Simon Hudspeth – Director
Simon is a Director and the Head of Hotel
Advisory Services at Christie + Co. Based in London, Simon heads a
team of 18 professional hotel valuers and consultants, who are
based at offices in London, Barcelona, Helsinki, Munich and
Paris.
He joined the firm in October 2004, having spent eleven years in
hotel consultancy, as a Director and Consultant with two of the
leading London-based hotel consultancy practices. Prior to this,
Simon worked for nine years in various operational and head office
management roles with Hyatt International, where he was involved in
many hotel openings in Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Simon holds a BSc (Hons) Degree in Hotel and Catering
Administration from the University of Surrey. He has authored
several articles on hotel development, valuation and investment,
and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on hotel
investment and asset management.
mailto:simon.hudspeth@christie.com
Beike, Markus – Managing Director,
Germany
Markus is the Managing Director for Christie +
Co in Germany. Based in Frankfurt, he is responsible for the
offices in Frankfurt, Berlin, Dusseldorf and Munich. 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).
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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 spent five years working with Pannell Kerr Forster in
Munich. 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. He 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. Prior to
this she worked 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
Dublin.
London
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Dubois, Maxime - Senior
Consultant, Paris office
Maxime joined the Christie + Co Paris office
in April 2006. He previously worked in MKG Consulting in Paris as a
Consultant leading 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.
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 is the Managing Director for Christie + Co in France.
Thomas joined the Christie + Co Paris Office as a Senior Consultant
in September, 2004. He 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 holds a BSc Degree in Hospitality Management from the
Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, and is fluent in English,
French and Spanish, with a good working knowledge of Italian.
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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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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Platzek, Alexandra - Senior Consultant, Munich
office
Alexandra joined the Christie + Co Munich
office as a Senior Consultant in August 2007. Prior to this she
spent more than a year working in the HVS International London
office where she gained a wealth of experience in conducting hotel
valuations, feasibility and market studies. Alexandra's
work covered a range of hotels, serviced apartments and
proposed residential properties in an international environment,
including Germany, Austria, France, England, Northern Ireland,
Holland, Czech Republic and Croatia.
Alexandra holds a degree in International Hospitality Management
from renowned Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne
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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 - Consultant, Munich office
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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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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Lagerstrom, Jan-Erik - Consultant
Prior to joining Christie + Co’s Helsinki office in April
2008, Jan-Erik has worked in various positions as a director of
Sales, Marketing and Revenue Development for S-Group Hotels (Sokos
Hotels, Radisson SAS Hotels & Resorts and Holiday Club Spa
Hotels), in Finland. S-Group Hotels is the biggest hotel operator
in Finland, operating 55 hotels in Finland, Russia and the Baltic
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He has extensive experience in revenue management and his
expertise includes: feasibility studies, revenue management audits,
budgeting, forecasting, evaluating and analysing market data and
trends, pricing and distribution strategies. Jan-Erik holds a BSc
in International Hospitality Management from Florida Metropolitan
University.
Helsinki
Office
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.
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