Steve Barrass among three new faces on GTMC exec board
The GTMC, which represents travel management companies in the UK has made three new appointments to its Board.
The addition of Maria Baty, John O’Sullivan and Steve Barrass takes the number of members of the executive team to 15, broadening the diversity of the membership on the GTMC board and ensuring all sectors of the TMC community and their requirements are represented.
Baty, who was previously owner of Top Flight Travel Management and is now managing director of Altour UK (part of Travel Leaders Group), has worked in the corporate travel sector for more than 25 years and has significant experience in training, development and account management.
As managing director UK and Europe at Key Travel, O’Sullivan currently oversees one of the biggest TMC players in the not-for-profit sector, managing the travel needs of the world’s major humanitarian, faith and academic organisations.
His background includes pioneering work in the communications, internet and ecommerce sectors and he also chairs Ten2Two, a flexible resourcing company he founded in 2007.
Meanwhile, Steve Barrass is best-known from his work in a number of senior leisure travel roles, including managing director at Airtours and senior vice-president at Dnata Travel.
He is now chief executive at The Appointment Group (TAG), which specialises in the music, entertainment, film and media industries and acts as a travel management company to wealthy private clients.
GTMC chief executive Adrian Parkes, commented: "We are very pleased that John, Maria and Steve have agreed to join the GTMC board. All three are exceptional business people who understand the challenges our industry faces now and in the future. I very much look forward to working with them."
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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