Hyatt Hotels Corporation

08/15/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/15/2024 05:31

Management Change/Compensation Form 8 K

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 15, 2024, Kinsey Wolf was appointed to serve as Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Hyatt Hotels Corporation (the "Company"), effective immediately. In this capacity, Ms. Wolf will also serve as the Company's principal accounting officer, effective as of August 15, 2024. Upon Ms. Wolf's appointment as principal accounting officer, Joan Bottarini, the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, shall remain as the Company's chief financial officer and principal financial officer and will no longer serve as the Company's principal accounting officer as of August 15, 2024.

Ms. Wolf, age 43, has served as Vice President, Americas Finance of the Company since August 2023. Prior to that position, Ms. Wolf served as Vice President, SEC and Financial Reporting of the Company from March 2020 to August 2023 and as Head of Financial Integration of the Company from November 2018 to March 2020. Prior to her roles at the Company, Ms. Wolf served as an Audit and Assurance Manager at Ernst & Young. Ms. Wolf holds a B.S. in Business Administration and a M.S. in Accounting from University of Wisconsin - Madison.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Ms. Wolf and any other person pursuant to which Ms. Wolf was selected as an officer, no family relationships between Ms. Wolf and any director or other executive officer of the Company, and no transactions involving Ms. Wolf or a member of her immediate family that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.