Andreas Scriven– Head of
Consultancy
Based in London, Andreas is the Head of
Consultancy at Christie + Co, the UK’s leading specialist
hotel and leisure property advisor. He has consultancy and M&A
experience across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the
USA.,
Andreas joined the firm from Deloitte, where he spent six years
working in the UK and the USA across the company’s
Consultancy and Corporate Finance divisions. Prior to joining
Deloitte, Andreas was based in Los Angeles as part of Arthur
Andersen’s Hotel Business Consultancy team. He has
operational hotel experience in the USA, Switzerland and Hong
Kong.
He is a graduate of Cornell University’s School of Hotel
Administration and speaks fluent German and Swiss-German.
andreas.scriven@christie.com
Beike, Markus – Managing Director,
Germany
Markus is the Managing Director for Christie +
Co in Germany. Based in Berlin, he is responsible for the offices
in Frankfurt, Berlin, Dusseldor,Munich and Hamburg. He joined
the company in 2003, and has an extensive and long-standing
experience of hotel consultancy work and transaction assignments.
Markus has previously been employed by a range of international
hotel companies including Steigenberger and Kempinski, as well as
Deutsche Bank and Arthur Andersen.
Markus Beike holds a certificate as a
qualified hotelier from the German Chamber of Commerce,
Hotelfachmann (IHK), a graduate business diploma,
Diplombetriebswirt (FH), and a special degree in property business
(EBS).
Berlin Office
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Bruckmeier, Armin – Director and Head of
Advisory & Valuation Services, Germany
Armin is based in Christie + Co's Munich Office. Having joined
the company as a Senior Consultant in January 2004 he is now a
Director & Head of Advisory and Valuation Services. Prior to
this he worked for PKF hotelexperts. He has gained extensive
experience of hotel feasibility, valuation studies and strategic
consultancy work, having worked on a wide range of hotels, serviced
apartments, time-share and other leisure properties throughout
Europe. More recently, he has worked alongside his UK colleagues on
a number of care home valuations.
Armin holds a Diplom-Betriebswirt (FH) degree in Economics,
specializing in Hotel and Restaurant Administration from the
University of Applied Sciences in Munich. Furthermore, he holds a
special degree in Real Estate (Immobilienökonom IRE/BS), which
is comparable to a Master of Science in Real Estate. Armin has
authored several articles on hotel valuation and other hotel
related topics.
Munich Office
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Bonnejean, Carine - Associate Director,
London office
Carine joined the Christie + Co London Office
as a Senior Consultant in May 2005, having worked for a private
equity fund as a portfolio management analyst. She was made an
Associate Director in December 2006 and specialises in producing
high quality, intelligent documentation to support Christie +
Co’s Corporate and International Agency and Advisory
work.
Prior to this, she spent four years working as a Consultant and
Senior Consultant with HVS International in London. She has
extensive experience of conducting hotel feasibility studies and
advisory projects throughout Europe, and has led several detailed
research and analytical studies offering strategic advice across
many sectors and markets.
Carine holds an MBA in International Hotel Management from IMHI
– a joint programme between Cornell University, Ithaca, and
ESSEC business school, Paris. She also has a BSc (Hons) degree in
Hotel Management..
London Office
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Chess, Robert - Director
Robert Chess has more than 20 years’
experience dealing with hotels and leisure property. He is a member
of the President’s Panel of the RICS Dispute Resolution
Service and a Fellow of the RICS (FRICS). Having gained experience
in the corporate sector working for the Imperial Group and Grand
Metropolitan, Robert has worked in private practice for more than
20 years.
Working as a specialist within the hotel sector, he is primarily
experienced in the professional and consultancy side of the
business, having undertaken numerous valuations, rent reviews and
general advisory projects in the UK and across Europe including
projects in France, Spain, Germany, Austria and Hong Kong.
Recognised as one of the industry’s leading specialists,
Robert has given evidence in Court on a number of occasions and has
also given evidence at planning inquiries.
