CWT has appointed Joel Hanson as its senior director of global innovation business
development. Sitting within CWT’s global supply chain partners team, Hanson will
be responsible for
incubating, building and delivering products and services to optimise the end-to-end
travel experience for CWT clients and their travellers.
Based in Minneapolis and reporting into Vince Chirico, SVP global supply
chain partners, Hanson has spent the last six years as the company’s senior product
incubation manager. Over the last two years, Hanson spearheaded the launch of
CWT Guest Services worldwide for handling non-profiled travellers and worked on
the successful launch of the CWT AnalytIQs reporting suite.
“I’m thrilled to have Joel at the helm of global innovation business
development,” said Chirico. “With the travel industry in recovery,
CWT continues to evolve its cutting-edge solutions and innovations to empower
our clients and their travellers. Joel was an obvious candidate to fill this
position, with his customer-centric mindset and innate capability to perceive
and pioneer proprietary innovations that truly enable CWT to simplify business
travel for its customers.”
The TMC recently announced
a plan to tackle its US$1.5 billion debt pile.