Consumer >> CEO Interviews >> April 25, 2002
BENJAMIN COHEN is a member of the Board of Accor. Mr. Cohen was
previously Vice President, Public Restaurants at Jacques Borel
International (1964-1968); member of the Management Committee and Chief
Executive Officer of the Jacques Borel International Group (1975); Vice
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Compagnie des Hotels Jacques
Borel (1972-1975); Managing Director (1975-1977), then Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Sofitel (1977) and Union Touristique et
Htelire (U.T.H.) (1979-1985); Executive Vice-President, International
Business for Novotel S.I.E.H. (Socit d'Investissement et
d'Exploitation Htelire) (1982-1983); Executive Vice President, Hotels
and Member of the Management Committee of the Accor Group (1983-1988);
Chairman of Croisires Paquet (1987-1994); Managing Director of the
Accor Group (1989-1992); Group Executive Vice President (1992-1997);
Director since 1994, then Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et du Tourisme. Mr. Cohen is
Member of the Management Board in charge of Finance and Investments
since January 7, 1997. He is a graduate of the Ecole des Haute Etudes
des Commerciales (1961). Profile
Mr. Cohen: Accor has two major international businesses: hotels, ranking
number three in the world with 3,700 hotels
