J B Singh

President and CEO, InterGlobe Hotels

Under JB Singh’s leadership, InterGlobe Hotels saw a pivotal change with deep cultural impact, which has translated into significant improvement in investment and operating benchmarks for the organization. InterGlobe Hotels is the subcontinent’s leading hotel development company. Their journey began in 2004, when InterGlobe Enterprises (IGE) and Accor Asia Pacific (AAPC) combined their strengths to develop a network of ‘ibis’ hotels across India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
JB has been an integral part of the InterGlobe group for more than a decade and has played a key role in various businesses. Overall, he has an impressive industry experience of over 35 years in strategic roles across leading hotels, airlines, and distribution technology companies. Prior to InterGlobe, he worked with many travel establishments like Worldspan, Jet Airways, Scandinavian Airlines, and British Airways.
JB holds a Post Graduate BTEC diploma in Management from Oxford Brookes University, UK, and is an astute planner, strategist, and implementer with demonstrated abilities of driving strategic interventions and accelerating growth. He also mentors and coaches start-ups and medium and large organizations, including a football team.

Success Mantras:
“Our success lies in the success of our stakeholders. We are in the people business, and it’s all about people for us.
“I believe that it is critical to build strong teams based on tenets of integrity, trust, and discipline. Setting clear direction, driving unfailing alignment, and rewarding deep commitment is fundamental to high performance. Transparency at all levels is fundamental to empower effectively and drive accountability. Therefore, we need to communicate effectively and repeatedly. At the same time, we need to listen to all our stakeholders. Again, and again. I have learnt more by listening than by speaking.
“Self-awareness and self-development are fundamental to my growth, and I genuinely believed that they should be prioritized by all. Being aware of the industry dynamics and the constantly changing world helps me stay true to the purpose.”