Adam Konieczny is Development Director Europe at Louvre Hotels Group. His goal is to develop the brands of the group through franchise, management and lease contracts as well as to look for strategic partnerships in CEE and SEE. He also supervises regional development managers across the region. Louvre Hotels Group is historically a French company, currently fully owned by Chinese Jin Jiang. Previously, Adam was a Country Head Poland at Christie & Co and was responsible for identifying hotel opportunities across Poland and CEE for the development and expansion of the company in the region. He has been involved in several advisory and valuation assignments as well as operator search and section processes and investment transactions. Adam Konieczny has a Master of Arts in Management from the Warsaw School of Economics and a Master of Science in Real Estate from Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He also obtained a Certificate in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management from Cornell University. Adam is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).