Amir Nahai is AccorHotels’ New CEO Group F&B

By BW HotelierAMIR NAHAI is appointed AccorHotels Chief Executive Officer Group Food and Beverage. He will be a member of the Group’s Executive Committee. Amir will be responsible for the F&B business worldwide. He will work closely with the regional CEOs and the Global Marketing teams to redefine our Food & Beverage objectives and strategy for each region and brand. He will also be responsible for rolling out Food & Beverage concepts. This appointment will be effective from September 1st 2015. Commenting on the appointment, S-bastien Bazin, AccorHotels’ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, declared: ’Rethinking in-depth our Food & Beverage offer is one of our priorities to ensure the success of AccorHotels’ transformation. In his previous roles, Amir actively worked along with us to establish the right diagnosis and I am very glad of his joining us to accelerate the implementation of our new F&B strategy. His international experience and his extensive knowledge of the hotel-restaurant field will be great assets to assist our teams in the rolling out of our strategy as well as to position our catering offer as a truly differentiating factor for our guests, partners and employees.’ Amir Nahai is American. He holds a BA in Government from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Amir Nahai was previously a partner at Bain and Company’s New York office, and has more than 15 years of experience with the strategy and management consulting firm in the hospitality, gaming, media/entertainment and technology sectors. Throughout his career, he has supported clients across the globe and has worked out of multiple offices in the US (Boston, New York, Los Angeles), Asia (Singapore, Thailand, India, China) and Europe (Paris, London).