Founder, Chairman and CEO of SOPHOS HOTELS SA (Hotel Management Company), as well as Horesman SA (Trust, Audit and Hotel Expert Company) and STDC Sàrl – Swiss Tourism and Development Consulting (Destination and Asset Management Company) Fernand graduated from the Lausanne Hotel School and did various executive trainings with Cornell University. Fernand started his career as Consultant and then joined the Operation by managing independent and branded hotels . Member of a certain number of boards, Fernand is a veteran in the hotel industry and his companies are covering the Europe, Russia, CIS countries, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.