PONANT announces today the arrival of Belinda Hindmarsh as Group Deputy CEO Global Business. Belinda Hindmarsh succeeds Hervé Bellaïche, Group Deputy CEO Sales, Marketing and Communications, who has decided, after 10 years of collaboration and in agreement with PONANT s CEO Hervé Gastinel, to leave the company to turn to new professional opportunities.
Chief Technology Officer, John Pelant has been named EVP, Chief Experience & Technology Officer, effective April 1, 2023, with responsibility for a new function that combines Traveler Experience and Product & Technology.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Judy Hendrick will be retiring as of July 1, 2023, at which point Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Jim Shepherd will become CWT s Executive Vice President (EVP) & Chief Financial Officer. In the interim, effective April 1, 2023, Jim will be appointed CWT s Deputy Chief Financial Officer and will transition with Judy, who will stay on as EVP and CFO until her retirement.