Sarmad Zok

"We consistently strive to achieve outstanding, long term investment returns by leveraging our unique competitive advantages and adopting capital allocation strategies across a global and diverse portfolio of management companies, hotel properties and mixed used developments."

Mr. Zok is Chairman of and Chief Executive Officer of Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI), the leading international hotel and resort acquisition and Development Company focused on high growth emerging markets. The Company has ownership interests in 23 properties in 17 countries. Mr. Zok founded KHI in 2001 and led the company’s US$1.6bn Initial Public Offering in 2006.

Additionally, Mr. Zok is a Board Director of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) and a member of the company’s Investment Committee where he is responsible for KHC’s global hotel portfolio. This includes interests in management companies such as Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Raffles Hotels and Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts AG, as well as international real estate such as the George V in Paris, the Savoy in London and the Plaza in New York. Mr. Zok is also a member of the Board of Directors of Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Fairmont Raffles Hotels and Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts AG.

Previously, Mr Zok headed Forte PLC’s development effort in emerging markets and worked at HVS International, a leading hotel consulting and valuation firm, covering European markets. Prior to this Mr. Zok gained operational experience with Hilton International.

Mr. Zok holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Management from the University of Surrey and a Masters of Arts in Property Valuation and Law from City University Business School in London. He is fluent in English, French and Arabic.