Peter Kern exits Expedia Group board after 19 12 months tenure

4 months after stepping down as CEO of Expedia Group, Peter Kern has resigned from the corporate’s Board of Administrators and his position as vice chairman.

The corporate filed the information with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, noting that the transfer was efficient instantly. The board additionally eliminated a seat – taking its dimension from 13 to 12 administrators complete.

The choice got here on account of “the velocity and success of the Firm’s latest administration transition,” the submitting reads, referencing modifications which have occurred since early February when Kern introduced he was leaving the corporate and Ariane Gorin was named as his successor. She formally took over CEO duties on the firm’s Expedia Discover occasion in Might.

Expedia Group declined to touch upon Kern’s resignation.

The information comes as considerably of a shock on condition that when he introduced his departure as CEO in February, Kern spoke of staying on a vice chairman.

“As vice chairman, I sit up for working carefully with Ariane and our management workforce as they proceed the momentum now we have constructed and understand on all the chance that our transformation has created,” he stated.

That is solely the most recent in government stage shifts from Expedia Group – which not solely noticed the departure of Kern as CEO and the doorway of Gorin this spring, however the exit of chief know-how officer Rathi Murthy resulting from a “violation of firm coverage.” Expedia Group has not but introduced a brand new CTO.