Jiayu Chen

Development Manager Asia at Minor Hotels | AEHL

Bangkok Metropolitan Area

About

An ambitious challenge seeker in the hotel development and real estate industry. I speak fluently Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese, English, Dutch and Italian.

Experience

  • Development Manager Asia at Minor Hotels
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Development Manager Benelux at Louvre Hotels Group
    Sep 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Determined go-to-market strategy and growth plan for group’s presence in Benelux. • Established sound relationships with key investors, developers, consultants, and operators. • Actively sourced new leads, maintained existing pipeline, and negotiated commercial terms. • Conducted feasibilities and board pitches for lease, management, and franchise projects. • Supported HQ corporate development team for ad-hoc analysis and coached new analysts.

  • YAYS Group (2 yrs 8 mos)
    • Senior Development Analyst
      Feb 2022 - Sep 2022 · 8 mos

      • Redefined the lastest underwriting approach and strcturized the market recovery model. • Built and refined the current lease underwriting model of YAYS. • Underwritten and conducted feasibility study for more than 100 lease deals. • Led the analyst team by instructing project underwritings and guiding feasibility studies.

    • Real Estate Development Analyst
      Aug 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 7 mos

      • Evaluated new leads by underwriting the financials and analyzing the locations. • Conducted macro performance analysis and built covid-crisis recovery scenario study for target cities. • Accomplished multiple feasibility studies for our major European hotel projects. • Regularly updated financial models and performance studies to facilitate development process.

    • Development Graduate Trainee
      Feb 2020 - Aug 2020 · 7 mos

      • Assessed new leads by structuring financial models and location analysis. • Conducted macro performance analysis and crisis recovery scenarios for target markets. • Participated in hotel feasibility analysis and contract evaluation process . • Built internal models to facilitate underwriting and quick scan for new leads.

  • Consulting Analyst at 戴德梁行
    Aug 2019 - Oct 2019 · 3 mos

    • Analyze Chinese local and/or international real estate projects that are typical and similar to our clients’ projects. • Provide concrete recommendations on the design and development strategy for our clients based on the extensive research, analysis, and adaptation.

  • Support Team Lead at citizenM hotels
    May 2018 - Aug 2018 · 4 mos

    Social CRM, customer online chatting platform management, sentimental analysis, reservation processing, call center