Sebastien Bazin
After five years working in several financial positions in New York, San Francisco and London, Sébastien Bazin was appointed CEO of Hottinguer Rivaud Finances, an investment bank, in 1990, and then CEO of L’Immobilière Hôtelière, a hotel developer in France, in 1992. In 1997, he moved to Colony Capital, a private real estate investment firm, to head up its European branch and lead several acquisitions, principally in the hospitality sector (Générale des Eaux, Club Méditerranée, Lucien Barrière, Fairmont & Raffles, Buffalo Grill, Château Lascombes, Stadia Consulting and others).
He joined Accor’s Board of Directors in 2005 and, via Colony Capital, became a Paris Saint-Germain shareholder in 2006 and the club’s Chairman in 2009.
In August 2013, he resigned from his duties at Colony Capital and was appointed Chairman and CEO of Accor.
Sébastien Bazin has also been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gustave Roussy Foundation since July 2023, a member of the Board of Directors of GE since 2016, then a member of the board of GE Aerospace since April 2024, and also a member of the board of RSTH – The Riyadh School of Tourism & Hospitality since August 2024.”
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INVESTING: MORE THAN MARGINS
With global Travel & Tourism forecast to inject $16.5 trillion into the global economy by 2035, strategic investment at every level, from large-scale infrastructure to micro-finance for local entrepreneurs, has never been more critical. How can leaders harness bold capital, through public–private partnerships and cross-border collaboration, to unlock innovation, empower communities, and elevate tourism’s global impact?
