Nick Ayres is the Global Director of Social Marketing for InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG). In his role, Nick leads the strategic and tactical social marketing plans globally, and is focused on delivering an integrated social strategy to support the company’s business objective of delivering preferred brands. 

Immediately prior to IHG, Nick spent nearly five years with The Home Depot helping architect the company’s approach to social marketing as well as serving across several other functions including eCommerce, interactive marketing, brand management and new product development.

Nick holds a MBA with a focus on marketing and entrepreneurship from the Georgia Tech and a BS from Emporia State University. You can catch him on Twitter (@nickjayres).