FCSI Worldwide: Board of Directors

President:

Mario Sequeira, FCSI

Mr. Mario Sequeira FCSI
Hospitality Total Services (Aus) Pty Ltd
Suite 2, 48 Kishorn Road
Applecross
Perth, Australia 6153

Phone: (+61) 893168699
Email: Mario@hospitalitytotalservices.com.au

Starting 1 January 2022, Mario Sequeira, FCSI, previously the chair of FCSI Asia Pacific Division, is the new president of FCSI Worldwide.

Sequeira brings a wealth of experience and many accolades to his new role, heading up the board of FCSI Worldwide.

A qualified chef, he also holds a diploma in hotel management and food technology; a post graduate qualification in corporate management and he is a Six Sigma Leader in Lean Manufacturing.

Highly respected by his peers around the world, Sequeira takes on this new role with considerable experience across the global foodservice market and cross-sector expertise, developed on a huge variety of projects in his career.

As the new president, he says his vision is to listen to the FCSI membership and work with the Worldwide and divisional boards, so all FCSI members globally, have the opportunity to make their businesses stronger, and in turn offer their clients the very best services.

Secretary/Treasurer:

Eric Norman, FCSI

Clevenger Associates
5900 Saratoga Road, Suite 2A
Asbury, Iowa 52002
USA

Email: eric@clevengerassoc.com

Eric joined FCSI 13 years ago as a student member and immediately recognized the importance and benefit of getting involved in the Society. While working his way up to Professional member, Eric worked as a co-founder for what is now known as the Committee for Emerging Consultants (C4EC). The main goal of C4EC is to cultivate new and younger members in the Society and prepare them for future leadership positions. Eric’s experience with the Committee for Emerging Consultants has given him new insights and knowledge that serves him well in a board position. Eric also served as Chair for the FCSI Academy and was directly involved in getting the online library created on the FCSI website.

Immediate Past President:

William J. Caruso, FFCSI (PP)

Email: billcaruso@comcast.net

Bill Caruso is the Founder and Chairman of WC & Partners, Inc., a firm that provides food, beverage, laundry and solid waste facilities consulting and design services to the worldwide hospitality industry. Founded in 1986, WC& P has grown to an international firm, with North American offices in Denver, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Scottsdale and through a number of 2016 global alliance agreements, adding worldwide offices in Athens, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Santiago, Sao Paulo, San Salvador, and Vancouver. His project portfolio of personally completed work numbers well over 2,400 completed projects in 22 countries, over a continuous 45 year consulting career.

Mr. Caruso received his B.S. degree from Cornell University in 1970 and his MBA degree from the University of Colorado in 1972. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Foodservice Consultants Society International (FCSI), a Past President of the Cornell Hotel Society, Past-President and past Chairman of the Cornell Hotel School Foundation, and is an elected life member of the Cornell University Council. He has lectured to numerous global audiences and has authored many published articles that outline important industry trends and issues, for many years.

Directors:

Andrew Brain, FCSI

Foodservice Consultants Australia
8 Mavron Street, Ashwood
Victoria 3147
Australia

Phone: +61 0409190526
Email: andrew@foodserviceconsultants.com.au

As co-director of Foodservice Consultants Australia (FCA) an independent design and consultancy studio est 1975, Andrew committed to a commercial stake of the business in 2010. FCA (www.fcaonline.com) are capable of delivering an exciting range of services, from simple concept designs solving spatial problems and work flows, to full tender design documents of hotels, hospitals, restaurants and prisons throughout Australia, Australasia. Experience and qualifications range from co-director of MTD Foodservice (2013), 3D Architectural Design and Food Safety Supervisory accreditation, necessary prerequisites for understanding and documenting F&B facilities. Andrew prides himself on personal & professional integrity which has allowed him to foster honest long term relationships with Builders, Architects, Engineers, Manufacturers and Foodies both locally and international (notably Asia, U.S. and the Middle East).