Kerrie Hannaford has been appointed as VP Commercial for Accor India & South Asia at Accor India and South Asia

Hospitality group Accor Hotels has appointed Kerrie Hannaford as the vice president commercial for Accor India & South Asia. An industry sales and marketing veteran, Hannaford has been part of the Accor family since the last 15 years. After holding positions at IHG and Starwood Hotels (now part of Marriott) in Australia, she joined Accor in 2005.In 2007 Hannaford was appointed to head sales, distribution & revenue management for Australia and then moved to New York City as the vice president of global sales for North America.In 2013 she was promoted to senior vice president where her role was expanded to cover the management of Central America and the Caribbean Hotels in addition to USA and Canada. Prior to her current role, Hannaford was working as the area director of sales and marketing at Accor New Zealand, Fiji and French Polynesia leading the sales, marketing and distribution direction for all brands and hotels within the region. Hannaford has a bachelor of business from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.