Accor Appoints Senior VP Global Sales
Paris - November 30, 2011 - Cedric Gobilliard is appointed Senior Vice President Global Sales as of January 1, 2012, reporting to Jean-Luc Chretien, Executive Vice President Sales, Distribution & Loyalty.
He replaces Patrick Mendes who is joining the Latin America teams as Senior Vice President Operations for Mercure, MGallery and Pullman.
Cedric Gobilliard will define the Group's sales strategy and policy for each of its market segments, in collaboration with the brands and countries. He will also be responsible for defining the B to B offer and for supervising the priority accounts.
Cedric Gobilliard is a graduate of business school EPSCI, Group of ESSEC, and also holds a degree in International Management. He started his career at Beaufour-Ispen International as Product Manager before joining Disneyland Paris as Marketing Manager.
He joined Club Mediterranee and became its CEO for North America. He then became CEO of Look Voyages. In June 2009, he joined Accor as Senior Vice President Direct Sales & Loyalty.
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