New team at GTMC
The Guild of Travel Management Companies has announced a new five-strong team with three new appointments.
Three new manager roles are being introduced to manage membership, industry partners and marketing communication, reporting into chief executive Paul Wait.
Joining Paul Wait and Andy Grodecki, manager of industry partnerships, will be membership manager Julie Cooper bringing with her 16 years of travel management experience.
Also joining the team will be Katharina Salewski, marketing manager and Sophie Turner, administrative executive.
"As the GTMC continues to evolve we are developing the business to meet the growing needs of our members and partners,” said Wait.
“The five-strong team comes as part of a new structure and vision that sees extensive investment that will enable the GTMC to work harder to lobby those who have a direct impact on the business travel community.
“I’m looking forward to working alongside the new team and the exciting times ahead for our members, partners and the business travel community."
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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