Successors named for CFO and chief development roles.
BETHESDA, Maryland – Marriott International Chief Financial
Officer and Executive Vice President of Development Leeny Oberg has decided to
retire effective March 31, 2026. Two long-time Marriott veterans have been
named her successors. Next year, Jen Mason will become the company’s executive
vice president and chief financial officer and Shawn Hill will take on the role
of executive vice president chief development officer.
Mason, a 33-year Marriott veteran, currently serves as global
officer, treasurer and risk management. She oversees global capital market
activities and hotel financing, financial strategy and capital allocation,
financial risk management, and global capital transactions and treasury
services. Mason, 55, is also responsible for the company’s risk management
function including insurance, claims, business continuity and global safety and
security.
Leeny’s strength lies in the depth of her expertise, but also in her warmth, relatability and dedication to support those who work with her. As a result, she has built a deep bench of talented leaders who are ready to take the next steps on the exceptional path she has helped carve for Marriott.
Anthony Capuano
Since joining Marriott in 1992, Mason has held several
leadership roles, including CFO for the company’s largest segment, the U.S.
& Canada division, senior vice president of IT Business Partnership &
Planning, as well as senior vice president, Sales & Marketing Planning
Support. In her first 16 years with Marriott, she held a number of positions of
increasing responsibility in Internal Audit, Corporate Financial Planning &
Analysis, Lodging Finance and Business Development.
Hill, 54, has been with the company for nearly 28 years, and
is currently chief development officer for Marriott’s Asia Pacific Excluding
China (APEC) region. During Hill’s tenure leading development for APEC, the
region’s portfolio has grown from more than 465 open properties and 276 in the
pipeline when he began to more than 635 open properties and another 383
properties in the pipeline as of March 31, 2025.
Hill started his career with Marriott in 1997. He worked at
Marriott’s headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland in Accounting, Finance, and Asset
Management before moving to Hong Kong to join the Asia Pacific Development team
in 2005.
Upon assuming these roles, Mason and Hill will serve on
Marriott's executive leadership team and report to president and CEO Anthony
Capuano. Oberg will step down from her role following Marriott’s filing of its
2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K. She will remain with the company until March
31, 2026, to help ensure a smooth transition.
Reflecting on my tenure, I am most proud of my teams and what we have accomplished together. While it’s never easy to leave a company and job you love, I have the utmost confidence in the leaders who will assume these roles and am very optimistic about the strategic path Marriott is on.
Leeny Oberg
Oberg has served as Marriott’s CFO since 2016. In February
2023, Oberg was additionally tapped to lead the strategic growth of the
company’s global lodging portfolio. “Leeny’s focus on value creation is evident
in everything she does. Whether it was navigating the pandemic
successfully, enhancing the company’s cost competitiveness or having a
disciplined and strategic approach to investing in growth, her impact on
Marriott is long lasting,” Capuano said. “Leeny’s strength lies in the depth of
her expertise, but also in her warmth, relatability and dedication to support
those who work with her. As a result, she has built a deep bench of talented
leaders who are ready to take the next steps on the exceptional path she has
helped carve for Marriott. I am grateful to Leeny for helping to position the
company so beautifully for this transition and for her many years of leadership
and friendship.”
“It has been an honor to be part of the Marriott team, and a
privilege to serve as the company’s CFO for the past decade and the leader of
the development organization over the past few years,” Oberg said. “Reflecting
on my tenure, I am most proud of my teams and what we have accomplished
together. While it’s never easy to leave a company and job you love, I have the
utmost confidence in the leaders who will assume these roles and am very
optimistic about the strategic path Marriott is on. I look forward to working
collaboratively with them to ensure a smooth transition for the company.”
“Leeny has made substantial contributions to Marriott,
including her incredible work on the Starwood acquisition and integration and
her resolute navigation through the pandemic,” said J.W. Marriott, Jr., chairman
emeritus, Marriott International. “Since she became CFO on January 1,
2016, the company has seen a significant increase in shareholder value, with
the stock meaningfully outperforming the S&P 500. Leeny embodies our values
and helped guide our culture throughout her career, and I am grateful for her
leadership. She will be missed.”
Prior to being named Marriott’s CFO in 2016, Oberg, 65,
served as the CFO for The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co. Earlier in her career at the
company, Oberg held a range of finance leadership positions, including senior vice
president, Corporate and Development Finance and senior vice president,
International Project Finance and Asset Management for Europe and the Middle
East and Africa. Oberg first joined Marriott as part of its Investor Relations
group in 1999.