Executive Appointments at InterContinental Hotels Group

InterContinental Hotels Group has appointed Peter Gowers as Chief Executive, Asia Pacific region, and Kirk Kinsell as President, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA).

Peter Gowers is currently Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and will remain on the executive committee of IHG. His new appointment will take effect 1 November 2007. He succeeds Tony South, Acting Chief Executive for Asia Pacific, who will resume his responsibilities as Senior Vice President, Development and Asset Management, for the region at that time.

Kirk Kinsell is currently Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer for the Americas region, and will join the executive committee on his appointment. His appointment is effective 1 September 2007 when he will succeed outgoing President and Board member Richard Hartman who formally retires from IHG at the end of September.

In his 20-year hospitality career, Kinsell has held a variety of senior positions in the hospitality industry including time with Holiday Inn Corporation and ITT Sheraton. From 1998, he spent four years outside the industry in COO and CEO roles, before re-joining IHG in 2002 as Senior Vice President, development, the Americas.

Aged 52, Kinsell holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego and a Master of Professional Studies from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University. He is married with two children.

Gowers started his career as a management consultant with Arthur D. Little, which included an Asia-based assignment in Singapore. He joined IHG – then Bass – in a strategic planning role in 1999 and was promoted to Executive Vice President, Strategy for the hotels business in 2002.

In 2003, he became Executive Vice President of Global Brand Services for IHG and was promoted to Chief Marketing Officer in 2005. Aged 34, Peter is a graduate of Oxford University with a B.A. in Jurisprudence (Law). He is married with two children.

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