CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER (EUROPE & UK)
Eduard Elias
Eduard Elias brings over 30 years of international experience in the real estate and hotel industry, specialising in deal and fund structuring, debt and equity finance, and hotel investments.
As the co-founder of Cycas Hospitality, a leading pan-European hospitality management company, Eduard played a key role in the operation of hotels and serviced apartments across various categories. Before Cycas, he worked at ABN AMRO, where he focused on property finance. In this role, Eduard was responsible for real estate project finance activities in Belgium, France, and Spain, as well as for establishing a New Markets / Business Development group.
Prior to ABN AMRO, Eduard held senior management consultant positions at Twijnstra Gudde Management Consultants and Arcadis (Strake Diekstra) in the Netherlands. A Dutch citizen, Eduard holds an MSc degree from the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Delft and was a visiting scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.