About Laurene

Laurene is a Senior Associate at Peninsula Real Estate, where she works with the Chief Investment Officer in the acquisitions team. Her primary responsibilities include transaction structuring, due diligence and financial modeling of prospective assets.

Prior to joining Peninsula, Laurene worked for Accor, the multinational hospitality company, as a manager in Mergers and Acquisitions Integration based in Dubai, as part of the Middle East and African business unit. Before taking this role, she oversaw the assessment of development opportunities for Accor in the EMEA region, supporting C-level executives in their investment decisions.

Her first role in Accor was as an analyst in M&A in Paris, supporting the group’s Head of Transactions in the evaluation of new investment opportunities, and in the coordination of various transactions for the group, such as the acquisition of the FRHI group or joint ventures with Rixos group, Banyan Tree and 25hours. Laurene began her career as Project Manager assisting an entrepreneur in the development of a cruise liner project called Le Nouveau Paquebot France.