Profile

Christian Karaoglanian

Chief Development Officer
Accor SA

Christian Karaoglanian joined the Accor group in 1976 and the hotel side of the company in 1984 to take on the responsibility for development in the Middle East and Asia and later the development of all brands in Europe.  He is now Chief Development Officer for Accor worldwide implementing the development policy of the company with a team of 140 developers on five continents through organic growth as well as acquisitions.  Christian, a French citizen born in Paris, completed his University education at the Institute d’Etudes Politiques de  Paris (IEP) and holds a degree in Economic Science.  

He is member of the Accor Investment committee and member of the board of various JV and listed hotel companies such as Orbis in Poland, Risma in Morocco and Adagio in Europe.