ACCOR’S board of directors has named Sébastien Bazin chairman and CEO of the company, replacing CEO Yann Caillère.
Bazin has relinquished all duties at Colony Capital, a company he has headed since 1997, to take on his new role with Accor.
He began his career in the finance sector in 1985 before devoting himself to the hotel sector in 1992 by becoming CEO of Immobilière Hôtelière company, specialising in high-end hotel developments, before joining Colony Capital in 1997.
