MINNEAPOLIS, USA - EQS Newswire - 16October 2019 - CWT, the B2B4E travel management platform, todayannounces the appointment of John Pelant as Executive Vice President and ChiefTechnology Officer, with effect from 1 November 2019. Based in Minneapolis,John will report to Kurt Ekert, President & CEO of CWT, and serve as amember of the CWT Executive Leadership Team.

Formerly CWT's Chief Information Officer(CIO), John will oversee the continued development of CWT's engineering andtechnology, innovation and IT infrastructure and operations. He will take overthese responsibilities from Andrew Jordan, who has decided to leave the companyat the end of 2019 to pursue other interests outside of CWT, until when he willbe working with John to ensure a smooth leadership transition with customers,technology partners and colleagues.

"A terrific leader who has been withCWT for many years, John brings invaluable insight and a track record ofexecution to our B2B4E focus. I am delighted to announce thisappointment," said Kurt. "I am also saddened to see Andrew go, andthank him for the incredible contribution he has made delivering against ourdigital strategy, and for helping our strategic transformation. On behalf ofeveryone here I wish him every success and happiness in the future."

A former Vice President (VP) of Global ITOperations, VP Global Product Development and VP Americas IT & GlobalFunctions, John was appointed Senior Vice President and CIO of CWT in August2016. He is also active in the non-profit sector as a Board Member of theOrphaned Starfish Foundation, a technical advisor to Thorn, and a mentor to theGenesys Twin Cities project. John is a BSc graduate of St John's University.

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CWT is a Business-to-Business-for-Employees(B2B4E) travel management platform. Companies and governments rely on us tokeep their people connected - anywhere, anytime, anyhow - and across sixcontinents, we provide their employees with innovative technology and anefficient, safe and secure travel experience. Every single day, we look afterenough travelers to fill more than 100,000 hotel rooms, while our meetings andevents division handles more than 100 events every 24 hours.

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