Hotels

Mathias is responsible for establishing relationships and working on hotel deals for hotel owners and investors in Austria and CEE.

He holds a BA degree in Business and Real Estate from the University of Applied Science in Kufstein and spent a semester abroad at the University of Kadir Has in Istanbul.

Prior to joining Christie + Co in 2012, Mathias gained experience while working for Esterházy Betriebe GmbH as a real estate project developer. He also completed internships at ERSTE Bank in New York and Vienna, at Uniqa Alternative Investment GmbH and at Resag Immobilien GmbH. Besides being a native German speaker Mathias is fluent in English and has a good knowledge in Spanish.

Adam Konieczny is Christie + Co’s Business Development Manager for Poland and Ukraine, based in Warsaw.

Before joining Christie + Co, Adam worked as a Senior Consultant in the hospitality arena, where he focused on hotel investment transactions, valuations and feasibility studies. He is a member of RICS and has an MA in Management from Warsaw School of Economics and an MSc in Real Estate from Sheffield Hallam University. He also obtained a Certificate in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management from Cornell University. Adam is a native Polish speaker as well as being fluent in English and pretty good in French too.

Julian joined Christie + Co in September 2012. With over 20 years’ experience, he has extensive national and international knowledge of the hotel and leisure industry covering operations, advisory and consultancy. Prior to joining Christie + Co, Julian worked for a number of specialist advisory firms, latterly at CBRE Hotels, as well as hotel operating companies. He brings a substantive record of delivering, developing and executing strategic market and financial feasibility studies, independent business reviews and capital projects on time and to budget. He has an in-depth understanding of financial, commercial and operational functions and has been successful in formulating and communicating commercially sounds solutions to varied audiences. Julian is an MBA graduate from the University of Bath Business School and also has a BSc (Hons) degree in Hotel & Catering Management.

Noemi joined Christie + Co’s Corporate Hotels team in 2012 having worked for a specialist hotel advisory firm for more than two years. Her consultancy experience includes financial feasibility studies, market assessments, due diligence and business reviews for projects ranging from budget hotels, luxury country houses and boutique hotels to destination spas.

Prior to that, Noemi performed a variety of roles in the catering and hotel sectors in London, The Hague, Berlin and New York City. Past roles include internship positions at the luxury golf hotel resort at Gleneagles as well as the Leading Hotels of the World head office in New York.

Noemi holds a BSc in Business Administration in Hotel Management from the Hotelschool The Hague in the Netherlands and is currently broadening her skill set with an interior design study. Of German nationality, Noemi is fluent in German, English and Spanish.

Claude has gained significant experience in the French, UK and European hotel sectors in roles with Groupe Envergure (latterly known as Louvre Hotels) and Principal Hayley where he was European Director of Development & Operations. Most recently, Claude has worked throughout Europe as a consultant and adviser in the hotel sector. He brings vast experience of the French and European hotel sector, exemplary business advisory and management skills, and an enviable contacts book to the role.

Alex joined Christie + Co in July 2011 after five years working in the hotels and leisure sectors at GVA Humberts Leisure. Alex is based in our London in the Corporate Hotels Team and he undertakes a mix of work involving going concern sales, hotel development and investment projects and mixed-use leisure schemes within the UK.

Alex is a MRICS qualified Chartered Surveyor and is also an RICS Registered Valuer.

Andreas is the Head of Consultancy at Christie + Co, the UK’s leading specialist hotel and leisure property advisor. He has extensive 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 has advised on c. £7bn of debt exposure across the hospitality & leisure sectors in the last 18 months, providing operational reviews, independent business reviews, strategic advice, as well as defining workout options and evaluating rebranding/positioning opportunities.

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.

Aude-Marie joined the Paris office in January 2011 as a consultant. She has four years experience from MKG Hospitality where she has crisscrossed the French hotel market by conducting market and facilities studies within the Paris – Ile de France region. Aude-Marie graduated from ESC Dijon and holds a MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management at ESG Paris.

Carine joined Christie + Co in May 2005, having worked for a private equity fund as a portfolio management analyst. 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.

She also specialises in producing high quality, intelligent documentation to support Christie + Co’s Corporate and International Agency and Advisory work. 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.

Chris Day joined Christie + Co in 1985 and, having worked in the Manchester, Birmingham and London Offices, was appointed Managing Director in 1993. He has overall responsibility for all Christie + Co's specialist transactional and advisory activities. Chris has overseen the successful expansion of Christie + Co into a truly global firm, which currently has 25 offices throughout Europe and in the Middle East.

