Expedia Appoints Alan Pickerill As EVP And CFO

(RTTNews) - Expedia Inc. (EXPE) announced that its Board has approved the appointment of Alan Pickerill, currently Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations, to succeed Mark Okerstrom as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

As announced previously, Okerstrom has been appointed to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer.

Pickerill has deep finance and accounting experience spanning nearly 30 years. He began his career as an accountant at Deloitte and Touche where he practiced for seven years before moving onto progressively senior finance leadership roles at a variety of publicly traded technology and internet companies including roles at Microsoft and Getty Images. Pickerill joined Expedia in 2008, took over leadership of Investor Relations function in 2010, and added Global Treasury to his remit in 2015. He currently sits on Expedia, Inc.'s, Disclosure Practices and Foreign Exchange Review Committees.

Earlier This week, Uber's board selected Dara Khosrowshahi, the head of travel booking website Expedia, to be its new chief executive officer.