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Johanna Wagner
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Worldwide Hospitality School AwardsBest Professional Success
2016
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Introduction
Name Johanna Wagner
Nationality French
Birth date March 18th 1987
School ESSEC Business School
Program IMHI MBA in Hospitality Management
Class Graduate of 2013
Achievement Student Prize for Academic Excellence (Top rank)
Sponsor Full scholarship with BNP Paribas Real Estate Hotels
Current company FDM Management
Company profile Hotel Investment fund
Current position Senior Financial Analyst
Johanna Wagner was the second hire of FDM Management 15 months ago. Identifiedas the right person to accompany and structure the integration of new hotels during thefund’s fast development.
While dealing with various operational and financial subjects and up to four differenthotel operators, Johanna is in charge of gathering, securing and analysing hotel data tofollow and manage their performance.
At the crossroads between operations and finance, she proved to be able to adapt to avariety of business partners. Thanks to her hospitality experience and the reporting toolsshe created, she is able to provide reliable information and be a support to take differentkinds of business decision.
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Education
IMHI MBA - ESSEC Business SchoolGraduation year 2013
Program Apprenticeship 2 year-track
Major Real Estate Finance
Projects & Achievements
• Teacher Assistant for Corporate Finance & Quantitative Methods classes
• Volunteer hostess for monthly Alumni Get Together events
• Finalist at the 2012 Accor Student Challenge “Take Off!” on the theme of Sustainability initiatives in
City Business Hotels
Certificate of achievement
Awarded for graduating with outstanding academic performance and top rank of the 2-year
track students
Recommendation letter attached
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AAIMHI – IMHI Alumni Association (1 200 alumni)
Member of the board since January 2016
In charge of the communication and working on projects to
boost the alumni network
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Career
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BNP Paribas Real Estate Hotels
Company Profile Hotel Valuation, Consulting and Brokerage
Position Analyst – Hotel Transactions (2-year apprenticeship)
• Identified and contacted potential hotel investors, sellers and buyers
• Redesigned the layout of marketing supports: pitches, teasers and information memorandums
• Performed consulting missions from intervention proposal to analysis and report writing
• Participated in performance analysis and hotel valuations, developed improved tools
• 2012 Berlin IHIF: updated contact database and contacted potential new business partners, coordinated
appointments and ensured presence at the stand to introduce the team’s activities
Four Seasons Hotel George V
Hotel Profile 5-star hotel with 244 rooms, Michelin-starred restaurant
Position “Manager in Training” – Accounting & Finance Supervisor
Manager in Training program : Rotation within the finance department (20+ people) for one to five-month
positions : Purchasing, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, General Cashier
• Participated in the yearly budget process and the monthly closing including variance analyses for corporate
office and owners and transition to USALI 11th Edition in January 2013
• Welcomed and supported task forces in accounts payable, welcomed and trained interns
• Analysed existing tools & processes to implement improvements, eg. developed a tool to follow purchases,
price evolutions and compare suppliers to identify savings opportunities
• Involved in tasks reorganisation for General Cashier position and in charge of adapting the General Cashier
tools and tasks to streamline opening hours – successfully implemented the changes and trained new GC
• Progressively took the lead within Accounts Payable team on the outsourcing transition
• Trained on labour management : created a tool to analyse revenues at the Terrace in relation with weather
to improve predictability and adapt labour forecasts
Recommendation letter attached
The finance team at the FS George V
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FDM Management Company Profile Hotel investment fund (real estate and business)
Creation December 2014
Initial Business Plan €300M hotel investments in Europe
Current Portfolio €1,1Bn+ asset value – 29 hotels in Germany, France, Belgium
€200M+ yearly turnover
Operation modes 20 hotels under management contracts with AccorHotels, Rezidor, Louvre Hotels and the German third-party operator Event Hotels
8 hotels operated directly including 5 under international brand franchise
1 hotel under management lease
Current Company
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FDM Management - Shareholding structure6 solid institutional shareholders
