Green Key Global appoints Gary Graham as director of operations and program development

Graham rejoins the Green Key team after working as director, operations — Green Key Global at the Hotel Association of Canada (HAC) for close to nine years — during which time he built much of the program content and infrastructure.

He will oversee operational strategy and organizational development, helping hotels and meeting facilities to achieve their sustainability and ESG goals. His most recent roles were sector specialist — infrastructure and climate change — strategy and stakeholder engagement branch and account manager, accreditation services at the Standards Council of Canada (SCC.)

Before that, he worked freelance under his name for almost six years — and has worked at National Research Council Canada, Human Resources Development Canada (HRSDC) and Canada Green Building Council — CaGBC.

He also previously served on the Market Access Committee of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. He is committed to sustainability and is a certified sustainability project manager and ISO 14001 environmental management system lead auditor.