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Alper Zan FIH

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Co-Founder & Director at YY Circle
📍 United Kingdom

Alper Zan is an award-winning hospitality leader with over 25 years of experience in luxury hotels and F&B concepts. As Co-Founder of YY Circle UK and Founder of AZ Consultancy, he focuses on strategic vision and operational excellence. People who have worked with him describe him as an exceptional, positive, and remarkable leader.

Alper has a deep, lifelong passion for the hospitality industry, having started as a bartender at age 16. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality and serves as the Chair of Judges for the UKs Restaurant Manager of the Year competition, shaping the future of the industry through mentorship.

Unique fact: Alper has personally worked on 26 Christmas or New Years Eve holidays, showcasing his hands-on dedication to an industry he truly loves.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & Director
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United Kingdom
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Hospitality Excellence
With 25+ years in the industry, an award for UK Restaurant Manager of the Year, and his own consultancy, he is deeply invested in operational and guest service excellence.
Workforce Solutions
As Co-Founder & Director of YY Circle UK, he provides shift-by-shift workforce solutions to global hotel brands, focusing on efficiency and labor cost control.
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Career

Work history

7-2024
Co-Founder & Director
YY Circle
2024
Founder & Director
Alper Zan Consultancy
10-2023 - 3-2024
Director of Food And Beverage
The Celtic Collection
8-2022 - 7-2023
F&B Director
Clermont Hotel Group
2022 - 7-2022
Senior Business Manager
The Light
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Institute of Directors (IoD)
2015 - 2015
Hospitality Revenue Management
EHL
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