Camil Yazbeck

Camil Yazbeck is French and Lebanese. He holds an MBA in International Hotel Management from IMHI – a joint program between Cornell University, New York, and ESSEC Business School, Paris.

Camil spent over 25 years in the hospitality industry, focusing on all aspects of hotel management in a variety of roles throughout the world. He held several senior leadership positions with international hotel companies, including Group Operations Director, Group & Area General Manager. He acquired extensive experience moving up the ranks in hotel management, in pre-openings as well as the extended stay market, within independent and branded hotels.

Prior to joining 8 CORNERS, Camil held the position of Partner and Investment Director – Hospitality & Leisure at Patron Capital, a leading Pan-European private equity real estate investor representing approximately €4.0 billion of equity across several funds and related investments including 60+ multi-branded hotels throughout Europe. For 7 years, Camil led all aspects of origination, acquisition, underwriting, execution and asset management of Hospitality related investments.

He joined 8 CORNERS in 2020 as Senior Vice President, Head of Development in Europe, leading the development of 8 CORNERS’s diversified brand portfolio throughout Europe.

In January 2023, Camil joined 8 CORNERS’s Premium, Midscale & Economy Executive Committee as the division’s Chief Development Officer.