London Office
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Doyle, Maureen - Consultant, London office
Maureen Doyle joined Christie + Co’s Corporate Hotels
group as a Hotel Consultant in February 2007. Prior to joining
Christie + Co, Maureen worked for two years as a hospitality
consultant at one of Ireland’s leading accountancy firms, in
their Corporate Finance and Hotel Consultancy division. She has
operational experience in the hotel industry both in Ireland and
Internationally. Her consultancy experience includes many
feasibility studies, market studies and advisory projects. Maureen
holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Hospitality Management from Trinity
College Dublin, and an MBS (Hons) in Travel and Tourism Management
from the Michael Smurfit Business School, University College
Dubli.
London
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Dubois, Maxime - Head of
Corporate Hotels, Paris office
Maxime joined Christie + Co France in April
2006. He previously worked as a consultant in an international
advisory firm, based in Paris, where he conducted market and
feasibility studies for hospitality operations, as well as
appraisals around Europe and Africa. Maxime holds a Bachelor of
Business Administration (Hospitality) degree (Hons.) from the Hotel
Management School Les Roches of Crans-Montana (Switzerland). He is
fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish and has a good working
knowledge of German.
Based in the Paris office, Maxime has worked on several
corporate hotel projects on behalf of institutional and private
investors. He contributed to several advisory and brokerage
assignments for clients such as the LFPI Group, Starman,
InterContinental Hotels Group, Accor Hospitality and Gecina.
Paris Office
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Egberts, Jake - Associate
Director, London office
Jake joined the Christie + Co London Office in
July 2005 as a Senior Consultant, having worked for PKF Accountants
and Business Advisors for the previous five years. He was made an
Associate Director in December 2006. His consultancy experience
includes assignments throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa and
the Far East encompassing market demand, feasibility studies, hotel
valuations, strategic reviews and operational audits.
Prior to his consultancy career, Jake fulfilled a number of
operational managerial roles for, among others, Hilton
International and Radisson SAS. Jake has completed a BA Hotel
Management degree at Hotelschool Maastricht in The Netherlands.
London Office
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Jegou, Christina - Senior Consultant, Paris
office
Christina Jegou, 30 years old, joined Christie + Co in April
2008. She holds a Masters Degree in Corporate and Market Finance
and is a graduate of the Glion Institute of Higher Education in
Switzerland. She speaks fluent French and English and has very good
skills in German.
She started working for the financial departments of large
French banks and then decided to join the hotel industry by
spending almost 2 years in the Front Office department of the
famous Terre Blanche Four Seasons Hotel in Provence, South of
France. At the Four Seasons she worked extensively with the Micros
and Opera systems, and was a key trainer for new staff. This
experience enabled her to gain strong hotel operational skills
before joining a renowned French hotel consultancy company in
January 2008.
Paris Office
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Lamson, Thomas –
Managing Director, France
Thomas has been the Managing Director of Christie + Co in France
for over two years. He originally joined Christie + Co’s
Paris Office as a Senior Consultant in September, 2004.
Thomas previously worked at CB Richard Ellis Hotels in France,
performing valuation studies and hotel transaction assignments
throughout Continental Europe. Prior to this, he managed the
International Department of MKG Consulting in Paris, working on
assignments in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the French West
Indies.
Thomas has advised on many large French portfolio transactions
including Marmotte Hotels, Bonsai Hotels, Hôtels Les Jardins
de Paris, as well as many upscale individual assets such as Sofitel
Nice Centre, Hôtel La Tremoille in Paris and the Columbus
Hotel in Monaco.
Thomas holds a BSc Degree in Hospitality Management from the
Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, and is fluent in English,
French and Spanish.
Paris Office
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Martin, Ian - Director, London office
A graduate of Cambridge University, Ian has
over 25 years’ experience of the hotel property market with
Christie + Co. During this time he established the London Valuation
Division, born from agency experience in the London hotel market,
and was instrumental in developing the Professional Services
Division across our UK network of offices, latterly assisting with
our fledgling offices in Europe. He is currently spearheading our
corporate hotel valuation work in London, embracing substantial
individual hotel assets and cross border portfolios in the UK,
Europe, North Africa and the USA.
