TUI director leaves as colleagues are promoted
Christian Cull, TUI UK & Ireland director of communications, is leaving the company.
In a statement today, TUI said he "has decided to take this opportunity to move on from the Group and will leave the business".
The news came as TUI announced the promotion of other staff to its board.
Jeremy Ellis has been appointed marketing director ater 20 years with the company.
Garry Wilson, currently director of purchasing, has been appointed product and purchasing director and Andrew Flintham, currently aviation planning director, has been appointed planning and trading director.
Chris Bayley also joins the board as IT director.
Commenting on the appointments David Burling MD TUI UK & Ireland said: "It is particularly pleasing that we have been able to promote colleagues from within the business to these positions, which is testament the strength of our leadership team.
"With these appointments I believe we have the right structure in place to drive our strategy and deliver our targets."
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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