Sitting with a Stammvater

Marc Mordant

Tell us a bit about yourself and your current role within EHL

I am an Alumni that graduated in 1999, many moons ago. It was a life journey through hospitality, so I worked in hotels for several years, 5 years in the US and moved to London for 15 years. I stepped down of hospitality directly and got a job in an American IT company based outside of London. After working for them for 15 years, I moved to a startup company, a competitor. Took the risk and moved company. Now I moved to Tallinn due to family reasons; my hobbies are still photography after having a side business in London. I look after my kids and now with a family. My lifetime hobby and passion is taking care of my children, and of course, like any other hospitality major, I follow a lot of wines and wine pairing!

What was your biggest motivation in wanting to become a Stammvater?

When I moved to London, I was part of Stamm Great Britain, a treasurer for a few years. When I moved to Estonia, I researched a Stamm nearby. After contacting EHL, the closest Stamm was in Norway. I was always curious if there was an AEHL community within Tallinn or Estonia, and of course, there were a few! I gathered a Facebook group and started a small committee to bring everybody together. The Facebook group began to grow immensely, with the initiative was widely accepted, which incentivized the Stamm Nordics to be created by EHL. The whole motivation behind why I organized the Facebook group was to bring all the Nordic stamm ladies and vater together to create events and incorporate the AEHL Family.

What do you seek the achieve during your role as a Stammvater?

As announced as Stammvater, as mentioned previously, I want to create a community where AEHLers could call it home or give them an impression that they are welcome. Recently, with the Stamm opening, we had a few members joining, and of course, due to covid restrictions, many of the members could not attend.

What are your holiday plans and what are you hoping for in 2022.

Ideally, I would love to go back to the UK, as I have lived there since pre-teen. So I still have my family there. I hope that the restrictions change in traveling to attend the Stamm meetings wherever they are registered. Now with a family, during my winter break, I want to spend some quality time, the time that I have missed during Covid, with my loved and close ones. In 2022, I am hoping that in the future.