London Office
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Petar, Ross - Valuer
Ross Petar is a Chartered Surveyor who joined
Christie & Co's Corporate Hotels Group as a Hotel Valuer in
January 2008. Prior to joining Christie & Co, Ross worked for a
firm of Chartered Surveyors for over 3 years specialising in the
leisure and hospitality sector. Ross holds a BA (Hons) degree in
International Business Studies from Leeds Metropolitan University
and a MA in Property, Valuation & Law at City University Cass
Business School.
London Office
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Pezigot, Vincent - Consultant, Paris
Vincent Pezigot is 28 years old, he holds two
masters degrees in Political Sciences at the Strasbourg Political
Institute and Strategic Marketing at the Audencia Nantes Management
School. Prior to Christie + Co, Vincent worked for 3 years in MKG
Consulting, leading feasibility and valuation studies in Europe and
North Africa. He also worked in Sofitel/Accor as a pricing and
distribution analyst. Vincent is fluent in English and has a strong
knowledge of German.
Paris Office
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Ranera, Inmaculada – Managing Director,
Spain
Inmaculada is the Director for Christie + Co
in Spain and Portugal. Based in our Barcelona Office, Inmaculada
has been the Director of Christie + Co’s Spanish operations
since they were inaugurated in 2000. She has more than 10
years’ experience in the real estate sector, and five
years’ in the hotel sector. Previous experience has included
working for the Catalonia Development Agency, responsible for
attracting foreign investment to the region. She has also managed
the ‘Site Selection Division’ of the property company,
King Sturge.
Barcelona Office
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Schlemper, Michael - Corporate Healthcare Germany
Senior Consultant, Germany
Michael has been a Consultant at the
Christie + Co Munich Office since August 2007. Prior to this he
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Hotel and
Tourism Management from the International University of Applied
Sciences Bad Honnef Bonn. Michael is a fully qualified
specialist of the hospitality trade approved by the German Chamber
of Industry and Commerce. He has gained extensive operational
knowledge and experience during his five years with Hyatt
International where he worked in the Rooms department as night
audit, supervisor, front office clerk and mentor for new staff.
Munich Office
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Tarrida-Soler, Carla - Consultant
Carla Tarrida joined Christie + Co’s
Corporate Hotels group as a Hotel Consultant in January 2009. Prior
to joining Christie + Co, Carla worked for a year and a half as an
analyst in the Pan-EMEA valuation and advisory department of a
global hotel advisory firm. Her consultancy and valuation
experience includes assignments in the United Kingdom, Spain,
Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Germany and France.
Carla holds a BSc degree in Hospitality Management from Ecole
Hoteliere de Lausanne in Switzerland.
London Office
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Virtanen, Kimmo - Director of Scandinavia, Russia
and the Baltic States, Helsinki office
Kimmo joined Christie + Co in January 2005 to work from London
as part of our International Advisory Team. He was appointed an
Associate Director in March 2007 and, in April 2008, returned to
his native Helsinki, to take on the position of Director of
Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltic States. He has extensive
experience of conducting a range of hotel market and feasibility
studies and advisory projects, including hotel valuations
throughout Europe.
Kimmo holds an MSc Diploma in Property Investments from City
University in London and an MBA in Hotel Management from Michigan
State University (East Lansing, US). He also has a BSc in Hotel,
Restaurant and Tourism Management from Haaga Institute Polytechnic,
Finland.
Helsinki Office
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Pirila, Hannu - Consultant
Hannu joined Christie + Co’s Helsinki office in April
2008, having previously worked in a variety of managerial positions
in the hotel and restaurant industry for the last 15 years. He also
has three years’ experience as an Independent Consultant to
the hotel, restaurant and service sectors. Hannu holds both an eMBA
and a BSc in Hotel and Restaurant Management from the Haaga
Institute Polytechnic, Finland.
Helsinki
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