Profile

Murat Yilmaz

Chief Business Development Officer
Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International

Murat Yilmaz heads as Chief Business Development Officer at Dedeman Hotels & Resorts since Aug 2011.

Dedeman Hotels & Resorts is operating in Turkey, Uzbekistan, Syria and Bulgaria with a total of 19 hotels.

With over 23 years of experience in hotel and real estate business – He worked for Hilton, Renaissance and JW Marriott Hotel Brands in Germany, Hungary, Romania, Russia and Kazakhstan as Director of Finance before joining a real estate developer company -Capital Partners (CP) - as Director Hotel Business Developments and Asset Management. Where he was responsible for new hotel developments and as well as owned operational hotel assets; Ritz Carlton Moscow, Renaissance Atyrau, Marriott Executive Apartments Atyrau and Renaissance Aktau Hotel.

Background:

- Hotelfachschule Koblenz / Germany – ‘Staatlich Geprüften Hotelbetriebswirt’ degree

- Cornell University – ‘Hotel Real Estate Investment and Asset Management’ certificate

He is fluent in Turkish, English and German