Peter G. Dumon is president of The Harp Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment and development company specializing in hospitality and retail projects. He founded the company in 1997 to capitalize on value-creation opportunities in the United States real estate markets. Dumon leads The Harp Group's development efforts through creative approaches to land use, financial analysis, partnership structuring and overall development oversight. He is also founding partner of both Cenitare, a restaurant development and management company, and Portfolio Hotels & Resorts, a hotel management and consulting company specializing in boutique-style destination resorts and urban hotels in domestic and international markets.

At just 37, Dumon has become a major influence in the real estate development industry using his expertise to quickly turn ideas into profits across the country while building a $1 billion portfolio. In 2006 alone, he led The Harp Group in adding four hotels to its rapidly growing portfolio, broke ground on the $140 million, 560-room luxury-brand InterContinental Chicago O�Hare Hotel, and launched Cenitare, which will develop restaurants in partnership with nationally-acclaimed Executive Chef Rick Tramonto and Executive Pastry Chef Gale Gand of TRU in Chicago.

Since 1994, Dumon has been involved in the acquisition, construction and development of numerous hotel properties as well as office, retail, restaurant and multifamily projects. From planning, zoning, feasibility, and debt and equity financing to development and asset management, he has engaged in all aspects of real estate projects winning awards and accolades along the way. Moving quickly on profitable projects is one of Dumon�s strengths as he efficiently pre-qualifies the financial feasibility of deals based on his market knowledge, construction and financial proficiency. Dumon�s background as a former trader has allowed him to assemble a network of high-net-worth private investors to facilitate the equity capitalization of his projects.

Focusing on the relationship between a project�s architectural appeal and the people that are drawn to it, The Harp Group looks to the hospitality sector - from small boutique hotels, restaurants and spas to large commercial spaces to develop unique and inspired projects. An expert at repositioning, Dumon is also known for transforming under-branded assets into outstanding properties.

Active in both the business and local community, Dumon serves on the Starwood Hotels and Resorts Development Board of Advisors as well as volunteers with the Hinsdale Community House and Hinsdale Little League, and is chairman of the Buoniconti Fund�s Chicago Chapter which raises funds for the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. A parishioner at St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church, Dumon serves on the parish�s Administration and Planning committee, and is president, with his wife, of the SIJ Parent School Association.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame with degrees in both economics and philosophy, Dumon resides in Hinsdale, Ill. with his wife, Julie, and their four children.