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25-27 June 2024
Mövenpick Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia
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Ramsay Rankoussi
Vice President Development Africa & Turkey
Radisson Hotel Group
Based in Dubai, Ramsay leads Radisson Hotel Group’s strategic growth across Africa & Turkey, with a team based in Dubai, Europe, and Cape Town, he directly reports to the Global Chief Development Officer. Tasked with increasing the Group’s hotel portfolio and footprint in his assigned markets, Ramsay is an expert dealmaker, leading transactions from sourcing through to execution. He is proficient in legal contract negotiations, due diligence, and financial analysis. He oversees the underwriting, strategic planning, investment analysis, and asset management activities for all type of deal structuring, including conversions and takeovers, financial commitments, franchise, and straight management agreements with a proven track record in originating and executing more than 100 hotel single transactions. A Belgian national, Ramsay is fluent in multiple languages and with a multicultural background. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and an MBA specializing in Hotel Real Estate Finance and Asset Management from the ESSEC Business School (IMHI) in Paris, and recently completed his Executive MBA at INSEAD Business School, ranked in the top 3 globally.