Alex Kyriakidis
Managing Partner, Travel, Tourism & Leisure, Deloitte

Alex Kyriakidis has more than 28 years of experience providing attest, financial, strategic and integration services to the travel, hospitality and leisure companies. As the partner in charge of the Global Travel, Tourism & Leisure Industry programme, Alex's strengths include in-depth understanding of the industry. Alex has advised many of the most prominent travel and hospitality companies on risk management, M&A transactions and operational efficiency. He has a BSc in Computer Science and speaks English, Greek and Arabic.

He is the lead Client Service partner for a number of major hospitality companies in Europe and world-wide, including Hyatt International, InterContinental Hotels Group, Hilton Group and LeMeridien.

Alex led the work on privatization of the casino gaming industry in Greece and on major investigative assignments for the European casino gaming industry.
Alex represents the firm in its partnership with the World Economic Forum on Travel and Tourism and has direct responsibility for the development of the Board of Governors day at Davos on Travel and Tourism.

He led global teams in developing finance function solutions aimed at substantially improving the quality, timeliness and cost of Finance & Accounting knowledge in a global hospitality industry.

He also led global teams in developing e-procurement and knowledge management solutions for the travel and hospitality industry, both of which have been implemented in the market for major chains.

Alex is a Fellow of the Institute Of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a Fellow of the Arab Society of Certified Accountants and a Fellow of the British Association of Hotel Accountants.