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2014 Speakers
Olivier Jacquin
CEO, Mangalis Hotel Group
Samuel Tafese
Founder & President, Sunshine investment Group
Neway Berhanu
Managing Director, Calibra Hospitality Consultancy & Business PLC
Aschalew (Lewis) Belay
Owner, Aschalew Belay Hotel Projects (Golden Tulip Addis)
Tewolde GebreMariam Tesfay
CEO, Ethiopian Airlines
H E Phyllis Jepkosgei Kandie
Cabinet Secretary, Ministry Of East African Affairs, Commerce And Tourism, Kenya
Andrew Linwood
Head of Design, , Areen Hospitality Design
Philippe Doizelet
Managing Partner, Horwath HTL, France
Thomas Emanuel
Director of Business Development, STR Global
Taras Ettl
Vice President Development - Middle East & Africa, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)
Bani Haddad
Regional Vice President – Middle East & Africa, Wyndham Hotel Group
Govind Mundra
General Manager - Business Development (Africa) , IHMS Hotels (SA) (Pty) Limited
David Kelly
Head of Special Projects, Castlebrook
Marc Finney
Director, Head of International Hotels & Resorts, Colliers International
Helaway Tadesse
Senior Vice President, Zemen Bank S.C
Stuart Cook
Managing Director, Protea Hotels East Africa
Paul Ziegler
CEO, Onlime Business Communications
Mossadeck Bally
Chief Executive Officer, AZALAI Hotels
Frank Mustaff
Managing Partner - Germany, Horwath HTL
Mario Delicio
Managing Director, Hotel Verde
Dario Filippone
Director of Business Development, Mangalis Hotel Group
Beatrice Montagnier
Director, Horwath HTL Dakar (Senegal)
Andrew McLachlan
Vice President : Business Development, Africa & Indian Ocean Islands, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Nick van Marken
Global Head – Hospitality, Deloitte LLP
Berhane Demissie
Managing Director, Schulze Global Investments
Kevan Moses
Director, Stauch Vorster Architects
Bernard Forster
Director - Asset Management (Hospitality & Real Estate), Rani Investment
Moseketsi Mpeta
Industry Champion, (IDC) Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited
Al-karim Nathoo
Managing Director, 4C Hotel Group
Martyn Davies
Chief Executive Officer, Frontier Advisory (Pty) Ltd
Valentine Ozigbo
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Transnational Hotels & Tourism Services Ltd
Andrew Rogers
CEO, Hospitality Property Fund
Trevor Ward
Managing Director, W Hospitality Group
James Stuart
Managing Partner, The Brand Company
Abraham Kamau
Head of Credit, Tourism Finance Corporation
Keith Aki-Sawyerr
Managing Director, Cape Sierra Co Ltd
Salim Bitar
Chief Executive Officer, Rani Investment
Benyam Bisrat
CEO & Co-Founder , Jupiter Hospitality Group
H.E. Jean Kapata
Minister of Tourism and Arts, Republic of Zambia
Haile Gebrselassie
Olympic gold medallist and hotel investor
Matthew Weihs
Managing Director, Bench Events
Pushpendra Uprety
Vice President, HTI Consulting
Michael Sudarkasa
CEO , Africa Business Group
Tim Smith
Managing Partner , HVS
Hon. Lazaro Samuel Nyalandu
Minister for Tourism, United Republic of Tanzania
Michael Pownall
General Manager, Taj Cape Town
Remmy Nwachukwu
Manager Business Development, African Export-Import Bank
David Harper
Head of Property Services, Hotel Partners Africa
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman, Bench Events, Board Director, STR Global
Tendai Madziwanyika
Chief Executive Officer, Rainbow Tourism Group
Ben Martin
Principal, Head of Economics, AECOM
Michele De Witt
Director, Horwath HTL
Gillian Saunders
Director - Global Leader Hotels and Tourism, Grant Thornton
Alan O'Dea
Senior Vice President - Africa, Movenpick Hotels & Resorts
Antoine Castro
Managing Director, Quantum Global Real Estate
Rohan Patel
Director , Sankara Hotel Group Kenya Ltd
Neil George
Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Development Middle East & Africa, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Patrick Fitzgibbon
