Amadeus UK names new MD
Amadeus has appointed Champa Magesh as managing director for UK and Ireland.
She will officially take over on June 1, replacing Diane Bouzebiba, who has been promoted to director of distribution strategic initiatives at Amadeus headquarters in Madrid.
Magesh will be based at Amadeus UK’s head office at Gatwick and will spearhead Amadeus’ ongoing transformation of the UK and Irish customer experience and assist the team in developing the business and diversifying the company’s solutions and services portfolios.
She joins from American Express Global Business Travel, where she was vice president and general manager, UK, Ireland and Switzerland.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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