InterContinental Hotels Group PLC appointed Arthur de Haast independent nonexecutive director, effective Jan. 1, 2020.

De Haast is a senior director at Jones Lang LaSalle. He will step down from JLL's global capital markets board Dec. 31 to assume an advisory role as chairman of JLL's capital markets advisory council in early 2020.

He will serve on the remuneration and corporate responsibility committees of InterContinental Hotels' board.