Since January 2023, Thiemo Willms has been leading Accor's development in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland as Vice President of Development Central Europe. He has been part of the Accor Development team in Munich for more than six years, most recently in the role of Director of Development Central Europe. Before joining Accor, Willms worked as an analyst for the JLL Hotels & Hospitality Group in London as well as for well-known and internationally renowned companies from the catering and hotel sector, including Do&Co in Vienna/Austria and Grand Hyatt Hotel in Beijing/China. The passionate marathon runner studied at Henley Business School in Reading/UK, where he graduated in International Business. Before that, Willms studied at Hotelschool the Hague in the Netherlands.