Rezidor Appoints New EVP & COO

Wolfgang M. Neumann (49) has been appointed as Rezidor’s new Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, effective 9 May 2011. He succeeds Jacques Dubois who leaves the company for personal reasons.

Wolfgang M. Neumann, who is Austrian, was educated at Insead Management School (France), Cornell University (USA) and Hotel & Tourism Management Institute Klessheim (Austria).

He most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer for Arabella Hospitality Group in Munich, Germany. Prior to this position he spent over twenty years with Hilton International and built his career from EAM and GM-positions at Hilton hotels in Brussels, London, Paris and Frankfurt to Vice President Western & Northern Europe, Senior Vice President Scandic/Nordic Region, President UK & Ireland, and President, Hilton Europe & Africa.

In his role as Rezidor’s Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Wolfgang M. Neumann will be based in the Head Office in Brussels, Belgium, and report directly to Kurt Ritter, President & CEO of Rezidor. He will also be a member of Rezidor’s Executive Committee.

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