A 16-year veteran of the hospitality industry, Granet joined the company in 1999 as chief financial officer for Central Europe, and was later successively appointed to the roles of vice president of corporate finance, and senior vice president of strategy.

Since moving to Dubai in 2011 to head up AccorHotels’ regional development team and oversaw the signing of over 70 new partnership agreements across the region; reaching a rate of one new signature every two weeks.

Granet is replacing Christophe Landais who will now be in charge of AccorHotels’ expansion in Iran.