Based in the London office, Chris has particular responsibility for our international operations and he travels regularly. He specialises in the sale and valuation of hotels, public houses and restaurants and has led teams handling numerous disposal and valuation assignments for many high profile clients.

Chris is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC). He commenced his career in the property profession in 1975, qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor in 1980. In recent years he has chaired the Central London Branch of the RICS, and is currently a member of the London Regional Board of the RICS.

Darren joined Christie + Co’s Birmingham office as a valuer in 2001, before moving to Leeds in 2004 as Valuation Services Manager and latterly Location Manager of the Leeds office in 2005.

In January 2007 Darren moved to London to take up the position of national head of Valuation Services and now has overall responsibility for our national team of valuers, our appointments to bank valuation panels, RICS regulation and compliance and the Company’s Professional Indemnity Insurance.

Darren is a RICS qualified Chartered Valuation Surveyor, a Registered Valuer and also enjoys participating as an APC Assessor for the RICS. During his time at Christie + Co, he has worked on a variety of valuation projects on a local, regional and national scale, gaining substantial experience across all six of our trading sectors. In particular, he has extensive experience in the valuation of petrol forecourts, holiday & caravan parks and the pharmacy & medical sectors.

David joined Christie + Co in 2000 following 12 successful years in the broader property sector in London.

Originally working in the licensed department at our Maidstone office, David joined the Corporate Hotels team in 2001 — being promoted to oversee all corporate activity in London and the surrounds in 2005. His involvement in a wide range of hotel transactions includes the sale of the iconic Aerodrome Hotel in Croydon, the five-star Draycott Hotel, the Park Inn in Lancaster Gate and the renowned Bonnington Hotel in Southampton row.

David also conducts a variety of private and corporate client work, with recent engagements from the likes of the Portman Estate, the Grosvenor Estate and the Howard de Walden Estate.

David joined Christie + Co in 1972 and was Managing Director prior to the formation of Christie Group in 1985 when he was appointed Group Managing Director and later Chief Executive. David is Chairman of Christie + Co and has many years’ experience in the sale and valuation of businesses. In particular, he has extensive experience of the hotel sector worldwide.

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.

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 18 years’ experience in the real estate sector, and ten years’ in the hotel sector. Previous experience has included working for the Catalonia Development Agency, where she was responsible for attracting foreign investment to the region.

She also managed the ‘Site Selection Division’ of the property company, King Sturge, where she was Business Development Manager and Director of the Barcelona office. Inma was also one of the founder members of the first hotel innovation groups created in Spain. She is also a member of the recently created “Barcelona Global” platform, formed by key entrepreneurs and business leaders in the city, with the aim of acting together to promote city development.

Since joining Christie + Co in 1995, Jeremy has been based in our London Office. Having worked in the Central London hotel market for his first 3 years, Jeremy then joined the established Corporate Hotels Team. Since then, he has been responsible for national and international private client transactions and group assignments on both single asset and portfolio sales.

His caseload over the years has featured work for most of the leading hotel groups including Whitbread, Hilton, Intercontinental Hotels and active investors such as Goldman Sachs, Realstar and Westmont Hospitality.

Jeremy has been responsible for some of the highest profile hotel deals in 2011/2012. He headed up the Von Essen Hotels disposal campaign which involved 28 hotels across the UK with an additional Chateau hotels in France.

In March 2012, Jeremy also acted in the sale of the Ramada Hyde Park and Ramada Ealing for approximately £75m. The sale to London & Regional of the Crowne Plaza Cambridge followed this transaction in the summer of 2012.

In November 2012, Jeremy and colleagues worked on the sale of the University Arms Cambridge on behalf of De Vere Hotels which sold for £20.75m to Melford Capital. This latest sale took disposals for De Vere to over £40m in 2012.

Jon joined Christie + Co in 1984 and has extensive experience of the sale and valuation of leisure businesses, together with the development of leisure and hospitality property involving both solus and mixed-use schemes. He has worked in our Leeds, Newcastle and London Offices, being instrumental in the development of our corporate pubs business in the early 1990s.

In 1995 Jon established Christie + Co’s Leisure and Development business working throughout the UK with numerous operators, developers and investors including the likes of Academy Leisure, Aprirose, Berkeley Group, Esporta, Fitness4Less, FX Leisure, GL-14 Group, Genr8, Grantside Developments, Harrison Developments, Leeds City Council, Moto Hospitality, Neptune Developments, Nexum, Nuffield Health, Opus Land, Oxford Hospitality, Rushbond Group, St Modwen, Starboard Hotels and Tesco.

