Justin H. Alexander is Vice President, Global Brand Management, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites® at IHG Hotels & Resorts. In this role, Justin is responsible for developing and delivering strategies to improve guest satisfaction, increase revenue share penetration and grow system size for IHG’s two extended stay brands, which collectively represent over 700 hotels across 10 countries and $1.8 billion in revenues.
Justin joined IHG in 2010 as Manager, Global Strategy and Corporate Development, where he supported the Group Chief Executive and members of the Executive Committee in driving many of IHG’s strategic initiatives. Since then, he has held several additional roles at IHG, including Director, Global Strategy and Corporate Development; Director, Brand Experience, Holiday Inn® Americas; and Director, Global Brand Design, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®.
Prior to joining IHG, Justin worked as a strategy consultant with Monitor-Deloitte in their Los Angeles and Boston offices and as a strategic planning analyst in the New York office of JPMorgan Private Bank, the wealth management arm of JPMorgan Chase. Justin holds a bachelor’s degree in Government from Harvard College and a Master’s in Business
Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a proud alumnus of several career development programs, including the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Career Program, the Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) MBA Prep Program, The Real Estate Association Program (Project REAP) and the McKinsey Executive Leadership Program. An Atlanta native, Justin graduated from Woodward Academy in College Park, GA, and is a former President and member and the Board of Directors of the Woodward Academy Alumni Association. He also served on the Academy’s Anti-Racist Task Force and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Woodward Black Alumni Association.
Justin lives in Dunwoody, GA with his wife, Tamu Brown, MD and their son William. He is passionate about golf, running, Atlanta Hawks basketball, cooking and autism research.