As Chief Executive Officer, Peter Palandjian oversees Intercontinental, with primary responsibility for strategic planning and direction of all company activities. Peter serves or has served as a board member of numerous corporate and not-for-profit organizations including: the Dana Farber Cancer Institute; O’Neill and Associates; Leader Bank; Sovereign Bank; Belmont Retirement Board; Harvard’s Varsity Club; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s Taubman Center; American Friends of Yitzhak Rabin; Fessenden School; Mikva Challenge; Children’s Museum of Boston; Boys and Girls Club of Boston; International Tennis Hall of Fame; Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), and the Purple Heart Service Foundation.
Peter was a two-time Harvard Captain and world ranked tennis player on the ATP tour. He earned his B.A. from Harvard University in 1987 and his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School in 1993.