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Mark S. Hoplamazian,
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Harmit J. Singh,
Chief Financial Officer |
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Stephen G. Haggerty,
Global Head of Real Estate and Development |
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H. Charles Floyd,
Chief Operating Officer, North America Operations |
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Rakesh Sarna,
Chief Operating Officer, International Operations |
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Susan T. Smith,
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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John Wallis,
Global Head of Marketing and Brand Strategy |
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Robert W. K. Webb,
Chief Human Resources Officer |
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Mark S. Hoplamazian, President and Chief Executive Officer
Mark S. Hoplamazian has been a member of our board of directors since November 2006.
He has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2006, as interim President from July 2006 to December 2006 and Vice President from August 2004 to December 2004.
Mr. Hoplamazian is a Vice President of The Pritzker Organization, LLC (TPO), the principal financial and investment advisor to various Pritzker family business interests, including Hyatt.
From April 2004 to August 2009, Mr. Hoplamazian served as President and Director of TPO and has served in various capacities with TPO and its predecessors since its formation in 1997, including managing its merchant banking and investment activities.
Mr. Hoplamazian currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The Latin School of Chicago. He is a member of the Discovery Class of the Henry Crown Fellowship at the Aspen Institute.
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Harmit J. Singh, Chief Financial Officer
Harmit J. Singh has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2008. Mr. Singh leads the Company’s finance, accounting, treasury, strategic financial planning and analysis, tax, risk and information technology functions worldwide.
Mr. Singh has over 25 years of financial experience in the travel, financial services, restaurant and hospitality industries.
He joined Hyatt after spending 14 years at Yum! Brands, Inc., a restaurant company.
Mr. Singh most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Yum! International from December 2005 to July 2008.
Prior to this position, Mr. Singh served in several senior financial roles, including Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Pizza Hut—United States, Vice President Finance—Yum!, International, Chief Financial Officer—India and Chief Financial Officer—Asia.
Prior to joining Yum! in 1994, Mr. Singh worked in various financial capacities for American Express India, a worldwide travel, financial and network services company. Mr. Singh serves on the board of directors of Avendra, LLC.
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Stephen G. Haggerty, Global Head of Real Estate and Development
Stephen G. Haggerty has served as our Executive Vice President—Global Head of Real Estate and Development since June 2007.
Mr. Haggerty has responsibility for our global development team, our global feasibility and development finance team, our global asset management team that oversees all of our owned hotel properties and development of hotels and vacation ownership properties in which we have ownership.
Prior to joining us, Mr. Haggerty spent 13 years serving in several positions of increasing responsibility with Marriott International, Inc., a lodging company, most recently in London as Senior Vice President, International Project Finance and Asset Management for Europe, Africa and the Middle East from 2005 to 2007.
Prior to this position, from 2003 to 2005, Mr. Haggerty served as Marriott’s Senior Vice President of Global Asset Management and Development Finance and previously lived in Asia for nine years holding a variety of roles relating to development at Marriott.
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H. Charles Floyd, Chief Operating Officer, North America Operations
H. Charles Floyd has served as our Chief Operating Officer, North America since August 2007.
Mr. Floyd has been with us since 1981. Mr. Floyd is responsible for management of our full service hotels and resorts as well as Hyatt Place and Summerfield Suites brands in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
In addition, he oversees Hyatt Vacation Ownership, Inc. (HVOI) and the Franchise Owner Relations Group, which supports both full service and select service and extended stay franchisees. He also oversees various corporate functions, including sales, human resources, product and design, rooms, food and beverage and engineering.
Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Floyd served in a number of senior positions at Hyatt, including Executive Vice President—North America Operations and Senior Vice President of Sales, as well as various managing director and general manager roles at Hyatt.
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Rakesh Sarna, Chief Operating Officer, International Operations
Rakesh Sarna has served as our Chief Operating Officer, International Operations since August 2007.
Mr. Sarna has been with us since 1979. Mr. Sarna is responsible for management of our full service hotels and resorts outside of the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
Mr. Sarna is responsible for management of Park Hyatt and Andaz hotels on a global basis. He also oversees the operations of our Divisional offices in Zurich, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Dubai, UAE and Mexico City and oversees various corporate functions in Chicago, IL.
Since June 2007, Mr. Sarna has served as the Chief Operating Officer for Hyatt International Corporation. From September 2006 to June 2007, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Hyatt International Corporation.
Prior to that, from April 2001 to September 2006, Mr. Sarna served as our Vice President of Operations for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and from September 1999 to April 2001 as Director of Operations for Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Prior to that, from January 1997 to April 2006, he served as regional director for South Asia. Mr. Sarna joined Hyatt in 1979 and has held a variety of senior management Food and Beverage positions and served as General Manager for Hyatt Regency Belgrade, Park Hyatt UN Plaza, New York and Hyatt Regency Macau.
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Susan T. Smith, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Susan T. Smith has served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since April 2005. She has been a licensed attorney since 1982.
Prior to joining Hyatt, Ms. Smith served in a number of roles, including as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for First Health Group Corp., a publicly traded company that provided health benefit services to self-funded national employers. First Health was acquired by Coventry Health Care, Inc. in January 2005.
Before joining First Health in 1992, she was a shareholder at Pryor, Carney & Johnson, PC, a Denver law firm.
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John Wallis, Global Head of Marketing and Brand Strategy
John Wallis has served as our Global Head of Marketing and Brand Strategy since November 2008.
Mr. Wallis' career with Hyatt began in 1981. Prior to his current role, Mr. Wallis served as Senior Vice President, Product and Brand Development since August 2007.
From 2004 through 2007, Mr. Wallis served as our Senior Vice President, Global Asset Management, where he was responsible for the management of more than 40 Hyatt-owned properties across North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.
He has also served in a variety of other management positions, including Senior Vice President—Global Asset Management, Senior Vice President—Product and Brand Development, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, and Vice President of Marketing for Hyatt International Corporation, General Manager and Regional Vice President—Gulf States for Hyatt Regency Dubai, Executive Assistant Manager Food and Beverage for Hyatt Regency Kuwait, Hyatt Regency Fiji and Hyatt Kingsgate Sydney and various other food and beverage management positions.
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Robert W. K. Webb, Chief Human Resources Officer
Robert W. K. Webb has served as our Chief Human Resources Officer since August 2007.
Prior to joining Hyatt, Mr. Webb served as Head of Global Service Delivery for Citi Employee Services at Citigroup Inc., a global financial services company.
During his 19-year tenure at Citigroup and two predecessor companies, Mr. Webb served as Chief Administrative Officer for a global business unit, and held several senior human resources roles in North America and international operations.
Mr. Webb serves as a Director of Chicago Children’s Museum and Junior Achievement of Chicago.
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