Inghams gets Carter
Former RCI Group senior vice president Paul Carter is to join Inghams in the new role of chief operating officer in September as parent company Hotelplan UK looks to expand through further acquisitions.
Carter will take up his position a month before the retirement of executive director Hugh Walton, who is stepping down after 20 years with the operator.
Carter will take over responsibility for Inghams’ ski, lakes and mountains and specialisty Italy programmes.
He will also be responsible for the growth of Inghams’ Lapland and Northern Norway ‘Winter Inspirations’ programme.
The new role also encompasses Aviation & Operations responsibility for the whole, wider Hotelplan UK parent group, including sister companies Esprit Ski, Ski Total and Santa’s Lapland.
On starting in September, he will join the Hotelplan UK board with immediate effect, and also be involved in its current active search for potential further acquisitions to join the UK group, said the firm.
He was previously chief operating officer and senior vice president, operations for RCI Europe & Middle East before recent organisational changes led to him leaving the company.
Hotelplan UK’s Group CEO, Andy Perrin said "Paul and I worked very successfully together earlier in our careers, and in our first major board-level change since the current Hotelplan UK Group came together in 2010, appointing Paul is a significant step in the development of our leadership team.
"We will all miss Hugh Walton hugely when he retires, but I am delighted that Inghams will then be led by someone with Paul’s huge experience, drive and ambition, to help take us forward at pace into the many exciting challenges and opportunities that lie ahead."
Linsey McNeill
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