InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) recently appointed Jill McDonald as an independent non-executive director of IHG. She will join the board on June 1st.
McDonald has been CEO and president for the northern Europe division of McDonald’s since September 2010 and was senior vice president, chief marketing officer, UK and northern division, from 2006 to 2010. Previously, McDonald spent 16 years with British Airways and held a number of senior marketing positions in the UK and overseas.
Says Patrick Cescau, IHG’s non-executive chairman, “Her wealth of experience in franchising and marketing will be extremely positive for the group.”
McDonald will also serve on the audit and nomination committees of the IHG board.
