Profile

Stephen Ansell

Managing Director – Middle East and Africa
Hyatt

Stephen Ansell has recently been appointed the Managing Director for Hyatt in the Middle East and Africa regional division. Working at Hyatt for 27 years, Stephen has held several leadership positions in the company. Before his current role as Managing Director, Stephen was in a dual role as Area Vice President for Central Europe where he was responsible for Hyatt’s operations in the region, as well as the General Manager at Park Hyatt Zurich, where Stephen oversaw the running of the luxury Swiss hotel, applying his passion and expertise of the hotel industry at the property level. Stephen joined Hyatt in 1996 as Director of F&B at Hyatt Regency Riyadh and has since held General Manager positions at several Hyatt hotels including Hyatt Regency Bishkek, Hyatt Regency Kyiv, where he was central to the hotel’s opening, and Park Hyatt Moscow, where he spent nine successful years before being appointed as Area Vice President of Russia and Eastern Europe in 2014. Stephen holds a degree in Hotel and Catering Management from the University of Portsmouth.