Marie Audren joined HOTREC* as Director General in August 2020.
She has extensive experience in EU public affairs. She was Deputy Director General of spiritsEUROPE. She also worked as an adviser in the EU office of the French business federation, MEDEF.
She holds a Master’s degree in “European studies” from the Louvain-la-Neuve University (UCL)
and a Master’s degree in “Public Administration” from Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Rennes).
* HOTREC is the umbrella Association of Hotels, Restaurants, Bars and Cafés in Europe. The
association comprises 47 member associations from 36 European countries. The hospitality sector
we represent is made of 2 million businesses. 90% of our members are micro-enterprises and
99.5% are SMEs. Our sector creates growth and jobs by employing 11 million people in Europe.
