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Ruud J. Reuland

General Director, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne

Ruud J. Reuland

Ruud J. Reuland joined Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) as General Director in April 2002. He is responsible for running the School with the Management Team and managing the institution’s 300 members of staff. As General Director, he is in charge of consolidating EHL’s position as a leading international business school for the hospitality industry, developing international partnerships with top players in the hospitality industry and representing EHL at business events worldwide.

Prior to joining EHL, Mr. Reuland was the Dean of the Hotelschool The Hague in the Netherlands as well as a member of the school’s Board of Directors. He was responsible for the business and curriculum development of the school.

Mr. Reuland started his professional career as the Director of Human Resources for a 400-staff hospital in Haarlem, Netherlands, before joining the Hotelschool The Hague in 1978 as a lecturer in Human Resources Management and Business Law. He worked his way up, holding several positions such as Director of Research and then Director of Consultancy and Training before becoming the school’s Dean in 1997.

Mr. Reuland takes a leading role in industry bodies, such as the Dutch Association of Hotel Schools.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Hotel Management from the Hotelschool The Hague as well as a Master’s degree in Business Law from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. Before going to university, he worked in various hotels in the Netherlands and Ireland.

Mr. Reuland, a Dutch native, speaks fluent Dutch, English and German and is currently learning French. He is married and has two children.

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