Apoorva N. Gandhi

As Senior Vice President for Community Engagement and Business Councils for Marriott International, Apoorva Gandhi creates and executes an externally focused global strategy that builds reputation, preference and loyalty from diverse customer segments and communities for the Marriott portfolio of brands. Mr. Gandhi helps ensure the company’s communications, marketing, sales, and operations consider and reflect how Marriott welcomes all and creates opportunity for all as Marriott continues its rapid growth throughout the world. In addition, Mr. Gandhi leads Marriott's more than 115 Worldwide Business Councils, which focus on delivering the company’s four pillars of Culture, Government Affairs, Market Driven Initiatives and Social Impact. Mr. Gandhi also oversees Marriott’s Social Impact program, ‘Serve360’, which helps Marriott International be a force for good, focused on volunteerism, empowering communities, welcoming all and advancing human rights.

Mr. Gandhi has 30+years of proven strategy, business process, program management and organizational change expertise. He also has extensive management and delivery experience working with diverse business clients and a solid track record delivering measurable success across various business disciplines.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Gandhi was vice president for organizational capability where he led the company’s global reorganization program in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. He has held other positions with Marriott, beginning as a front desk associate when he first completed college as well as vice president for global lodging services, where he helped deliver critical brand initiatives.

Before joining Marriott, Mr. Gandhi was a senior consulting manager in Accenture’s Communications and High-Tech practice for more than a decade, managing merger and integration programs as well as process reengineering efforts for large telecom clients. He also previously led diversity programs at Accenture.

Mr. Gandhi is an honors graduate of the University of Maryland, School of Business and Management. He is a member of the J.W. Marriott, Jr., Diversity Award committee, Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity and Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society. Mr. Gandhi lives in Bethesda, Md. with his wife and three children.