InterContinental Hotels Names Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson CFO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG.L, IHG) announced that Tom Singer will step down from the Board and as CFO on 1 January 2014. He will be succeeded by Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson. Paul will also become a member of IHG's Board and Executive Committee.

Paul is currently CFO of IHG's Europe and Asia, Middle East & Africa regions, a position he has held since September 2011. He joined IHG in August 2004 and has since held a number of senior level finance positions. Paul joined IHG from PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was Senior Manager for Private Equity Tax Structuring. He previously spent 7 years working within Corporate Finance at HSBC Investment Bank.