Olivier Gompel has been appointed as Managing Director and Practice Leader Midwest Hotels Advisory practice at CBRE

Based in Chicago, Mr. Gompel will work with Les Linder, Senior Managing Director for CBRE Valuations and Advisory Service's Midwest Division, and Tommy Crozier, National Practice Leader of CBRE Hotels Advisory, to expand CBRE's Hotels Advisory practice in the Midwest. The practice represents hotel owners, municipalities and lenders by providing project feasibility, operator searches, development advisory, acquisition due diligence, asset management and other services.

Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Gompel worked for Hyatt Corp. There, he built the company's feasibility department and oversaw all feasibility analyses worldwide, leading a global team of 21 associates. During his tenure with Hyatt, Mr. Gompel underwrote $2.5 billion in acquisitions and $3 billion in corporate owned, new-build developments. Mr. Gompel also supported Hyatt's internal asset management of more than 50 owned hotels, handled underwriting of capital and expansion projects and helped with optimization strategies for guestroom inventory and project amenities.

Prior to Hyatt, Mr. Gompel worked as a Senior Associate in the International Hospitality & Leisure Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from 2004 to 2007 and as an Advisory and Asset Management Associate with JLL Hotels in Paris, London and Miami from 2000 to 2004. Earlier, he worked in operations for various hotels, including Novotel Bagnolet in Paris, Hotel Ritz in Paris and Le Meridien in Boston, MA.

He earned his Master of Business Administration in International Hospitality Management from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies from Bard College in New York.

Olivier Gompel is an alumnus of ESSEC Business School – Class of 2000.