Deanna Oppenheimer has been appointed Non-Executive Director and Chair Designate at IHG Hotels & Resorts
Deanna Oppenheimer is Non-Executive Chair of Hargreaves Lansdown plc and sits on the Board of Thomson Reuters Corporation. She previously served as a Non-Executive Director of Whitbread PLC and Chair of their Remuneration Committee. She has also been Senior Independent Director of Tesco PLC, where she chaired the Remuneration Committee and served on the Board of Tesco Bank. Prior to this, Deanna led and transformed the retail banking division at Barclays plc. Her extensive board and executive-level experience across high-profile consumer brands will bring valuable insights and perspectives to IHG.
Biography
Deanna Oppenheimer will succeed the role of Chair at IHG on 1 September 2022. She is currently serving as Non-Executive Chair of Hargreaves Lansdown plc, and is on the Board of Thomson Reuters Corporation. Between 2005 - 2011, Deanna worked at Barclays plc where she was Chief Operating Officer of the UK business before becoming CEO of UK and Western Europe Retail Banking and subsequently Vice Chair, Global Retail Banking. Prior to this, Deanna was the President of Consumer Banking at Washington Mutual, Inc.
She was formerly on the Boards of Tesco PLC (as Senior Independent Director), Tesco Bank, Whitbread PLC, Worldpay, Inc., AXA S.A., BrooksSports, Inc., Vettd, Inc., NCR Corporation, Catellus Development Corporation, UNICO Group, Inc, and Plum Creek Timber, Company Inc.
Deanna is founder of CameoWorks, LLC, an advisory firm to CEO's of early-stage technology companies, and BoardReady. She sits on the private boards of Seattle-based Joshua Green Corporation and Slalom, LLC. Formerly, she was a senior advisor to Bain & Company, Inc.
Her non-profit roles include sitting on the global governing board for PATH, one of the leading global health NGOs, as well as other educational and arts organisations in the Pacific Northwest.
