Sourav Ghosh
Summary
Sourav Ghosh is Host Hotels & Resorts’ Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, serving as CFO since September 2020 after joining Host in 2009. ([hosthotels.com](https://www.hosthotels.com/our-company/leadership))
Biography
Ghosh joined Host in 2009 and has held leadership roles spanning corporate finance, strategy, analytics, business intelligence, portfolio strategy and information technology. Before becoming CFO, he served as executive vice president of Strategy & Analytics and led initiatives across Host’s operating and investment platforms. ([hosthotels.com](https://www.hosthotels.com/our-company/leadership)) Before Host, Ghosh held several positions at Starwood Hotels & Resorts, including senior director of real estate investments and director of acquisitions and development. His Starwood responsibilities included sourcing, structuring and negotiating acquisition and development transactions. As CFO, he oversees Host’s finance function, including accounting, tax, treasury, investor relations and related corporate functions. ([ir.hosthotels.com](https://ir.hosthotels.com/news-releases/news-release-details/host-hotels-resorts-inc-appoints-sourav-ghosh-chief-financial?utm_source=openai))
Notable achievements
- Built a career at Host across finance, strategy, analytics, information technology and investment-related functions before becoming CFO. ([hosthotels.com](https://www.hosthotels.com/our-company/leadership))
- Led Host’s finance organization as the company navigated the COVID-19 operating environment and worked to preserve financial flexibility. ([ir.hosthotels.com](https://ir.hosthotels.com/news-releases/news-release-details/host-hotels-resorts-inc-appoints-sourav-ghosh-chief-financial))
- Applied prior transaction experience from Starwood to Host’s acquisition, development and portfolio-analysis activities. ([ir.hosthotels.com](https://ir.hosthotels.com/news-releases/news-release-details/host-hotels-resorts-inc-appoints-sourav-ghosh-chief-financial))
- Helped oversee the company’s investment-grade balance sheet, liquidity and capital-allocation reporting as Host executed acquisitions, dispositions and share repurchases. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1061937/000107075026000054/R1.htm?utm_source=openai))
- Serves on the boards of the U.S. Travel Association, the Uniform System of Accounts for the Lodging Industry and a.k.a. Brands Holding Corp., where he serves as audit chair. ([hosthotels.com](https://www.hosthotels.com/our-company/leadership))
Problem areas / controversies
- Ghosh became CFO during the severe lodging downturn caused by COVID-19, when Host faced unusually weak hotel demand and the need to manage liquidity and financing risk. ([ir.hosthotels.com](https://ir.hosthotels.com/news-releases/news-release-details/host-hotels-resorts-inc-appoints-sourav-ghosh-chief-financial))
- Host’s finance team has had to account for continuing financial effects from the Maui wildfires, including lower operating performance and changes in insurance and business-interruption proceeds. ([edgar.secdatabase.com](https://edgar.secdatabase.com/263/107075025000071/filing-main.htm?utm_source=openai))
- Rising wages and benefits pressured Host’s 2025 margins, illustrating the cost-control challenge facing the finance organization even as revenue and RevPAR improved. ([ir.hosthotels.com](https://ir.hosthotels.com/news-releases/news-release-details/host-hotels-resorts-inc-reports-results-2025?utm_source=openai))
- The public filings and reputable sources reviewed did not identify a major personal regulatory enforcement action or comparable individual controversy involving Ghosh.