25 June 2025
The Athenee Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Bangkok
2025 Speakers
Naureen Ahmed
Founder
Inspiring Women in Hospitality
Benjamin Allan Hirasawa
Founder and Managing Partner
BH2I
Scott Antel
Founder
Scott's Fz
Bill Barnett
Managing Director
C9 Hotelworks
Sudeep Bhatt
Director – Strategy
Whiteland Corporation
Gianfranco Bianchi
General Manager Asia Pacific
The One Atelier
Charles Blocker
Chief Executive Officer
IC Partners Limited
Saowarin Chanprakaisi
Vice President, Business Development
The Ascott Limited
Lachlan de Morton
Vice President Accor One Living
Accor
Catherine Edwards
Chief Growth Officer
QUO
Mauro Gasparotti
Senior Director
Savills Hotels – Asia Pacific
Patricia Ho Douven
Principal
White Jacket PTE LTD
Riyan Itani
Director & Founder
Global Branded Residences
Yukihiko Ito
Chief Executive Officer
GOYOH
David Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Delivering Asia
Hiroyuki Kiuchi
Chief Operating Officer
List Development Co.
Ho Kwon Ping
Founder and Executive Chairman
Banyan Group
Eric Levy
Managing Director
Tourism Solutions International
Lindsay McGinn
Global Vice President, Residential Marketing
Accor
Noel Merainer
Vice President, Development - Asia-Pacific
Rosewood Hotel Group
Anthony Moulton
Founder & Managing Director
Brand & Co
Jenny Naylor
Managing Director Advisory
Brand Atlas
Martin Palleros
Director
Tierra Design
Michael Paul Piro
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Indochina Capital
James Price
Senior Vice President, Residential
Four Seasons
Christian Pucher
Managing Director Development South East Asia
Hilton
Ananth Ramchandran
Head of Advisory and Strategic Transactions, Hotels & Hospitality Asia
CBRE
Omar Romero
Chief Development & Luxury Officer
Minor Hotel Group Limited
Philip Schaetz
Founder & Managing Director
CUBE
Ingo Schweder
Founder and CEO
GOCO Hospitality
Lada Shelkovnikova
Partner, Hotels & Hospitality
Watson Farley & Williams LLP
Emma Smithson
Senior Regional Director of Residential Operations, Asia Pacific
Marriott International
Richard Stevens
Group CEO
Sectorlight
Shafi Syed
Global Head Development and Acquisitions
Equinox Hotels
Tananan Thammakiat
Partner
Chandler Mori Hamada Limited
Denise Thi
Chief Marketing Officer
Masterise Group
Jeff Tisdall
Chief Business Officer
Accor One Living
Penny Trinh
Vice President, Mixed-Use Development, Asia Pacific (excluding Greater China)
Marriott International
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman & CEO
The Bench
Florian Wupperfeld
Destination Branding & Placemaking
LCD Ventures
Alexandra Yao
Vice President Global Branded Residences
IHG Hotels & Resorts
Yih Hsiu Yeo
Director
SCSY Studio
Viona Zhang
Deputy Managing Director
C9 Hotelworks
Past Branded Residences Forum Speakers
Louis Abboud
Chief Development Officer, Deputy Head MEAT & Global Head F&B Development
Ennismore
Scott Antel
Founder Owner
Scott's FZ Hospitality Legal Services
George Azar
Chairman & CEO
Sotheby's International Realty
Lara Barett
Senior Vice President Legal - Luxury & Lifestyle, Special Projects & Global Legal Lead for Accor One Living
Accor
Daniel Von Barloewen
Regional Vice President, Accor One Living, Head of Mixed Use (EMEA)
AccorHotels Middle East and Africa FZ-LLC
Husni Al Bayari
Chairman & Founder
Bayari Investments
Peter Bazeli
Principal and Managing Director
Weitzman
Emlyn Brown
Senior Vice President - Well-Being
Accor
Richard Bursby
Partner
Taylor Wessing LLP
Nick Candy
Chief Executive Officer
Candy Capital
Imran A Changezi
Executive Director Hospitality Development
Diriyah Company
Mark Eacott
Global VP Design
Ennismore
Bernardo Fort-Brescia
Founder & Principal
Arquitectonica
Mitra Ghamsari
Chief Executive Officer
Persepolis Investments
Philip S. Gillard
Managing Director
Arquitectonica
Federica Grignolo
Associate
Studio Carter
Andy Hawkins
Head of Global Residential Development Sales
Savills
Peter Heneghan
Futurist and Founder of AI & Communications agency
The Future Communicator
Riyan Itani
Founder
Global Branded Residences
Wissal Jarjour
Interior Designer
Dubai Holding Investments
Khaled A. Kaawar
Chief Executive Officer
Strata Global Holdings
Barry Landsberg
Principal
Landsberg Residential Consulting Inc.
Carlos Leal
Executive Chairman and Board Member
United Hospitality Management (UHM)
Sally Maier-Yip
Founder & Managing Director
11K Consulting
Ali Manzoor
Senior Director Head of Hospitality, Hotels & Tourism
CBRE MENA
Ricardo Moreira
Managing Director
XCO2
Rico Picenoni
Head of Global Residential Development Consultancy
Savills
Rosa Piro
Senior Business Development Director
Arada
Paul Rands
Managing Director
Future of Hospitality Institute
Jean-Baptiste Recher
Regional Vice President Development, Luxury Brands, MEAT
Accor
Pier Paolo Righi
CEO & President
Karl Lagerfeld
Barry Robinson
President and Managing Director International Operations
Travel and Leisure Co
Nicolas Roux
Founder and CEO
Rive Gauche London
Stephen Sackur
Presenter
HARDTalk
Moustafa Said
Founding Partner
Wisefields
Ashley Scott
Global Practice Principal, Planning + Landscape
WATG
Sudhin Siva
Chief Asset Management Officer
Shamal Holding
Richard Stevens
Group Chief Executive Officer
Sectorlight
Adrian Strittmatter
Chief Executive Officer
Saentys
Curtis Tischler
CEO & Founder
SagePoint Real Estate Company, INC.
Jeff Tisdall
Chief Business Officer, Accor One Living
AccorHotels Middle East and Africa FZ-LLC
Jonathan Tomlinson
Global Head and SVP Private Homes and Branded Residential
Kerzner International
Charlie Walsh
Head of Sales & Marketing
The OWO Residences by Raffles
Adelina Wong Ettelson
Global Head of Residential Marketing
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group
Jonathan Worsley
Chairman
The Bench