Nile Tuzun
Nile Tuzun, a highly accomplished hospitality design and development executive, an award winning photographer,
creative director, art advocate, and citizen of the world, has developed a solid reputation for uncompromising
excellence in the world of international hospitality design. Her work over the past 22 years has influenced and
raised the bar for the hotel, spa, restaurant and residential experience worldwide, first as a hospitality designer at
WATG, then as Director of Design and Construction at Fairmont Raffles Hotels International and later as Director
of Business Development for the Puccini Group, Creative Director of Design and Branding for Alterra Worldwide
and Director of Design for Legado Companies while maintaining her lifestyle and interior design company Studio
Nilebrand and Maksim Mimarlik, A.Ş as Founder and Chief Creative Storyteller.
Nile brings a design-focused background to her work, typified by in- depth collaboration with valuable ownership
groups, distinguished guests, global divisional team members, internal cross divisional team members and
operational team members providing hospitality design and management and operational consulting services. Nile
maintains close working relationships with the world's leading architects and designers as she strives to realize
design standards unique to each project. With a very confident philosophy regarding hotel, mixed-use residential,
creative office space, spa and restaurant design and operations, Nile has and continues to support the future of
design by participating as an expert panelist for seminars, design forums, charity events and guest academic
lectures and critiques at Pepperdine Graziadio Business School in Malibu and Academy of Art University in San
Francisco. Her strategic implementation of design and her understanding of the global marketplace, drive her to
realize her goals with conviction and with the utmost professionalism.
Nile believes in the empowerment of the younger generation of females and gives her time in mentoring and lecturing
at different educational platforms. Nile is also part of The Young Society Leaders (YSL) which is a program that
convenes a select, diverse group of the American-Turkish community’s most outstanding young leaders, in their
30s and 40s. Nile is also the Chairwoman of The American Turkish Women in Business (ATWB), a for-a-nonprofit
organization based in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Istanbul dedicated to inspiring, supporting and celebrating
women in their journey to self actualization, success and empowerment. Nile recently became a board member at
The Travel Industry Executive Women's Network (TIEWN), a global networking association with over 10,000
members.
Nile, born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey holds a Masters of Architecture with a work career which has taken her
from Istanbul to New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, San Francisco, St.Louis, Rome, Barcelona, Milan, Mayakoba,
Mexico City, Nigeria, Mekkah, Astana, Venice, Paris, Arles, Madrid, Cabo San Lucas, San Juan, St. Croix and
Seville.
Nile is working towards her executive degree in Advanced Management Development Program in Real Estate
(AMDP) at Harvard University to be completed in 2022. Nile will also attend Yale School of Management, Women’s
Leadership Program to be completed in November 2021.
Nile lives in California and she splits her time between San Francisco, Beverly Hills and Istanbul during the year.
She is fluent in English, Turkish and conversational Italian.
Studio Nilebrand
Founder and Chief Creative Officer