Jeremy Ward – Speaker

Senior Vice President IT, Kempinski Hotels

Jeremy Ward was appointed as the Senior Vice President-IT for Kempinski Hotels in 2008. He brings more than 17 years of experience in the IT industry to the position.

Prior to his appointment, he was the CIO for JJW Hotels and Resorts. At JJW

Hotels and Resorts, Jeremy was fundamental in establishing and expanding the technology used throughout the groups hotels, including applications and solutions used across the back-office, and the emergence and convergence of technologies used for guest facing solutions. At Kempinski Jeremy is tasked with aligning the business requirements of the group with the IT strategy and steering the Group through a rapid expansion process as they look to double in size over the next 3 years.

Jeremy sits on a number of external advisory panels related to the hospitality industry and is a board member for HTNG.