and event spaces, as well as Rosewood’s Asaya brand wellness space.

Bonsor has spent 10 years at Rosewood Hotels and Resorts, having joined the five-red-AA-star Rosewood London hotel as hotel manager in 2013. He was promoted to managing director of the Holborn property in 2017, the same year it won the Catey award for Hotel of the Year – Group.

Prior to joining Rosewood, Bonsor worked as hotel operations manager at Claridge’s in London. He spent 10 years working for Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts across the US and oversaw the launch of Michelin-starred L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon in New York as director of restaurants.

The Chancery Rosewood was designed by Finnish architect Eero Saarinen and opened in 1960 as the first purpose-built chancery in London. Rosewood was announced as the operator of the hotel in 2017.

It will be Rosewood’s second opening in London. The group manages 32 hotels in 19 countries and has 26 upcoming properties in its pipeline, including hotels in Rome, Mexico City, Diriyah and Shenzhen in 2025.