A hospitality professional who has been associated with Accor for over six years and started her journey as the associate director of sales for Novotel Goa Resort, Sheryl De Sa will take over the reins of ibis Pune Hinjewadi as its general manager.

With two decades of experience in various roles, Sheryl will lead the hotel’s overall management and operations in this role. Sheryl has also worked across key properties of Accor Group including Novotel Goa and ibis Styles Goa Calangute.

De Sa is the fourth female GM in the ibis India network. “I am excited about this new opportunity. I believe that organisations with a significant representation of women on board regularly outperform those with more homogenous leadership.”

De Sa has also played an instrumental part in setting up and positioning the first ibis Styles hotel in India – ‘ibis Styles Goa Calangute’, as its director of sales and marketing for the property and went on to become the director of rooms.