Sarmad Zok

Director

  • First appointed as a director on: July 12, 2016.

  • 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, 2027.

  • Lebanese and British national.

  • CEO of Kingdom Hotel Investments and Non-Executive Board Director of Kingdom Holding Company.

Sarmad Zok is the Chief Executive Officer of Kingdom Hotel Investments UK Ltd and director of Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and Kingdom Holding Company. In 2006, Sarmad Zok led Kingdom Hotel Investments on its initial public offering on the Dubai Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.

Since a successful take-private of KHI, he has helped to manage a luxury hospitality investment portfolio across the US and Europe, and growth/ developing markets in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In 2016, he successfully led the sale of Fairmont and Raffles to Accor.

Sarmad Zok began his career at HVS International and Hilton International. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management from the University of Surrey and a Master of Arts in Property Valuation and Law from City University Business School in the United Kingdom.

Principal positions outside Accor: Chief Executive Officer of Kingdom Hotel Investments UK Ltd and non-executive director of Kingdom Holding Company.