Shailesh is a passionate commercial leader with over 12 years of experience in the Hospitality business, currently heads Sales and Marketing for over 70 Hotels in IHG spread across 9 countries in South East Asia & Korea.

Shailesh started off his career in Revenue Management at Taj at a Hotel back in 2004. He has since worked with Hyatt, IHG and Hilton. He joined IHG in 2005 as a Revenue Manager based at a Hotel in Bangkok and has since done numerous roles in Revenue Management, Commercial, Revenue systems and Revenue Training before taking on the Revenue Leadership role in AMEA. In 2011 he left to work for Hilton Worldwide in their APAC operations before returning to IHG in 2013.
He leads a group of highly driven and diverse team across Commercial, Sales, Revenue Management and Marketing across South East Asia & Korea.