Jonathan was appointed at the beginning of 2008 to head up the London based Investment team which as also advises on development projects, after joining Christie + Co in 2006 as a member of the Corporate Hotels agency team with responsibility for transactions in the north west, midlands and northern home counties. He has a wealth of hotel agency and consultancy knowledge, having worked in the sector for 25 years, with extensive experience in the investment and development disciplines; site sales and acquisitions, operator appointments and developer/operator/investor structures covering leases and management agreements.

Prior to joining Christie + Co, he was a Director of Hotels & Leisure Agency at Lambert Smith Hampton, where Jonathan had a national remit and covered hotel sales and development work, advising on leases, brands and management contracts for clients that included Peel Holdings, West Properties, Langtree Group plc, Gladman and Muse. Other roles included an Associate Directorship at Druce Hotels & Leisure. Transactions handled by Jonathan in the past include sales and acquisitions for Whitbread Hotels, QMH, Macdonald Hotels, Jarvis Hotels and Paten Hotels.

Following 12 months working with the International Hotel Advisory Services team, supporting a wide range of consultancy and valuation assignments, Kerr joined our Investment and Development team based in London. Prior to working for Christie + Co he spent 18 months working for a hotel management, development and investment company.

Kerr studied at St Andrews University, where he graduated with a BSc (Hons) degree in Management and a Master of Letters in Management, Economics and International Relations.

Kerr has undertaken a number of high profile assignments for our corporate clients including, Hilton, Menzies Hotels, InterContinental Hotel Group, Apollo Real Estate Advisors, Moorfield Real Estate, LRG Acquisitions and MSREF.

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.

Markus Beike has headed up the development of Christie + Co’s German operations as Managing Director since 2003. Key achievements since his appointment have included the opening of new offices such as Berlin and Munich, the development of an advisory and valuations team, and the completion of more than 150 hotel transactions during the past three years.

Markus started his professional career 25 years ago with an apprenticeship as a qualified hotelier at Steigenberger. Subsequently, he was employed as an assistant to the executive board at Kempinski and worked as an analyst in the credit risk management of Deutsche Bank. Before joining Christie + Co, Markus Beike held the position of a manager in the corporate finance team at Arthur Andersen. Markus 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). He is also a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Markus also regularly lectures at Technische Universität Berlin, Universität Wuppertal and Maastricht Hotel School.

Marta joined Christie + Co as the Location Manager of the Barcelona Office in 2007, after 2 years working for the firm as an outside consultant. She has international consulting experience in sectors such as finance, investment, marketing and communication, having worked and resided in Europe and the United States. Marta holds a degree in Economics with a Masters in International Trade and Marketing.

Maureen Doyle has worked with Christie + Co since February 2007. Following over five years in London’s corporate hotels team and completion of a six month secondment with Lloyds Banking Group, in April 2012 Maureen moved back to her birthplace, Dublin, to establish Christie + Co’s presence in Ireland. While at LBG in London she focused on providing advice to teams overseeing a significant level of hotel related debt in Ireland and the UK which had been funded through the former ‘BOS Ireland’. 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.

Her consultancy experience includes many feasibility and market studies, corporate due diligence and research documents; and more recently, many single asset and portfolio operational reviews and strategic advisory projects on behalf of leading lenders to the hotel and leisure sector. She has worked in the hotel industry both in Ireland and Internationally, holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Hospitality Management (awarded by Trinity College Dublin), and an MBS (Hons) in Travel and Tourism Management from the Michael Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin.

Lukas joined Christie + Co in September 2010 as Manager Business Development Austria & CEE and is based in our newly opened office in Vienna/Austria. He holds a degree in Tourism Management & Leisure Industry as well as a Master of Science in Real Estate and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Before joining Christie + Co, Lukas worked as Senior Advisor at KPMG in Budapest. In this position he worked on numerous projects in Germany, Austria and CEE. His projects included valuations across Europe, hotel operator searches, contract negotiations, feasibility studies, preparation of sales and marketing plans for integrated resorts as well as assistance in hotel transactions.

Prior to this Lukas worked as Development Manager for RIMC, a hotel management company in Hamburg, Germany. In this position he was responsible for the evaluation of new hotel projects, reviews and negotiations of hotel contracts as well as the preparation of operational forecasts for the proposed hotels. As part of his property development tasks he worked closely with architects, developers and investors. His professional experience in the hotel and tourism industry further includes working in places such as Switzerland, the Caribbean and the US (e.g. InterContinental, Renaissance, Sacher, Sandals Antigua Resort).

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.

