Biography

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION
Chairman and CEO, Accor SA, a global hotel company, Paris, France (since 2013) 

PRIOR BUSINESS EXPERIENCE 
CEO, Europe Colony Capital, a private investment firm (1997-2013) 
Group Managing Director, CEO and General Manager, Immobilière Hôtelière (1992-1997)
Began Career in 1985 in U.S. finance sector, becoming Vice President, M&A, PaineWebber 

CURRENT PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS 
GE Aerospace
Accor SA

PAST PUBLIC COMPANY BOARDS 
Huazhu Group 
Carrefour 
Banyan Tree Holding 

OTHER POSITIONS 
Vice Chairman, Supervisory Board, Gustave Roussy Foundation, cancer research funding 
Chairman, Safar Partners

EDUCATION 
Sorbonne University
MA (Economics), Sorbonne University