March 5, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: HOT) has named its chief financial officer, Vasant Prabhu, as vice chairman.

Prabhu joined Starwood in 2003. Prior to joining Starwood, he served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Safeway (NYSE: SWY), a food retailer.

He also served as president of Information and Media Group for The McGraw Hill Cos. and senior vice president of Finance and chief financial officer for Pepsi Cola International (NYSE: PEP), where he was responsible for the company’s franchise and owned operations in more than 100 countries.

New York-based Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is a hotel and leisure firm with more than 960 properties in around 97 countries and 145,000 employees at its owned and managed properties.

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