Douglas Anderson was named president and chief executive officer of Carlson Wagonlit Travel by the company’s board of directors in April 2008. He joined CWT as executive vice president and chief financial officer one year earlier. He is based in Paris.

Anderson is a U.S. citizen with extensive international experience in the Asia-Pacific region and Europe. He spent 25 years at UPS, based in the United States, Hong Kong, London and Brussels. In his most recent position, he was senior vice president, Finance, and chief financial officer, UPS Logistics Group.

He also worked in Geneva as senior vice president and chief financial officer for the SITA Group, the IT and telecommunications service provider to the air transport industry. Before joining CWT, Anderson was director of finance and business transformation for the Consumer Digital and Film Products Group of the Eastman Kodak Company and was based in Switzerland.

Anderson is a certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska.