Booking Holdings Names Mylod as Chairman, Nominates van Dijk for Board Director
April 24 2020 - 5:48PM
Dow Jones News
By Dave Sebastian
Booking Holdings Inc. said it is naming Robert Mylod Jr., a
current board director, as the company's chairman, effective at the
time of its annual meeting in June, as well as nominating Naspers
Ltd. Chief Executive Bob van Dijk to the board.
Mr. Mylod, who sits on the company's compensation committee and
has been on the board since May 2017, will succeed Jeffery Boyd,
who will remain as a board director, Booking said Friday. Mr. Mylod
is a managing partner at Annox Capital Management and was
previously finance chief, vice chairman and head of worldwide
strategy and planning at Booking.
Naspers, which Mr. van Dijk has been leading since April 2014,
is a South African holding company. It listed its international
internet assets in Amsterdam under the name Prosus NV. He
previously served management positions at eBay Inc. and Schibsted
ASA.
The company also said Vanessa Wittman will be chairing Booking's
audit committee, of which she is already a member. She will succeed
Charles Noski, who will become independent director and chair of
the nominating and corporate governance committee, Booking
said.
Write to Dave Sebastian at dave.sebastian@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 24, 2020 17:33 ET (21:33 GMT)
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