Previously, Sean served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Kingdom Hotel Investments, during which time he also sat as a Non-Executive Director of Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Hotel George V in Paris and The Savoy Hotel in London. Prior to taking his career in-house, Sean was a corporate partner in the London and Abu Dhabi offices of Hogan Lovells for over ten years.

Sean qualified as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 1996 having graduated as a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) with Honours from the University of Exeter and completed his Law Society Finals Examination at The College of Law, Guildford.