Jan-Erik Ringertz

Jan-Erik Ringertz was born in Sweden and moved to Portugal 28 years ago. Jan’s formal academic training was undertaken in Sweden, in Management, from where he went on to specialize in hotel management in the United States including at Cornell University. Subsequently, Jan completed an MBA in Tourism in 2011 in Madeira.

Jan has 25 years experience working in hotels in Portugal where he gained much experience in the luxury tourism sector including in Madeira, where he ran the five star hotels The Cliff Bay, and prior to that the ‘Estalagem Casa Velha do Palheiro’, as well as 6 hotels belonging to the Pestana group.

Jan has two children and recently moved from Funchal to Porto, to embrace the challenge of managing The Yeatman, where his objective is to strengthen the hotel’s positioning as a national and international reference within the luxury tourism segment.