Scott Dunn appoints new CEO
Sonia Davies has been appointed CEO of luxury tour operator Scott Dunn.
Former CEO Simon Russell will relocate to San Diego in the spring and take up the role of international director to further develop Scott Dunn’s global expansion.
Davies joined the company as chief operating officer in January 2018 having worked across a number of different industries, including time at NetJets and Sysco.
Before that she worked for eight years in strategy consulting at Bain & Company and The Parthenon Group.
In her new role she will be responsible for Scott Dunn’s global business operations.
Most recently she managed the acquisition and integration of Asian-based tour operator Country Holidays, which now trades as Scott Dunn in Singapore and Hong Kong.
In her new role, she will continue the strong growth of the Scott Dunn and Imagine brands in the UK market and the accelerated growth of the Scott Dunn brand in the US and Asia.
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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