Dr. Willy Legrand is Professor at the IU International University of Applied Sciences in Germany with a specialization in sustainable hospitality development and management.

He is the lead author of Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry: Principles of Sustainable Operations (4th ed, 2022) and of Critical Questions in Sustainability and Hospitality (2023). Prof Legrand chairs the Hospitality Net World Panel on Sustainability in Hospitality with the aim is to get sustainability anchored more than ever into the business conversation and decision-making.

Finally Prof. Legrand is also the co-editor of the Journal of Global Responsibility.

Willy is council member of the Sustainability in Hospitality and the C-SUITE World Panel panels.