Mr. Jürgen Fischer provides senior management and leadership support for the hospitality, travel, leisure, and real estate industries. Mr. Fischer was founder and managing director of The Pearl Management Consultants in Dubai (2014 – 2019) and served as non-executive chairman of Mövenpick Hotels and Resorts (2008 – 2018). From 2008 to 2014, Mr. Fischer worked for several subsidiaries of Dubai Holding, including CEO of Dubai Properties LLC. He held several senior positions with Hilton International Hotels, including president commercial operations, president for Continental Europe, Middle East, and Africa, and president of Scandic Hotels AB. For the Walt Disney Company, he had senior management roles in Florida and Paris (1989 –1995). Mr. Fischer started his professional life as a chef. He later graduated from the Ecole Hôtelière Lausanne, Switzerland and obtained an MBA with honours from IMD/IMEDE.