Mark Miller, currently Avis Group president of the Vehicle Management Services Group, will be appointed as president and chief operating officer of Cendant Corp.’s Travel Division, effective with the completion of the transaction in which Cendant becomes 100 percent owner of the Avis Group companies. Miller will report to Stephen Holmes, chairman and CEO of Cendant’s Travel Division. In his new role, he will retain overall responsibility for PHH Arval and Wright Express. In addition, he will assume additional responsibilities within Cendant, including hotel franchising and the company’s travel agency. Before joining PHH in 1997, he was president of GE Capital Financial, a part of GE Capital Services. He will relocate to New Jersey to be part of the Cendant management team. Other Cendant personnel announcements include the appointment of Samuel Katz as senior ex-ecutive vice president, Strategic and Business Development, and John Osborne as chief sales and development officer for Cendant’s Travel Division. Kevin Sheehan will be appointed as Cendant’s chief financial officer subject to the completion of the company’s acquisition of Avis. Duncan Cocroft, the company’s executive vice president and treasurer, will serve as CFO on an interim basis. David Wyshner was promoted from senior vice president to executive vice president, Finance, Planning & Development.