Gilda Perez-Alvarado

Gilda Perez-Alvarado is an accomplished executive in the hospitality and real estate sectors, currently serving as Chief Executive Officer at Orient Express and Group Chief Strategy Officer at Accor. With a distinguished career that includes a role as a Member of the Board of Directors for Blackstone's BXMT and serving on the Board of Trustees for Cornell University, Gilda has demonstrated leadership and strategic acumen. Gilda has been a Dean's Advisory Board Member at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration and is an active member of various industry organizations, including the World Travel & Tourism Council and the Industry Real Estate Financing Advisory Council. Prior to recent positions, Gilda held the title of Global CEO at JLL's Hotels & Hospitality Group. Gilda holds a Bachelor of Science in Hotel Administration from Cornell University, an Executive MBA from IE Business School, and has completed executive education programs at INSEAD, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and the University of Cambridge.