Palm Beach Event Chairs
Peter Palandjian
Peter Palandjian, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, oversees Intercontinental's affiliated operating companies, with primary responsibility for Investment Strategy and Institutional Relationships. Prior to joining Intercontinental in 1993, Mr. Palandjian worked as the assistant to the CEO of Staples, Inc. Before joining Staples, Mr. Palandjian was an associate with Bain & Company, an international management consulting firm. Intercontinental is an SEC registered private equity investment and development firm that over forty years has built, developed, managed and owned in excess of $4 Billion of real estate. Intercontinental invests co-mingled funds for numerous institutional investors including public and corporate pension plans, foreign governments, foundations, university endowments and Taft-Hartley union pension plans.
Mr. Palandjian has also been active on a number of corporate and not-for-profit boards. He presently serves as a board member of several institutions including: the Board of Overseers of the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Belmont Retirement Board; the Children's Museum; the New England Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP); O'Neill and Associates; Sovereign Bank New England Advisory; and the Taubman Center at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. In addition, Mr. Palandjian serves as a Trustee of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Fessenden School and holds memberships with the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers (NAREIM). Mr. Palandjian works on behalf of Harvard University as an undergraduate admissions interviewer. Mr. Palandjian was a former Harvard Captain and world ranked tennis player on the ATP Tour. He is also currently on the board of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Mr. Palandjian earned his BA from Harvard University and his MBA from the Harvard Business School.
