Jones Lang LaSalle has anounced David Jenkins is joining the property adviser as head of hotels & hospitality for Russia & CIS.
Jones Lang LaSalle has anounced David Jenkins is joining the property adviser as head of hotels & hospitality for Russia & CIS.
Jenkins comes from Cushman & Wakefield Russia where for the last three years he has led their hospitality department.
He has almost 25 years of experience in the hospitality and hotel industry with a particular focus on Russia. Starting his Moscow career in hotel operations with Starwood, he moved to Interstate Hotels & Resorts in 1997. During his almost 10-year tenure he occupied a variety of positions in the three Moscow Marriott hotels, culminating in a three-year role as director of operations for the Marriott Aurora Hotel.
In 2006 he moved into hospitality consulting, helping to establish the Horwath HTL Moscow office as its country director. In 2008 Jenkins joined DTZ to open the company’s Russian Hospitality office, subsequently leaving in May 2010 to set up the hospitality practice at Cushman & Wakefield Russia.