Interview on Hospitality CIO Monika Nerger's Career Journey

On October 14, 2026, Hospitality Technology published an interview with Monika Nerger, tracing her career growth path. The report states that Nerger is currently Global CIO of Mandarin Oriental, and started early on as the second employee in the IT department at Pan Pacific Hotels, building her technical foundation through self-taught computer science and courses such as IBM RPG and AS/400. In the interview, she emphasized "one team, one mission," and expressed the view that IT leaders must first understand the hotel business and interpersonal relationships, not just the systems themselves.