Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s executive team has a new look
under president and CEO Kurt Ekert, who joined the company from Travelport in
April.
New Roles
- Andrew Jordan,
who joined as chief technology officer in April, now also oversees end-to-end
products and innovation.
- Kelly Kuhn,
previously president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa group, oversees
global sales, customer engagement and program management and CWT's Global
Partners Network as chief customer officer.
- Former Americas president Patrick Andersen handles enterprise strategy, marketing, corporate
communications and relationships with technology and distribution partners as
chief strategy and commerce officer
- Scott Brennan
leads a new hotel vertical as hotels president, having most recently served as
executive vice president of global supplier management.
- David Moran
becomes chief human resources officer, moving from his prior role as executive
vice president of global marketing and enterprise strategy.
Other Changes
- Andrew Waller,
who became executive vice president of global business transformation in
February, will leave CWT July 1.
- Executive vice president of human resources Jean-Luc Duchemin will retire July 1.
- Berthold Trenkel
left the company on March 31 to become CEO of Fursan Travel.
- Matt Beatty became
executive vice president of traveler services on April 1, replacing
Trenkel.
- Nick
Vournakis, previously senior vice president of global marketing, took
Beatty’s spot as president of U.S. military and government markets on April 1.
July 5, 2016, 10:30 a.m.: A previous version of this story indicated that executive vice president of global solutions Cathy Voss might get a new title. She will retain her current position.