Travel management company CWT has appointed Bill Courtney (pictured above left) as executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Ian Cummings (pictured above right) as global head of CWT Meetings & Events.
Courtney, based in North Carolina, will report to CEO Michelle McKinney Frymire and serve as a member of the executive leadership team. He previously held the position of CFO at Starkey Hearing Technologies and has also worked for Bank of America, Barclay's Bank and Delta Air Lines.
“It is with tremendous delight that we welcome Bill to the CWT team as we look forward to our future growth and development, and the accelerating return to corporate travel globally,” said Michelle McKinney Frymire, CWT’s CEO. “In addition to Bill’s broad travel industry experience, he also brings exceptional commercial and leadership skills to the role, and I am very much looking forward to working with him again.”
Meanwhile, Ian Cummings has been appointed global head of CWT Meetings & Events, based in London. He joined the TMC in 2012.
“Ian has extensive experience leading organisations and a strong commercial business focus,” said Niklas Andreen, CWT president and chief operating officer.
“In his nine years with CWT, he has successfully handled every role given to him at country, regional and global levels, delivering tremendous client service and great results, and I look forward to seeing him take our meetings and events business to the next level, growing in importance as a key part of the overall CWT offering.”