Speaker profile

Rudi Jagersbacher

Non-Executive Chairman, Middle East, Africa & Turkey
Hilton

Rudi Jagersbacher was appointed Non-Executive Chairman, Middle East, Africa & Turkey for Hilton in January 2020. Prior to this he was President – Middle East, Africa & Turkey for Hilton, a role he held since 2011.

A seasoned hotel management executive, Jagersbacher has extensive experience in various senior roles in EMEA and a solid track record in positively growing the portfolio of Hilton brands and successfully developing stakeholder relations. His earlier career included serving as General Manager of the Langham Hilton and the London Hilton on Park Lane after a brief departure from Hilton as the Assistant General Manager of the Claridge’s in London Mayfair and Assistant Manager of the Savoy Hotel, London.

A graduate of Hotel School in Austria, Jagersbacher started his career with Hilton International in 1974. Jagersbacher holds the Decoration of Merit in Gold (Goldenes Verdienstzeichen), one of the fifteen classes of national honours for services to the Republic conferred by the Austrian government for his services to hospitality.

Jagersbacher was also recognised as the region’s most influential hotelier for three years running, ranking number one in the Hotelier Middle East Power 50 in 2013, 2014 and 2015.