Joanna Flint has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer at Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group

The newly created role will oversee the development and execution of the Group's commercial strategy while also taking executive responsibility for all aspects of Mandarin Oriental's customer experience. Joanna will take over the responsibilities of Chief Marketing Officer, Jill Kluge, who retires from Mandarin Oriental in September 2021.

Prior to joining Mandarin Oriental, Joanna spent 12 years at Google in general management and sales leadership roles, most recently as Managing Director - Global Partner Business, with responsibility for industry go-to-market and commercialisation for Google's media and technology partners in Asia Pacific. Prior to Google, she was Principal Consultant at Ogilvy Asia Pacific. This followed a decade in the travel industry leading global eCommerce, CRM and customer service transformation programmes for Singapore Airlines and British Airways.