Our Leadership

Sopan leads the global IHG Procurement team that conducts strategic sourcing and manages billions of dollars of goods and services worldwide. He is a passionate alchemist of high-performing procurement teams that focus on strong collaboration, sourcing expertise, and strategic insights to drive company performance and innovation – all while keeping the growth and development of people at the core.

Steve leads IHG's inclusion strategy across hotels and corporate functions, connecting cross-functional teams and bringing together work spanning our owner offer, suppliers, partners and people agenda. He is also responsible for our Supply Chain development pillar, leads our global inclusion board and works closely with regional inclusion councils to customize our global approach to inclusion for local relevance and applicability.

Chequetta leads all hotel supply chain and procurement capabilities in US, Canada, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean. Her team of category managers is united by a shared goal of creating top-tier, locally relevant procurement programs that serve the owners and hotels of IHG’s largest region.

Wanda leads our corporate procurement teams that support marketing and technology spending areas, partnering closely with our Global Commerical and Marketing and Product and Technology organizations. 

Jing leads the overall Greater China procurement practice, including hotel spend, corporate spend, and digital procurement. Jing also leads the procurement improvement process to increase efficiency and compliance. In addition, his Asia Supply chain CoE plays a crucial role in deepening our connections with manufacturing hubs and developing global logistics capabilities that support supply needs across the EMEAA and AMER regions.