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“ IN VIEW OF TODAY ’ S CHALLENGES , BE THEY ENVIRONMENTAL , SOCIETAL OR ECONOMIC , ACCORINVEST TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY THE FACT THAT IT MUST BE COMMITTED AND RESPONSIBLE ”
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“ IN VIEW OF TODAY ’ S CHALLENGES , BE THEY ENVIRONMENTAL , SOCIETAL OR ECONOMIC , ACCORINVEST TAKES VERY SERIOUSLY THE FACT THAT IT MUST BE COMMITTED AND RESPONSIBLE ”

WOJCIECH LACZ CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER , ACCORINVEST

782 Hotels operating around the world

122,000 Rooms

27 Countries where AccorInvest is present

Meet Wojciech Lacz , Group Chief Information Officer , AccorInvest Knowing from the beginning that he “ would be an IT guy ”, Wojciech Lacz tells me that he started work in IT administration in 2005 after graduating from the Warsaw University of Technology .
After various experiences at L ’ Oréal and then for 8 years at Danone , Wojciech Lacz joined the Orbis Hotel Group managing the Eastern Europe Accor hotel portfolio in 2018 as Director of IT & Digital Services , responsible for defining and supervising key IT and digital projects for 16 countries in the region .
In October 2020 , Lacz was appointed Senior Vice President ( SVP ) Technology and Digital and ComEx member for Accor Northern Europe . Just six months later , in March 2021 , he was appointed AccorInvest Group CIO .
AccorInvest ESG strategy From a more sustainable acquisition and renovation to a more sustainable operation of its sites , AccorInvest ' s Environmental , Social Governance ( ESG ) strategy is present
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