Jean-Marie Heiderscheid has been the Managing Director for PYR since 1985 and is responsible for all legal and administrative matters located in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He has concentrated on hospitality design and project management for most of his career. Before joining PYR, Mr. Heiderscheid served as Deputy Director for Hatt & Partners, a Swiss architecture design and project management company, in New York City and Paris, focused on hospitality projects. In addition, he spent ten years with a Swiss development company as Manager of Interior Design on worldwide projects. He studied design and art history at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts Appliqués in Paris and earned his Master of Interior Design from the ENSB Ecole Boulle in Paris. He also studied business and English at the French Chamber of Commerce.