Christian Charnaux

Chief Development Officer
Hilton
Washington, DC

Christian Charnaux is Chief Development Officer for Hilton, where he leads the company’s development, architecture, and design & construction functions globally. Mr. Charnaux rejoined Hilton in July 2025 after previously serving in various leadership positions within the company from 2009 to 2018. Prior to rejoining Hilton, Mr. Charnaux served as Chief Growth Officer for Inspire Brands and also previously worked at the Boston Consulting Group.

He served on the Board of Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School from 2019-2025 and on the board of Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School from 2014-2019. Mr. Charnaux is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, and later received an MBA from Harvard Business School.