Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has announced that Amit Sripathi has been appointed as chief financial officer,
effective immediately. Sripathi, who most recently served as the company’s chief development officer – North America, succeeds Kurt Albert, who has served as interim chief financial officer since November. Additionally, Wyndham named David Wilner, a 30-year franchise sales veteran, as chief development officer – North America. Both will report to president and CEO Geoff Ballotti.
“Amit’s combination of deep finance and capital markets expertise coupled with firsthand operational leadership at Wyndham make him the ideal candidate to lead our finance organization. Amit is uniquely qualified to deliver on our shareholder expectations and has proven himself a champion of owners, as evidenced by Wyndham’s record openings, executions and development pipelines both here in the U.S. and internationally,” said Ballotti. “We are confident in his ability to build on our sustained successes and capture opportunities that will drive increased profitability for our franchisees, while returning excess capital to shareholders in a consistent and sustainable manner.”
Sripathi joined Wyndham in 2021 and has served in a variety of leadership roles at the company. His background includes operational and finance experience across the lodging industry, including driving the Wyndham’s growth and capital allocation strategy.
Prior to Wyndham, Sripathi was with RLJ Lodging Trust, responsible for capital markets and corporate finance and served in roles of increasing responsibility in the real estate, lodging and gaming investment banking group at Deutsche Bank.
“Wyndham is a truly unique company with an asset-light franchise business model that consistently delivers for its owners and shareholders. Our priority is to maintain our rigorous financial discipline and capital allocation strategy to ensure we achieve our long-term growth objectives and maximize shareholder returns. I very much look forward to partnering with the entire leadership team to drive enhanced value creation and build on the “Count on Me” culture that defines our Company,” said Sripathi.
Additionally, David Wilner will lead the company’s North American franchise sales and architecture design and construction teams in his new role as chief development officer. Before joining Wyndham, he spent 20 years as part of the franchise sales leadership team for La Quinta by Wyndham.
“From leading development at La Quinta prior to Wyndham’s acquisition of the brand to driving growth across our new construction prototype brands, including La Quinta, WaterWalk, Hawthorn Suites, ECHO Suites and Microtel, David has tremendous expertise translating owners’ needs into strategic growth. Owners and team members view him as a sincere and trusted partner who is most focused on our owners’ success, while helping our teams accelerate domestic net room growth across all of Wyndham’s brands,” added Ballotti.
Together, these appointments aim to reinforce Wyndham’s continued focus on driving FeePAR accretive net room growth and creating compounding value for franchisees, guests and shareholders.
In conjunction with this announcement, Wyndham has reaffirmed its full-year 2026 outlook provided in its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report.