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Jan is IHG's Chief Operating Officer, Southern Asia and Korea. Based in Singapore, he leads the dedicated Southern Asia and Korea team and is responsible for ensuring that the opportunities to drive revenue and operational excellence in this promising region are fully capitalized on.
Jan has more than 20 years of industry experience, including successful stints in several regional roles, and across various countries such as India, Australia and Malaysia. Prior to taking on this role in 2004, Jan was the Group's Regional Vice President of Operations, for Australia and Papua New Guinea..
In his extensive hotel industry career, he has undertaken a wide variety of projects and responsibilities, including the management of hotel openings, mergers and acquisitions and major refurbishments. Before joining IHG in 2002, Jan was Area General Manager with Southern Pacific Hotels Corporation. He was also Director of Operations for Rydges Hotels & Resorts, overseeing development, operations, and F&B concept design, as well as contributing to hotel openings the Middle East, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Thailand and Australia.
Jan studied at Victoria University and started his career with Southern Pacific Hotels Corporation in 1981. | 