Hyatt Hotels to Transition Chief Financial Officer; Patrick Grismer to Step Down to Be Succeeded by Joan Bottarini

Hyatt Hotels Corporation | October 8, 2018

CHICAGO (Oct. 8, 2018) – Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE:H) today announced that Patrick Grismer has resigned as chief financial officer, effective November 2, 2018, in order to assume the CFO position at Starbucks Corporation. Upon his departure, Grismer will be succeeded by Joan Bottarini, currently senior vice president of finance for the Americas at Hyatt. Bottarini has been with Hyatt since 1999 and held a number of finance positions over her career, including vice president of hotel finance for Asia Pacific, vice president strategic financial planning and analysis, and director financial communications. "We are grateful for P...