Crown Worldwide appoints Executive Management Group

Feb 22 | 2016

Crown Worldwide has announced the creation of an Executive Management Group (EMG) made up of nine of its senior leaders with a remit to provide strategic leadership in service to the Executive Board, promoting cohesion and collaboration across all of Crown’s divisions and regions.

The EMG will serve under the existing Executive Board, which comprises: founder and Chairman Jim Thompson; CEO for Asia-Pacific and CFO for the Crown Worldwide Group, Ken Madrid; and CEO Europe Middle East and Africa, David Muir. Together the members of the EMG represent all of Crown’s divisional, regional and business operations, each a recognised leader in their field of expertise.  

The EMG members are:  
 
  • Philip Britton – Group Vice President, Crown Records Management;   
  • Norah Franchetti – Group Vice President, Marketing;  
  • Jennifer Harvey – Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, Crown Worldwide Group; 
  • Ronan Kelly – Regional Managing Director, North America;   
  • Shen Kong – Chief Financial Officer Asia Pacific, Group Financial Controller; 
  • Barry Koolen – Regional Managing Director, UK, Ireland and Northern Europe; 
  • Sherry Liu – Regional General Manager, Greater China, Crown Relocations; 
  • Pat Welch – Group Vice President, Crown World Mobility; 
  • Jurgen Zyderveld – Regional Managing Director, Continental Europe;   
Commenting on the formation of the EMG, Jim Thompson said:  “Crown Worldwide has always been a business that looks forward and I’m confident the formation of this EMG will equip us to achieve our goals over the next 50 years.” 

Photo: Jim Thompson.