Gilda Perez-Alvarado

Incoming Group Chief Strategy Officer
Accor

Gilda Perez-Alvarado is the incoming Group Chief Strategy Officer of Accor SA (AC.PA), the largest hospitality company in Europe which owns, manages, and franchises hotels, resorts, and vacation properties worldwide. Starting in October 2023 and based in Paris, Gilda will be responsible for overseeing global strategy, relationships with owners and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining Accor, Gilda was the Global Chief Executive Officer of JLL Hotels & Hospitality (a division of JLL, NYSE: JLL), where she oversaw investment sales, debt and equity placement, strategic advisory, and asset management across three global regions: Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. Additionally, Gilda led the group’s Global Hotel Desk, a specialized team of cross-border investment sales professionals based in the Middle East, Asia Pacific, the Americas, and Europe. Gilda’s career at JLL spanned over 19 years where she was based out of the US and Europe – including the New York, London, Madrid, and Miami offices of JLL. Gilda also serves on the Board of Directors of Blackstone Mortgage Trust (NYSE: BXMT) and Sonder (NASDAQ: SOND). Ms. Perez-Alvarado is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University and is an active member of IREFAC (Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council), a member of Cornell School of Hotel Administration Dean’s Advisory Board, a member of WX New York Women Executives in Real Estate, and a member of the World Travel and Tourism Council. She is also a two-time recipient (2016 and 2021) of the prestigious Jack A. Shaffer Financial Advisor of the Year at the Americas Lodging Investment Summit. She remains the only woman to date to receive this award. She is also a recipient of the 2021 Castell Award, which honors a woman leader in the hospitality investment arena, JLL’s 2023 Champion of Excellence Award, and most recently, the 2023 Arne Sorensen Leadership Award. Gilda received her Executive MBA degree from Instituto de Empresa (IE Business School) in Madrid, Spain in 2010. In 2002, Gilda received her Bachelor of Science degree from the Cornell School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, New York, where she graduated with Honors and served as Degree Marshall for her graduating class. Her specialization was in hotel real estate finance. Gilda has also attended Executive Education Courses on Competitive Strategy, Leadership, and Sustainability at INSEAD, Stanford School of Business, and the University of Cambridge, respectively.