Nikola joined Christie + Co in 2010 having worked for NorthCourse - the global consultancy, market research and asset management arm of the Wyndham Worldwide Corporation for three years. Her consultancy experience includes assignments in Europe, Africa, India and the Middle East and encompasses market research, feasibility studies, sales and marketing advisory and strategic development briefs for hotels and leisure real estate. Prior to this she had operational roles with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts and the Jumeirah Hotel Group.

Since joining Christie + Co she has undertaken a variety of single and major asset portfolio reviews and has provided in-depth analysis and strategic recommendations for UK and Irish banks.

Nikola has completed a BA (Hons) in International Hospitality Management from The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, in academic association with Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne.

Philipp Kraneis was one of the very first people to join Christie + Co´s German team in 1999. As Head of Investment Germany, he is responsible for corporate transactions across the country. He also oversees the transaction departments in Frankfurt and Munich.

Philipp specialises in working with open- and closed-end funds, multiple ownership structures and NPL transactions. During his time with Christie + Co, he has successfully negotiated more than 130 freehold and leasehold hotel deals. Highlights include the sale of several hotel portfolios operated under various brands and the successful disposal of the Maritim Hotel in Hamburg, one of the largest single-asset deals completed in Germany in recent years. Philipp has worked in the property sector for over 14 years, holding various positions in the hotel sector with a number of well-known companies, such as Kempinski, where he worked before joining Christie + Co. Philipp Kraneis was appointed Director in 2006.

Patrick De Nooijer has many years’ experience in hotel brokerage, hotel feasibility studies, portfolio valuations, operator searches and strategic advisory. He has completed assignments in numerous countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Christie + Co in 2012, Patrick’s experience included working on more than 150 feasibility and valuation studies, also partaking in several hotel disposal activities for a number of high profile operators and owners. Patrick holds an MSc in Real Estate from CASS Business School.

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.

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.

Sabina joined Christie + Co’s Corporate Hotels team in 2011 having worked five years for a specialist hotel advisory firm. Her consultancy experience includes financial feasibility studies, market assessments, due diligence and business reviews for projects ranging from budget hotels, luxury island resorts and boutique hotels to serviced apartments.

Sabina also worked on the assessment of the hotel development and investment opportunities at the London Olympic site for the 2012 Games. Fluent in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian, Sabina has carried out projects in the UK, central Europe and Latin America.

Prior to working in hospitality consulting, Sabina gained hotel management and tourism industry experience as an advisor for the Unctad/ITC (UN/WTO) in Ecuador, crew member with Swiss International Airlines (formerly Swissair) and in operational roles at Claridge’s in London, luxury hotels in Switzerland, Mexico as well as Australia. Sabina holds a BSc in International Hospitality Management from the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland and is an active member of the AICR hotel manager association and EHL alumni.

Simon Hughes joined Christie + Co in 1987 following a period in the hotel industry. Originally a hotel sector specialist, Simon spent periods in Christie + Co’s Nottingham, Glasgow, Bristol and London offices before going on to manage the company’s London operation until his appointment as UK Managing Director in 2005.

Simon joined Christie + Co in 2004 with extensive specialist knowledge of the UK hotel sector. His career started in 1982 in the South West, subsequently joining Savills and latterly became a Partner at Knight Frank, where he headed up their hotel business in the North of England.

Simon represents Christie + Co’s Corporate Hotels Team providing “added value” to both private and corporate clients throughout Southern England. He works closely with our regional hotel teams in our Exeter, Bristol, Winchester, Maidstone and Milton Keynes offices. Simon’s client base includes a number of private groups & investors, corporate owners and operators including:- Andrew Brownsword Hotels, Brend Hotels, Bannatyne Hotels, Crest Hotels, Hallmark Hotels, Legacy Hotels, Lester Hotels and Swire Hotels.

Constanze joined Christie + Co as a Consultant Advisory & Valuation in July 2012. Previously with Horwath HTL in Budapest and CBRE Hotels Germany & CEE in Munich, Constanze gained experience in real estate consultancy as a trainee and covered assignments including market research, feasibility studies, and valuation reports benefiting from exposure to hotel markets in Germany and Central Eastern Europe.

Throughout her studies Constanze was able to acquire operational experience in the high-end hotel segment, such as at the Louis C. Jacob in Hamburg and the Le Méridien Vienna. Constanze holds a Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management from Ecole Hôteliere de Lausanne (EHL) where she graduated with honours in May 2011 as the valedictorian with the best overall grade point average. For her bachelor dissertation in finance on the topic of hospitality valuation entitled “Hospitality: highly appreciated, largely undervalued? A new insight into lodging undervaluation puzzle” she was awarded the certificate for the best bachelor dissertation of the semester.