Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) today announces that Trudy Rautio, president and chief executive officer of Carlson, has been appointed chairman of the CWT board of directors effective August 22, 2012. Rautio has served as a member of the CWT board since August 8, 2006. She succeeds Hubert Joly, who resigned from the CWT board on August 17, 2012.

The CWT board of directors is made up of the following members:

• Elizabeth Bastoni, executive vice president, Human Resources, Carlson
• Raymond Fischer, chief financial officer, Chase Card Services          
• Thorsten Kirschke, chief operating officer, Carlson Hotels & President, Carlson Hotels, The Americas
• Andrew Pilkington, president, Global Commercial Card & Consumer Card, Canada, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
• Trudy Rautio, president and chief executive officer, Carlson