Three directors to leave ABTA Board
ABTA has announced that three directors will leave its Board on July 1.
Stepping down are Christine Farnish, who has served the maximum number of terms, Fraser Ellacott, who is leaving his role at TUI to join Rentalcars.com at the end of this month, and Lord Fowler, who has been appointed Speaker of the House of Lords.
They have been replaced by Mandie Campbell, director general immigration enforcement at the Home Office, Kathryn Darbandi, director of retail and customer experience at Thomas Cook Group, and Andrew Flintham, commercial director at TUI UK & Ireland (pictured here).
The full Board is now as follows:
Noel Josephides Sunvil
Roger Allard All Leisure Group
Daniele Broccoli Britaly Travel
Mandie Campbell Home Office
Katrina Cliffe
Kathryn Darbandi Thomas Cook Group
Richard Downs Iglu.com
Andrew Flintham TUI Group
Doreen Mckenzie Knock Travel
Martin Randall Martin Randall Travel
Alistair Rowland Mid-Counties Co-operative
Andrew Swaffield Monarch Group
Mark Tanzer ABTA
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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