Management Team
 Colin V. Reed
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Colin V. Reed
became president and chief executive officer of Gaylord
Entertainment Company in May 2001. Reed was named in August
2004 by the company's board of directors as chairman and
added those responsibilities in May 2005.
Since joining
Gaylord Entertainment, Reed has successfully led the
company's strategic reorganization as a hospitality and
entertainment corporation through its Gaylord Hotels and
Grand Ole Opry brands. In that time, he has led the
company's efforts to divest more than $300 million in
non-core assets, strengthened its balance sheet and
repositioned Gaylord Entertainment for future growth.
Prior to
Gaylord Entertainment, Reed was chief financial officer and
a member of the three-executive Office of the President for
Harrah's Entertainment Inc. He joined that company in 1977
as a financial controller for its former Holiday Inn
International Division, with accounting responsibility for
operations in the United Kingdom.
Reed was named
head of finance and administration for Holiday Inn
International European Division in 1981 and was appointed
chief financial officer for Holiday Inn for the Europe,
Middle East and Africa Division in 1985. He moved to the
company's corporate headquarters in 1987 as executive
assistant to the chairman.
Between
1987-92, Holiday Corporation executed a very successful
recapitalization, sold Holiday Inns, launched new
industry-leading hospitality brands and achieved the
distinction of being one of the Top 10 companies in terms of
returns to shareholders listed on the New York Stock
Exchange. During this period, Reed worked with the chairman
and chief executive officer on these endeavors.
In 1992, Reed
was promoted to senior vice president of development for the
company. From 1993-95, he was responsible for building and
executing the growth strategy of Harrah's Casinos, a company
subsidiary, which resulted in Harrah's becoming one of the
nation's largest, most distributed and most profitable
casino companies in the nation. In June 1995, Harrah's and
its parent, Promus Companies, split into two separate public
companies, and in 1997 Reed was named executive vice
president and chief financial officer. From 1999-2001 he
served on the board of directors of Harrah's Entertainment.
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