Nahai takes over global food and beverage leadership at Accor

Amir Nahai has been appointed to the role of chief executive off Group Food & Beverage at AccorHotels.

He will also be a member of the group’s executive committee.

Nahai will be responsible for the food and beverage in the business worldwide.

He will work closely with the regional chief executives and the global marketing teams to redefine Accor’s food and beverage objectives and strategy for each region and brand.

Sébastien Bazin, AccorHotels chairman, said: “Rethinking in-depth our food and beverage offer is one of our priorities to ensure the success of AccorHotels’ transformation.”

“In his previous roles, Amir actively worked along with us to establish the right diagnosis and I am very glad of his joining us to accelerate the implementation of our new strategy.

“His international experience and his extensive knowledge of the hotel-restaurant field will be great assets to assist our teams in the rolling out of our strategy as well as to position our catering offer as a truly differentiating factor for our guests, partners and employees.”

Amir Nahai is American.

He holds a BA in government from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.