Summary Biography

Summary biography Oct-2024

Actual.

Founder and CEO of EXUPERE Hotel Real Estate Capital Markets Advisors EMEAA SAS, Mrics, BtoB Boutique-Conseil, R&D structure, Real Estate Hotel & Business Transactions, Strategic Partnerships & Investments in high-end and luxury hotels in EMEA region and North Africa (Morocco).

Founder and Director of the Hotels Advisory EMEAA Department within an International Luxury Real Estate Advisory Group (More than 60 destinations worldwide), a Group specialized in high-end real estate worldwide (Please contact us for further details)

Background

Successively Director of Investments, Sales, Development and Asset Management for Real Estate and Hotels in Europe for nearly 30 years within international institutional real estate groups / listed European French real estate companies (REIIT-SIIC), subsidiaries of foreign shareholders (Nomura, Bankers Trust, GE, Deutsche Bank, Schroders, etc.) or French shareholders (Compagnie de Suez, Indosuez, Foncière des Régions/Covivio, Covivio Hotels, etc.), permanent member of Investment and/or Asset Management Committees.

Member of the Owner/Operator-Hotel Partnership Committees in Europe (France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, etc.) and development of Property Management Platforms in Europe (Spain, United Kingdom, Netherlands, etc.). Nearly €2.0 billion of transactions completed over the last 20 years (individual or portfolio transactions, OTC or European tenders).

Network

An extensive and active network of global investors, hotel operators and direct contacts with professional peer investors (Private Equity, U-HNWI, Institutional Hotel Owners, Foreign Investment Funds, Private Equity, Investment Capital Partners, Family Offices or local or global Hotel Brands...) in France and Europe and selectively in North America or Africa.

Training and other

Graduate in Private Law (Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Private Law + Master 2 Panthéon Sorbonne in Paris-1). Member of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) for over 20 years, Others: Accredited member of the IHIF Forum (International Hospitality Investment Forum), Resort & Residential Hospitality, Hospitality Summit Paris Real Estate, European Tourism Summit think tank on Tourism of the Future in Europe. Entrepreneurial mindset, Mipim.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwenael-bourban-mrics


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