Sydney, Australia – SiteMinder, the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform, has formally appointed Kim Anderson as an independent, non-executive director. Kim will be assuming the role of Chair of SiteMinder’s People and Culture Committee.
Kim’s appointment is the latest appointment of an independent director at SiteMinder, following Jenny Macdonald and Pat O’Sullivan’s appointments in October last year, to further strengthen governance and bring additional diversity to SiteMinder’s Board.
Kim brings more than 30 years’ board and executive expertise to SiteMinder from a range of media and e-commerce companies. Kim is the former CEO and founder of Reading Room Inc (bookstr.com), CEO of Southern Star Entertainment, and has held senior executive positions at PBL and Ninemsn. She is currently a non-executive director of Carsales (ASX:CAR), Marley Spoon AG (ASX:MMM), Invocare Ltd (ASX:IVC) and Infomedia (ASX:IFM). She serves as Chair of the Remuneration, People and Culture Committee on all her boards.
Pat O’Sullivan, SiteMinder Chair says, “I am delighted to welcome Kim to the SiteMinder Board. Her leadership in some of Australia’s leading media and e-commerce companies will be invaluable to the team as we execute on our growth and product development priorities, and continue to cement our position as the world’s leading open hotel commerce platform.”
Kim Anderson will serve on the SiteMinder Board alongside Pat, Jenny, Sankar, Mike Ford (Co-Founder), Paul Wilson and Les Szekely.