ABPMP Philadelphia Chapter

​The Value of a Global Business Intelligence and Portfolio Strategy

How a data-driven approach drives digital and business process transformation at Host Hotels & Resorts

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• In today’s world successful and leading organizations are outcome-driven, process managed, and thrive on data-based decisions.

• In this session Sourav Ghosh, Executive Vice President & CFO at Host Hotels & Resorts, will walk you through how a data-driven approach drives digital and business process transformation at Host Hotels & Resorts leveraging a global business intelligence and portfolio strategy.

• Sourav will describe how this approach creates value, effectively transforms vision and strategy into efficient execution and implementation, aligns stakeholders, and enables change. He will also share lessons learned.

Mr. Ghosh joined Host Hotels & Resorts in 2009 and has served as chief financial officer since 2020. Previously, he served as executive vice president, strategy & analytics and as vice president, global business intelligence & portfolio strategy. Prior to joining Host, Mr. Ghosh held several positions at Starwood Hotels & Resorts, including senior director of real estate investments and director of acquisitions & development. He most recently was appointed to the board of directors of a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp. and also serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Travel Association and Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry.