TONY RYAN

Executive Chairman, Trilogy Hotels

Tony has over 35 years of experience providing commercial and legal advice to hotel and real estate owners, operators, developers, and financiers across the globe.

In 2015, Tony was appointed global head of M&A in JLL’s Hotels & Hospitality Group (based in Singapore and London) and established a unique business sourcing and advising on transactions of hotel management platforms and portfolios, including Accor’s US$940 million takeover of Mantra Group. Prior to the role with JLL, Tony was a leading industry commercial and legal advisor.

In 2021, Tony reactivated Ryan Capital Partners, an independent advisory company offering M&A, restructuring, and capital-raising services for hotels, mixed-use, and other operational real estate. In 2023, Tony established with industry colleagues, Trilogy Hotels, a truly independent third-party hotel management company of which he is the Executive Chair.

Tony is a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (ISHC), a graduate of the Advanced Management Program, School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, and holds a law degree from the University of Sydney.