Sean Laney - Founder and President of BNG Hospitality

Sean Laney is recognized as one of the most experienced executives in the private membership club and hospitality field. He has extensive experience in all aspects of the hospitality and private club industry both domestically and internationally. In his over 40 years of experience, he has progressed from a line level position all the way through to founding his own Private Club Company called BNG hospitality based in Dallas Texas. BNG currently has 5 owned and operating Private City Clubs with annual revenue of over $12 Million, and over 4000 members, Over the course of his professional career Sean has developed expertise in food and beverage, operations, sales and asset management for city clubs, business clubs, health clubs and alumni clubs. In his previous role with ClubCorp, he was the senior vice president and managing international director for ClubCorp a $850 million company.

In 2014 Sean was promoted to Managing Director for ClubCorp International and charged with the development and execution of ClubCorp’s international growth strategy throughout Asia. Previously for the past 7 years as SVP Sean has day to day P&L responsibility and oversight for 45 properties with over $180 million in gross revenues. His direct reports included 2 regional vice presidents, 6 regional managers and 45 general managers.

On a personal level Sean is passionate about travel, college sports in particular the University of Tennessee where he has been a lifelong supporter. He is also an avid reader, wine collector and enjoys golf.