Foncière des Régions
announces the creation
of FDM Management
with Dominique Ozanne
as President
Alice Lombard
joins as CFO Johanna Wagner joins
as Financial Analyst
Yann Odile
Joins as COO
Carine Assouad joins as
Head of Asset Management
Dec14
Feb15
Oct15
Aug16
Rebranding of 9 hotels
becoming the 1st Première
Classe in Germany under
management contract
Opening of the 305-room
Pullman in Roissy Charles de
Gaulle Airport and acquisition
of the Park Inn Leuve under
management contract
Acquisition 9 hotels
(3 to 5 stars) in
France & Belgium
operated directly
Acquisition of 9 hotels
(4 100 rooms) in Germany,
under international brand
franchise contracts and
management contract with
Event Hotels
May 16
The Westin Grand Berlin*****
L’Hermitage Gantois*****
Autograph Collection by
Marriott
Timothée Riom joins as
Junior Analyst
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FDM Management
A team of 5 hospitality
professionnals
6 shareholders
29 hotels
20+ business partners/
service providers
Current Position
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The Pullman Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport The bar during the construction and after the opening
Senior Financial Analyst
Hotel integration
- Closing process : preparation of closing cash flow table and payment initiation
- Selection of business partners and contract negociation : accounting, property management…
- Hotel visits and introduction of the company to hotel teams
Asset management
- Day-to-day business decisions to ensure cost optimization, cash flow securisation, compliance with
legislation and brand standards…
- Comparison of hotel brands performances and contract terms to support current and future contract
negociation
- Hotel valuations : selection of valuation firm, compilation of data, analysis of valuation assumptions
- Development Projects (Pullman Roissy) : construction follow-up, hotel delivery preparation and follow-up
- 4 hotel operators- 11 brands- 1600+ staff members
- Accounting firms- Property managers- Legal & tax counsels- Banks… Integration
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Current Position
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Senior Financial Analyst
Supervision-Recruitment, training and supervision of an intern
-Current : Recruitment of an IMHI Apprentice – to come : training and supervision of an apprentice and full
time employee
From none to 3 persons to supervise in 18 months
Reporting – creation & implementation of all reporting tools
- Budget
• Downstream : analysis and challenge of submitted hotel operational and CAPEX budgets, preparation of
investor’s budget (including financial result and taxes)
• Upstream : budget consolidation for all entities, preparation of the budget presentation to shareholders
- Monthly business reviews
• Definition of an internal reporting framework and automation of the transition from each operator’s format
• Analysis of top line and margin performances to challenge operator during business reviews
- Quarterly closing & consolidation
• Downstream : coordination of directors of finance and accounting service providers ; analysis of reported
data to identify errors or issues
• Upstream : ensuring timely reporting to shareholders with accurate analysis
• Comparison of actual results with BP and variance analysis, recommendations to adapt cash flow
streams when needed
• Coordination of stakeholders to ensure cash transfers
- Shareholder Strategic Committees : preparation of quarterly strategic committees
• Content creation, coordination of inputs from acquisition team
Franchise12%
Management75%
Retail and management
lease13%
Belgium
Germany
France
Geographic repartitionOperation modes
Berlin
Leipzig
Dresde11%
Paris
Lille
FDM Management portfolio
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Testimonials
« I appreciatedworkingwith Johanna for takinginitiatives and alwayskeepinghersmile. Sheprovedto bereliableand able to acceptcriticismto getbetter.
You getto work veryoftenwith talent like Johanna and I canmeasurethatby seeinghow sheadapted, learnedto executecomplextasksand influencedpositivelyothers. »
Jérôme Arribas – Four Seasons Hotels & ResortsFull letter attached
« Johanna was a part of the successful launch of FDM Management. Her dynamism and professionalism greatly contributed to our development »
Dominique Ozanne – FDM Management/Foncière des Régions
« I highly recommend Johanna, a very bright and professional person,very quick learner, with a great sense of client expectation and teamspirit . »
Rémy Rein – BNP Paribas Real Estate Hotels
« I strongly believe that Johanna has shown utstandingcareer progressing, demonstrating potential and maturity well beyond her age and experience,
something that should be recognized by her peers in the hospitality industry.»
Peter O’Connor – IMHI/ESSECFull letter attached
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