Sophie Richard is the Asset Manager for M&L Hospitality in Europe and the UK. M&L Hospitality is a Singapore-based real estate investment group with an international portfolio of best in class hotels. The value of M&L Hospitality’s portfolio is close to SGD 3 billion.

Sophie joined M&L in 2016 after working for hotel consultancy firms such as BNP Paribas Real Estate Hotel in Paris and HVS in Madrid which led to over 250 assignments mainly in EMEA. Prior to that Sophie also held over four years various operational hospitality roles in the United States and Europe.

Originally from Nice, she holds a bachelor degree from Institut Paul Bocuse and an MBA from IMHI (Essec Business School and Cornell University). As part of her personal development, she joined the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and became a chartered surveyor in 2009. In 2018 She joined HAMA Europe (Hospitality Asset Managers Association) where she passed her CHAM (Certified Hotel Asset Manager) in January 2022 and where she currently holds the position of President.