InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has appointed David Todd as its new Senior Director, New Hotels-IMEA. He previously worked for IHG both at the corporate office and at the company’s hotels in the Middle East. Prior to rejoining IHG, he served as VP, Operations, MEA at Millennium Hotels & Resorts.
Based in Dubai, Todd will streamline and accelerate IHG’s new hotel opening process acting as a Centre of Excellence for the IMEA region. He will collaborate with various functions across the corporate offices in Dubai and Delhi as well as build on existing and new relationships with the hotel’s owners and business partners to achieve successful hotel openings across the region.
Pascal Gauvin, COO, IMEA, IHG said, “As we are accelerating our growth in IMEA and increasing the number of hotels we open each year, it is important for us to build a new hotels team and structure that facilitates immediate ramp up of our newly opened hotels and drives quick yet sustainable results for our owners. In his new role at IHG, brings an array of managerial and commercial skillsets, as well as a nuanced understanding of our business both at a corporate and operational level.”
Shantha De Silva, Head of South West Asia, IHG, added, “India is a priority growth market for IHG and, with over 30 hotels in our pipeline due to open in next three to five years, we need Todd’s experience and knowledge to deliver strong openings across the country.”
Todd will serve as a senior member of IHG’s New Hotels leadership team, which aims to build and embed an end-to-end sustainable framework in AMEA. This team is designed to allow IHG to maintain solid relationships with owners through the design and construction phase while concurrently setting up the property for operational excellence and commercial success with IHG’s tools and processes.
