AccorHotels appoints new Middle East Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
AccorHotels has appointed Olivier Granet as its new Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer for the Middle East, effective immediately. Granet was previously AccorHotels' Senior Vice President of Development.
Prior to joining AccorHotels, Granet worked in auditing and consulting with Deloitte & Touche for ten years. He holds a degree from Sciences-Po Grenoble and an MBA from ESSEC Business School in Paris.
Granet succeeds Christophe Landais who held the position for over 15 years, AccorHotels said in a statement. Landais will now be responsible for AccorHotels' new mission in Iran where the Group is planning a nationwide expansion after becoming the first international hotel group to operate in the country following the recent opening of its two hotels in Tehran in the last quarter of 2015.
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