It is a pleasure to announce the appointment of Mr. Olof Karlsson as General Manager of the Radisson Blu Centrum Hotel in Warsaw, Poland, effective 11 January 2010.
 
Olof, a Swedish national, has a solid background in the hospitality industry. He joined Rezidor as Sous-Chef at the Radisson SAS Hotel in Malmö in 1995. Four years later, he was transferred as Executive Chef to the Radisson SAS Airth Castle in Scotland and returned to the Radisson SAS Hotel in Malmö in the same position in 2001. After one year, he was promoted to F&B Manager in this property after which he moved on to the Radisson SAS Hotel in Krakow, Poland as F&B Manager in 2004 where he was promoted to the position of Director of Operations in 2005. Later that year, he was appointed as Executive Assistant Manager at the Radisson SAS Daugava Hotel in Riga, Latvia.
 
In March 2007, Olof was appointed Hotel Manager for the pre-opening and opening of the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Dublin and was promoted to General Manager of this hotel in December 2007, which is his most recent position. His successor will be announced later.
Member of Rotary International Chairing International projects in Dublin Viking Club.
Board member of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Dublin.
 Olof has been awarded a Cornell University Scholarship in 2005 together with the Per – Axel Brommesson Scholarship in the same year. He was nominated as Young Leader of the Year at the Radisson SAS Hotel Malmoe in 2002 and in 1999 at the Radisson SAS Airth Castle. He and his team have also been receiving the Rosette Food Awards during his time in Scotland.
He holds a degree in business economics, has completed the Rezidor General Manager’s certification, the Professional Development Program at the Cornell University, specializing in finance and revenue management and of course is certified in LOTS, STAR and several other Rezidor Business School development courses.
Languages: Swedish, English, German, and Scandinavian
Hobbies: hunting, shooting, golf, family