448: A Truly Transformative Chapter | Michael Hug, CFO, Wyndham Destinations

Published: Dec. 3, 2018, 12:57 a.m.

After starting his career in a Big 4 accounting firm and then steadily ascending through numerous (and varied) corporate finance roles over nearly two decades, Michael Hug possessed a clear vision for his CFO tenure at the world\u2019s largest publicly traded timeshare company. \u201cI didn\u2019t want my team to just be the people who come in, count the money and deposit it in the bank,\u201d he notes. \u201cRather, I want us to be embedded in the business \u2013 to have a great relationship with our business leaders \u2026 while helping the organization to achieve its goals.\u201d Hug assumed his finance chief role as Wyndham Destinations was spinning off its sister company. That timing gave him the unique opportunity to build a senior corporate finance leadership team \u2013 including the heads of investor relations, treasury and internal audit as well as a chief accounting officer \u2013 from scratch