KDS makes key appointments
KDS has appointed Annicka Lofstrand as business development director EMEA and Gary Pyatt as sales manager.
Lofstrand joins KDS from GetThere where she was senior business development manager.
She is a member of the Association of Corporate Executives (ACTE), the Institute of Travel Management (ITM) and the Swedish Business Travel Association (SBTA).
“Lofstrand will be leading KDS re-seller and partner strategy and growing the in-direct sales channel as part of the company’s on-going international business expansion,” said a statement.
Pyatt joins from Outtask/Concur where he was sales manager. The first UK employee of Outtask, he was instrumental in winning the first customers and was also involved in bringing to market the Outtask expense management product.
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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