SPEAKER

Theodor Kubak

Managing Partner
Arbireo Capital

Prior to founding SERVUS International In 1997 with his wife in Istanbul, Theodor occupied a serious of executive positions in hotels in Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific (including General Manager, Rooms Division Manager and Maitre d’hotel). SERVUS assists private and institutional investors, governmental bodies and hotel operators with new investments as well as existing hotels, resorts and leisure facilities in Europe, Turkey, Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Arabian Peninsula. From 2007 – 2018 Theodor acted as External Advisor Asset Manager and Senior Hotel Investment Manager for Union Investment Real Estate, one of the largest European Institutional Hotel Investors implementing Asset Management Strategies across the portfolio and overseeing and executing transactions in excess of € 2,0 Billion across Europe and the USA. In January 2019 Theodor has taken on the role of Managing Partner in Arbireo Hospitality Invest with the focus on acquiring and repositioning Hotel Assets for its pool of investors. Theodor is also Managing Partner in Value One Hospitality a development and management platform that presently develops hotels in Europe. Theodor is Co-founder and acted as its first President of HAMA Europe. Presently he serves as Director on the Supervisory Board. Theodor was born, raised, and educated in Vienna – Austria, now “home-officed” in Istanbul with two daughters. In his spare time, Theodor gives guest lectures at various universities, has been co-authoring hospitality books (such as most recently: The Routledge Companion to International Hospitality Management" https://www.routledge.com/The-RoutledgeCompanion-to-International-HospitalityManagement/Gardini-OttenbacherSchuckert/p/book/9781138386372) and is involved in the industry in various think tanks and organizations: Mr. Kubak is co-founder of the Hotel Asset Manager Association Europe (HAMA Europe www.hama-europe.org) and from 2014 - 2017 served as 1st President. Currently Theodor is a member of the Supervisory Board▪