CWT Meetings & Events (M&E), the global meetings and events division of CWT, has announced the restructuring of its leadership team under Derek Sharp, with six global positions to match its new global operating model for customers:
- Kari Wendel, VP strategic customers
- Ian Cummings, VP commercial
- Saskia Gentil, VP global sales and marketing
- Nathan Brooks, global lead of supplier management
- Cristina Scott, VP global operations
- Stuart Whatley, head of product and technology strategy
The focus of the six divisional structures is as follows:
Strategic Customers: Headed by Kari Wendel, vice president of strategic customers, this group will include CWT M&E’s top accounts, including many Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) accounts.
Local, Multinational and Regional Customers: Led by Ian Cummings, vice president of commercial, this group will deliver the full portfolio of M&E services (e.g., SMM, Events, Incentives, Group Air, etc.) and account management best practices across the globe at the local, multinational and regional levels.
Global Sales and Marketing: Led by Saskia Gentil, vice president of global sales and marketing, who will add to her current portfolio of global sales, global marketing.
Global Supplier Management: Headed by Nathan Brooks, global lead of supplier management, who will continue to lead CWT M&E’s global supplier strategy, with a focus on growing the preferred supplier base and to drive more business to preferred suppliers.
Global Operations: Led by the newly joined Cristina Scott, vice president, global operations, the goal is to ensure the highest level of discipline in how CWT M&E operates globally.
Product and Technology Strategy: Led by Stuart Whatley, head of product and technology strategy, who joined the M&E team to develop more robust product and technology roadmaps and partnership strategies in the meetings and events space.
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