Keith founded and currently chairs IHG’s Global D&I Board. He supports IHG’s employee networks and has fostered representation of women on the Executive Committee. Keith also oversaw the introduction of new worldwide flexible working guidelines, and has purposefully promoted and hired women to leadership roles. Under his leadership, IHG has been named in the top 10 companies promoting women in managerial roles in the Hampton-Alexander Review for the past three consecutive years. Keith is a signatory of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, the leading CEO-directed business pledge to encourage diversity in the workplace. Being a member of the Advisory Board for Women in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure in 2020 as well as the WiHTL, he has initiated master classes on subjects such as upskilling women to prepare for Executive Committee roles.