Ugo Arzani

Director

  • First appointed as a director on: May 20, 2022.

  • Current term due to expire at the close of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be called to approve the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2027.

  • Italian national.

Ugo Arzani manages the Retail and Consumer Investments division of the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA). Within the framework of his remit, Ugo Arzani is responsible for investments in the retail sales, consumer goods, consumer technology, leisure and sports and agricultural sectors. To date, he has carried out more than 40 investments throughout the world for the QIA. Before joining the QIA in 2013, Ugo Arzani spent 15 years at the MerrillLynch investment bank in London. In this role, he advised retail and consumer companies on numerous M&A andfinancing transactions.

Mr. Ugo Arzani is an Italian national and a fluent speaker of Italian, English, French and German. He grew up between Italy and Switzerland and has spent his entire working career abroad. He holds a Magna Cum Laude MBA from the Bocconi University of Milan.

Principal position outside Accor: Head of Retail & Consumer Investments at the Qatar Investment Authority.