GOVERNANCE
Board of Directors
Jean-François OTT, Chairman
Jean-François OTT is best known for having founded ORCO Property Group in 1991, which went on to become the leading listed property company in Prague and then Berlin. He is a trendsetter. In 2000, he floated ORCO on the stock exchange, making it the largest property company in Central Europe and Germany, with a portfolio of 200 property projects in several capitals, involving more than 1.5 million square metres of space and over €4 billion of investment. He is also the founder of the MaMaison hotel chain, which operates throughout Central Europe, as well as the hotel chain on the island of Hvar. He was also one of the first property investors to bet on Austin, the capital of Texas, back in 2001. He left his position in 2014 to devote himself to his family business OTT Héritage, which is the driving force behind MyHotelMatch.com, a revolutionary OTA, and his property company Courbet, which focuses on French brand cities such as Cannes, Evian and La Bourboule. He is the controlling shareholder of Tonner Drones, a developer of military drones for special forces, which has now joined Delta Drone to make it a specialist in the sector. Jean-François OTT remains a committed, active and challenging entrepreneur who likes to trust his instincts and expertise to invest in exciting and useful projects in which he sees powerful growth potential. A multicultural and multinational team of experts supports him in bringing his projects to fruition.
Brad TAYLOR, Director
Brad TAYLOR began his career as an attorney with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Houston and Greenberg Traurig in Dallas before moving into private equity as a director of Holland Park Capital in Austin. He then worked in Paris as General Counsel and member of the Executive Committee of ORCO Property Group where he also sat on the board of ORCO Germany in Berlin and on the board of Suncani Hvar Hotels, a public-private partnership with the Republic of Croatia. Now based in Washington DC, he is Managing Director of OTT Ventures USA and Iconic Labs, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Diede Mink van den Ouden
Diede van den Ouden has been active on the stock exchange for 20 years. He took his first steps on the stock exchange in 2002. He has been a professional investor since 2008. His knowledge and experience enable him to deal well with the ever-changing environment market conditions. He has a track record of being a successful investor stock market listed company. Since December 2022 he has been CEO of Lavide Holding NV and owner of ‘family office’ Kennie Capital BV.
As an investor, he has regularly had an advisory role for managers of other listed companies.
Executive committee
Brad TAYLOR, General Manager
Brad TAYLOR began his career as an attorney with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld in Houston and Greenberg Traurig in Dallas before moving into private equity as a director of Holland Park Capital in Austin. He then worked in Paris as General Counsel and member of the Executive Committee of ORCO Property Group where he also sat on the board of ORCO Germany in Berlin and on the board of Suncani Hvar Hotels, a public-private partnership with the Republic of Croatia. Now based in Washington DC, he is Managing Director of OTT Ventures USA and Iconic Labs, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange.