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Our senior leadership team 45
OVERVIEW GREAT BRANDS HOW WE OPERATE WHERE WE OPERATE FACTS AND FIGURES
Ying Yeh, Kirk Kinsell, Keith Barr, Jennifer Laing, Richard Solomons, Dale Morrison, Jan Smits, Luke Mayhew and Graham Allan
EXECUTIVES
Keith Barr
Chief Executive, Greater China†§
Joined the Group in 2000. Became Chief
Executive, Greater China in April 2011.
Responsible for the business development
and performance of all the hotel brands
and properties in the Greater China region.
Age 41.
Angela Brav
Chief Executive, Europe†§
Joined the Group in 1988. Appointed
Chief Executive, Europe in August 2011,
responsible for the business development
and performance of all the hotel brands
and properties in Europe. Age 49.
Tom Conophy
Executive Vice President and
Chief Information Officer†§
Joined the Group in February 2006 from
Starwood Hotels & Resorts International.
Responsible for global technology,
including IT systems and information
management throughout the Group. Age 51.
Kirk Kinsell
President, The Americas†
Appointed a Director in August 2010.
Joined the Group in 2002. Appointed an
Executive Committee member in 2007 and
was President, Europe, Middle East and
Africa until June 2011. Responsible for the
business development and performance
of all the hotel brands and properties in
The Americas region. Age 57.
Tracy Robbins
Executive Vice President, Human Resources
and Head of Operations Support†
Appointed a Director in August 2011.
Joined the Group in December 2005 from
Compass Group PLC. Responsible for
global talent management, leadership
development, employee reward strategy
and implementation, organisational
capability and operations support. Age 48.
Thomas Singer
Chief Financial Officer†
Appointed Chief Financial Officer in
September 2011. Joined the Group from
Bupa, where he was Group Finance Director
and a main board member. Previously Group
Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer
at William Hill PLC and Finance Director
at Moss Bros Group PLC. Age 48.
Jan Smits
Chief Executive, Asia, Middle East and Africa†§
Joined the Group in 2002. Became Chief
Executive, Asia, Middle East and Africa in
August 2011. Responsible for the business
development and performance of all the
hotel brands and properties in Asia, Middle
East and Africa. Age 51.
Richard Solomons
Chief Executive†∞
Appointed Chief Executive in July 2011.
Joined the Group in 1992 and held a
number of senior roles with his previous
role as Chief Financial Officer and Head of
Commercial Development. Serves on the
Executive Committee of the World Travel
& Tourism Council. Age 50.
George Turner
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Company Secretary†§
Joined the Group in September 2008
from Imperial Chemical Industries PLC.
Appointed Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Company Secretary in January
2009. Responsible for corporate governance,
risk management, insurance, data
privacy, internal audit, legal and corporate
responsibility and public affairs. Age 41.
In addition, IHG has a strong management
team who report into the IHG Senior Leadership
Team. Eric Pearson is the Interim Head of
Global Brands and Steven Sickel is Interim
Global Head of Sales and Distribution, both
reporting directly to Richard Solomons.