David Todd has been appointed as Vice President of Operations at Minor Hotels
David Todd has left IHG Hotels and Resorts after almost six years, moving on to Minor Hotels. Now, the Scotsman is vice president of operations in the Middle East, reporting to Amir Golbarg, the SVP of operations for Middle East and Africa.
Minor Hotels operates the Anantara brand, as well as NH Collection, Avani, Tivoli, Oaks and others. Here in the Middle East, the flagship Anantara brand is especially strong, with three hotels in Dubai, two in Qatar and five in Abu Dhabi.
Todd has more than 20 years of experience in hospitality, starting with IHG in 1995 as an office manager within the Crowne Plaza in Edinburgh. This would begin his long career with IHG, with an EAM role at InterContinental Semiramis in Cairo from 2003.
Staying in the MEA area, he later served as resident manager at Oman's Al Bustan Palace, which at that time wan an InterContinental. He then served as GM of Crowne Plaza Muscat before landing his first directorial role as director operations support and franchising MEA.
He then spent a year as GM of InterContinental Doha The City before working as director of operations for IHG across Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain.
Following a stint with Millennium as its VP of operations MEA, he again returned to IHG in 2017 as senior director of new hotels, followed by head hotel lifecycle & growth and new hotels.
His most recent role was as head of operations MEA, which he held for three years.