Expotel makes senior management changes
Expotel has appointed Rabi Rabindrakumar as chief operating officer and made other senior management changes.
Mark O’Brien has been appointed commercial and operations director, Travel and Exhibitions and Sherie Starkey has been appointed commercial and operations director, Conference and Events. She joins from NIS Europe where she was commercial director.
Steve Savage has been appointed to the position of business development director, Public Sector. He was previously commercial director at Carlson Wagonlit.
“I am very excited to have strengthened my senior management team with such high calibre people,” says Ian Burnley, Expotel’s CEO.
“Our strategy is to increase our business in all areas both organically and through acquisition. In recent months we have achieved significant new business wins.
“We will be further developing our IT systems and processes in order to provide higher levels of customer service to our clients.”
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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