Accor: Executive Committee Appointments
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Accor: Executive Committee Appointments
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Appointments
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2008-09-01
Gilles Pélisson, Director and Chief Executive Officer, has strengthened his Executive Committee by
appointing four new executives and assigning new responsibilities to some of the other members:
Appointments
For Accor Services:
Oswaldo Melantonio Filho Chief Operating Officer, Accor Services Brazil, 56 years old,
Oswaldo Melantonio Filho is a Brazilian citizen. He has been a part of
the Accor Group for 27 years, helping to develop Accor Services’
leadership in Brazil, the most important market.
For Accor Hospitality:
Olivier Poirot Chief Executive Officer, Motel 6/Studio 6 and Chief Operating
Officer, Accor North America, 40 years old,
He has joined Accor in 1992 and has held finance positions in the United
States since 2001. Since 2007, he is in charge of Motel 6/Studio 6 in the
USA, Canada, Mexico, as well as of support fonctions for Accor North
America.
For the support functions:
Jean-Luc Chrétien Executive Vice President, Hotel Distribution, 51 years old
He has joined the Accor Group after working for EuroDisney, Pierre et
Vacances and SNCF Voyages. He is in charge of the different
distribution channels, such as sales, the Internet and call centers, as well
as the new customer loyalty program.
Pascal Quint Corporate Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Directors, 50
years old,
He will take up his functions by the end of September 2008, after having
served as Corporate Secretary for EuroDisney and Cegelec. He will be in
charge of Legal Affairs, Insurance and Risk Management,
Security/Safety Management as well as of ensuring the efficient
functioning of the Group’s corporate governance bodies.
New responsibilities
For Accor Hospitality:
Yann Caillère Chief Operating Officer France, Southern Europe, Africa and Middle
East, Latin America and CEO Sofitel Worldwide, 55 years old,
He is in charge of the region that includes France, Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Greece, Israel, and the Africa/Middle East region. His responsibilities
have now been extended to the Latin America region.
For the support functions:
Philippe Adam Executive Vice President for Hotel Design and Construction, and
Group Purchasing and Group Sustainable Development, 51 years
old,
He is in charge of a new unit combining Innovation and Design, Hotel
Technical Services, Group Purchasing and Group Sustainable
Development.
Jacques Stern Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategy,
Hotel Development and Information Systems, 44 years old,
In addition to his responsibilities concerning Group Finance, and
Information Systems, Jacques Stern will be in charge of Group Strategy
and Hotel Development.
Following these changes, the Accor Executive Committee around Gilles Pélisson now comprises:
Philippe Adam Executive Vice President for Hotel Design and Construction and Group
Purchasing and Sustainable Development
Yann Caillère Chief Operating Officer France, Southern Europe, Africa and Middle East,
Latin America and CEO Sofitel Worldwide, Accor Hospitality
Jean-Luc Chrétien Executive Vice President, Hotel Distribution
Oswaldo Melantonio Filho Chief Operating Officer, Accor Services Brazil
Michael Flaxman Chief Operating Officer, Northern Europe, Accor Hospitality
Michael Issenberg Chief Operating Officer, Accor Asia Pacific, Accor Hospitality
Cathy Kopp Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Éric Lepleux Executive Vice President, Hotel and Brand Marketing
Olivier Poirot Chief Executive Officer, Motel6/Studio 6 and Chief Operating Officer,
Accor North America
Pascal Quint Corporate Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Directors,
Serge Ragozin Chief Operating Officer, Accor Services Worldwide
Jacques Stern Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Strategy, Hotel
Development and Information Systems
In an internal memo issued today, Mr. Pélisson noted:
“The strategy implemented over the past three years has led to profound changes for our Group:
- In our business base, with the disposal of non-strategic assets enabling us to return significant
funds to shareholders.
- Our repositioned brands.
- Our revitalized teams.
- Our increased performance.
However, as economic conditions tighten and encourage us to reassess our operating costs and
manage them very carefully, we need to continue driving growth in our two core businesses.
This growth will involve the following challenges:
- In Accor Services, the challenge of both deploying our expertise and winning new markets in
new geographies, even as this expertise is evolving very quickly with the shift to electronic
media and the use of new technologies. At the same time, the business has to seamlessly
integrate the many new companies acquired in recent months.
- In Accor Hospitality, the challenge of expanding on five continents in line with the new
business model, which now combines owned/leased properties and, increasingly,
management contracts and franchise agreements. This is why we need strong brands that are
widely recognized, complementary and well distributed.
To succeed, we need to redefine our operating performance depending on the hotel ownership
structure, focus on hotel design and construction, and, more than ever, pool our eight
platforms, which serve as centers for our expertise and capabilities.”
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