Carlos Paredes is Director of Hotel Development in EMEA for Apple Leisure Group bringing over 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry.

Before joining ALG Carlos led the Hotel Development in EMEA for the Chinese conglomerate Fosun and its newly acquired hotel brands after the liquidation of the former Thomas Cook Plc. Prior to that, Carlos worked as Development Manager at Hotusa International and as a Development Analyst at MeliC! Hotels International in the Americas.

Carlos holds an M.B.A. from ICEX Business School (Ministry of Idustry), a Hotel Real Estate Investment and Asset Management certificate from Cornell University and a double degree in Business Administration and Tourism from Universidad de Nebrija in Madrid.