Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Harmeet Singh, The new CEO of Global Grand Hyatt Corporation

Harmit Singh is the new CEO of Global Grand Hyatt Corporation. Hamrmit Singh will lead the company's finance, accounting, treasury, tax and strategic financial planning functions worldwide.

Singh was formerly senior vice president and chief financial officer - International for Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) responsible for finance, information technology and supply chain.

Singh joins Global Hyatt with over 25 years of global financial expertise, including 14 years with Yum!, the world's largest restaurant company and parent entity of five global brands, including KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

During his tenure with Yum! and its predecessor company, Singh held a series of senior level finance positions with ascending levels of responsibility, including senior vice president and chief financial officer for Pizza Hut - United States, vice president finance - Yum! International, CFO India and CFO Asia. Prior to joining Yum!, he worked in various financial capacities for American Express India.

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