Robert Chitty

Senior Vice President, Global Capital Investments & Transactions – IHG Hotels & Resorts

Bob Chitty is Senior Vice President, Global Capital Investments & Transactions, for IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG). He is responsible for monitoring IHG’s capital investment in hotels, negotiating complex deal transactions, managing relationships with major equity and debt providers, and undertaking M&A activity. Bob has been in this position since 2009 and has led and/or worked on all of the major transactions undertaken by IHG over the last 10+ years – acquisition of Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Regent Hotels & Resorts, Six Senses Hotels & Resorts, Ruby Hotels; licensing Holiday Inn brand to Holiday Club Vacations for timeshare; partnership with Iberostar Beachfront Resorts, etc.

He previously served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Upscale Development and was responsible for implementing IHG’s strategy of expanding rooms’ distribution, primarily of IHG’s upscale brands in North America, through joint ventures, debt financing, management and franchise agreements and other structures designed to minimize capital investment.

Before that, Bob was Vice President, Asset Disposals, for IHG, where he focused on executing IHG’s “asset light” strategy, disposing of over $1 billion in hotel investments while maintaining long-term management and franchise agreements. He has also served as Vice President, Tax & Treasury, at IHG.

Before joining IHG in 1997, Bob held positions at CSX Corporation and Arthur Young & Company.

Bob received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and his Master of Science in Taxation from Pace University and is a Certified Public Accountant and is currently located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.