Who’s at the helm of Bucharest’s major five & four-star hotels?

Several expats and Romanians (most of whom happen to be Romanian women) run some of the largest five and four-star hotels in Bucharest. Here's a list of hotel managers in Bucharest (sorted in alphabetical order of hotel names and valid as of September 2014) - with their pictures in the gallery below the article. General managers of five-star hotels in Bucharest Athenee Palace Hilton General manager : Jan Thomsen (Danish). He took the helm of the five-star hotel downtown Bucharest in November 2013. He has been working in the hospitality industry for more than 27 years, most recently in Budapest as general manager at Hilton WestEnd, where he spent five years. He is an avid kayaker and always enjoys a race on the fjords when he visits Denmark.His LinkedIn profile is here. Dane takes helm of five-star Athénée Palace Hilton hotel in Bucharest Grand Hotel Continental General manager:Sanda Almasan (Romanian). She became the hotel’s GM in October 2010. She has been working in the hospitality industry for the last 16 years. Profile on LinkedIn. Intercontinental General manager:Stefan Frank (German). Frank took over the GM position for the five-star hotel downtown Bucharest in October 2012. He has 21 years of experience in the hotel industry.His LinkedIn profile is here. New manager for Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest JW Marriott General manager:Igael Porecki (Israeli). He came to Bucharest to run the JW Marriott five-star hotel in 2009. He has been working in the hospitality industry for the last 42 years. His LinkedIn profile, here. Pullman General manager: Markus Koller