Senior Vice President Development - Europe & Africa, Hilton Worldwide
Diego Lofeudo
Senior Director of Market Management for the Middle East and Indian Ocean , Expedia
Michael Wale
President Europe, Africa and Middle East , Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Michel Augier
Director of Finance, Managed hotels EMEAI, Wyndham Hotel Group
Ambassador Yamina Karitanyi
Head of Tourism & Conservation, Rwanda Development Board (RDB)
Nasser Al-Mugheiry
Partner, Grant Thornton Ethiopia
Michael Cooper
Vice President Development Sub Saharan Africa, Hilton Worldwide
Petra Devereux
Recruitment and HR , Hotel Partners Africa
Jean-Jacques Dessors
Chief Executive Officer Mediterranean, Middle-East and Africa , ACCOR
Antoine Guego
Chief Operating Officer, Africa & Indian Ocean, Accor
Brad Davidson
Projects Director, Design, Construction And Engineering EAME, , Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
Lourens Kruger
VP M&A and Treasury, Kingdom Hotel Investments
Mark Martinovic
Chief Executive Officer, Hotel Spec
Nawfal Bendefa
Managing Partner , Reim Partners
Wolfgang M. Neumann
President & CEO, The Rezidor Hotel Group
Rezene Ayalew
Managing Director, Tsemex Hotels and Business Plc (Crowne Plaza Addis)
Philippe Baretaud
Senior Vice President Development EMEA, Accor
Magdaline Oesi Baffour
Senior Hospitality Analyst, HTI Consulting
HE Alain Saint-Ange
Minister of Tourism and Culture, Republic of Seychelles
H.E Amin Abdulkadir
Minster for Culture and Tourism, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Wayne Troughton
Chief Executive Officer, HTI Consulting
Simon Vincent
President EMEA, EVP, Hilton Worldwide
H.E. Elizabeth Ofosu-Agyare
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Republic of Ghana
Edward Kirathe
Chief Executive Officer, Acorn Group
Godfrey Tapela
Senior Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Vernon Page
Chief Executive Officer , Hotel Partners Africa
Sophie Perret
Director, HVS
H. E. Walter Mzembi
Minister of Tourism, Republic of Zimbabwe
Peter Penev
Vice President, Acquisitions & Development , Hyatt International (EAME) LLC
Alex Kyriakidis
President & Managing Director Middle East & Africa, Marriott International, Inc.
Paul Blackmore
Managing Director, CIMC Modular Building Systems
Marianne Ndegwa Jordan
Managing Director, Kenya Tourist Development Corporation (KTDC)
Filippo Sona
Director | Head of Hotels (MENA Region), Colliers International
Valentina Zeisler
Vice President, Tourism & Hotels, DEG German Development & Finance Institution
Kevin Underwood
Global Leader of Leisure and Culture, AECOM
Arthur Gillis
Former CEO , Protea Hotels
Zahra Peera
Senior Vice President Development Sub Saharan Africa and Indian Ocean, ACCOR
Welcome
We are delighted to confirm that the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF) will return to Addis Ababa in 2015. It will take place again at the Sheraton Hotel on September 30 - October 1.
AHIF is attended by the highest calibre group of international hotel investors of any conference in Africa. It is the conference for investors, owners, financiers, developers, operators, advisors, architects and senior government officials who support tourism and travel development in Africa. According to the World Travel & Tourism Council, 8.5% of Africa’s GDP and 6.9% of jobs are attributable to Travel & Tourism and the industry is forecast to grow across Africa at 4.9% per annum for the whole of the coming decade.
AHIF 2014...the Facts
 ATTENDEES FROM 47 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES |
 OF ATTENDEES SAID THEY WOULD ATTEND AHIF NEXT YEAR! |
 GLOBAL SPEAKERS FROM 25 COUNTRIES |
 HARD HITTING, TOPICAL SESSIONS |
 AFRICAN MINISTERS IN ATTENDANCE |
 KEYNOTE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST SPEAKER |
