Alex Kyriakidis

Position: President and managing director

Company: Marriott International, Inc. Middle East & Africa

Biography: Alex Kyriakidis is president and managing director, Middle East & Africa, for Marriott International, Inc., with responsibility for all business activities in the Middle East & Africa Region (Mea), including operations, sales and marketing, finance and hotel development.

Prior to joining Marriott in January 2012, Kyriakidis served as global managing director – travel, hospitality and leisure for Deloitte LLP. In this role, Kyriakidis led the global travel, hospitality and leisure industry team, where he was responsible for a team of 4,500 professionals that generated $700 million in revenues.

Kyriakidis has 38 years of experience providing strategic, financial, merger and acquisition, operational, asset management and integration services to the travel, hospitality and leisure sectors. He has served clients in 25 countries, predominantly in the Emea and Asia/Pac regions.

He is a fellow of the Arab Society of Certified Accountants, the British Association of Hotel Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Kyriakidis holds a bachelor of science degree in computer science and mathematics from Leeds University in the United Kingdom. He is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Contact: (+971) 4 440 7786

Website: www.marriott.com