Diane Waldron
Social Value Ambassador for SMEs, CEO, Trustee, NED, Speaker, Sales & Marketing Director / Past Chair of ICCA UK & Ireland
Prime Minister's Point of Light award - 6th October 2023
The move
MoveAbsheron Hotel Group → Aman
TitleChief Commercial Officer → Vice President, Global Sales
LocationDubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Native languageFrench
Years in UAE0.2
Total experience22.5 years
Aman headcount5,001-10,000 employees
Aman industryHospitality
Aman HQBaar, Zug
Aman founded1988
Aman typePrivately Held
Career arc
- Vice President, Global SalesMar 2026 — Present
Aman· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Chief Commercial OfficerMay 2025 — Mar 2026
Absheron Hotel Group· Full-time
- Vice President, Sales & PartnershipsJan 2024 — Apr 2025
Bürgenstock Collection· Switzerland· Full-time
- Cluster Director of Sales, ExComm.Dec 2022 — Jan 2024TThe Bürgenstock Collection - Katara Hospitality Switzerland AG· Switzerland· Full-time
- Visiting LecturerSep 2021 — Nov 2021
IAE Pau-Bayonne· Bayonne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France· Contract
- Director of Global SalesJul 2014 — Nov 2022
Jumeirah Group / Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts· London, United Kingdom· Full-time - Director of Sales & Head of Entertainment SalesMay 2012 — May 2014
The Doyle Collection· London, United Kingdom· Full-time
- Assistant Director of SalesDec 2010 — May 2012MMint Hotel Tower of London (converted to Hilton Worldwide)· London The City
- Long distance running athleteApr 2010 — Dec 2022
CNEA Font-Romeu· Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Viaduct, Occitanie, France· Seasonal
- Senior Sales & Marketing ManagerAug 2007 — Dec 2010
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®)· London The City - Sales & Marketing ManagerMar 2006 — Jul 2007InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®)· Toulouse Area, France
- Sales ExecutiveSep 2003 — Feb 2006InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG®)· Toulouse Area, France
Education
- Imperial College Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.) · Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services2017 — 2019
- Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse IIIAcademic Degree · Sports SciencesPresent
- UPVD AlumniDIPLÔME D'UNIVERSITÉ (DU) · TECHNIQUES DE RÉCUPÉRATION ET MICRONUTRITION DU SPORTIF (TRMS) EN SPORT PREFORMANCE2021 — 2021
- Institut national polytechnique de ToulouseMaster's - CNAM-ICSV-IPST · Sales & MarketingSep 2005 — Jul 2007
- Imperial College Business SchoolLVMH - INSIDE Program · MBA student representing Imperial College Business School in the INSIDE LVMH programMay 2019 — Sep 2019
- Collège Saint-ExupéryHigh SchoolPresent
- Lycée DescartesA level - High School · LiteraturePresent
- ADEFIBachelor's degree · Sales ManagementPresent
Languages
- Arabic · Limited working
- German · Elementary
- Spanish · Elementary
- French · Native or bilingual
Top skills
Hotel ManagementBusiness StrategyResiliencyPre-openingPositive DisciplineSales Management