Anne-Laure Kiechel

Independent Director

  • First appointed as a director on May 17, 2023.

  • Current term due to expire at the close of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be called to approve the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

  • French national.

Anne-Laure Kiechel began her career in 1999 at Lehman Brothers, initially working in capital markets. In 2007, she became a Senior Banker in Paris, advising French companies on mergers and acquisitions and financing. She subsequently joined the investment bank Rothschild & Cie, as part of the financing advisory team, advising companies in France and abroad on capital structure, rating and financing issues.

She was appointed managing partner of Rothschild & Cie in 2014, when she began advising governments. In early 2019, Anne-Laure Kiechel left Rothschild to launch Global Sovereign Advisory, an independent consultancy for governments and public companies . Anne-Laure Kiechel was Chairwoman of the Sorbonne University Foundation's campaign committee from 2020 to 2022. She has been a member of the United Nations Committee for Development Policy since January 1, 2022.

Anne-Laure Kiechel is a graduate of HEC and the University of St Gallen (Switzerland), as well as holding a degree in mathematics.

Principal position outside Accor: Managing Director of Kiechel SARL and Member of the United Nations Committee for Development Policy.