Alejandro Reynal has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world's leading luxury hospitality company, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Alejandro Reynal as President and Chief Executive Officer effective October 17. Mr. Reynal succeeds John Davison, a 20-year veteran of Four Seasons, who announced his intention to retire late last year and remains a member of the Company's Board.
With more than two decades of executive leadership experience in the global travel and hospitality, business services, and telecommunications industries, Mr. Reynal, 49, most recently served as President and CEO of Apple Leisure Group, a leading luxury resort management and leisure travel group, owned by Hyatt Hotels Corporation. From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Reynal was CEO of Atento, a global customer relationship management and business process outsourcing services company. Earlier in his career, Mr. Reynal held strategic management positions at Telefonica and The Coca-Cola Company.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts majority owner with a 71.25 percent stake is Cascade Investment L.L.C., which holds personal assets of Bill Gates, as well as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust. An affiliate of Kingdom Holding Company, whose Chairman is His Royal Highness Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, owns 23.75 percent, and Triples Holdings Limited, a company owned by Four Seasons founder and Chairman Isadore Sharp, owns five percent. As a management company, Four Seasons also works closely with its global ownership partners on the development and ongoing success of each of its 124 properties around the globe.