Two key appointments at Cathay’s London office
Cathay Pacific has made two key appointments in its European team.
Edward Fotheringham has been appointed regional head of marketing and sales and Lisa Delaney takes on the role of regional head of marketing and digital sales.
Based at Cathay Pacific’s London office, they will oversee the entire European operation and will look after 14 routes operating in 10 countries.
Fotheringham joins from Whitbread where he held the role of head of sales and reservations with responsibility for sales, marketing and customer contact centres.
Before that he worked at British Airways in a number of positions, most recently as the country head for South Korea.
At Cathay Pacific he will look after the airline’s sales and marketing operations across Europe.
Delaney worked at Qatar Airways for seven years in several senior marketing roles based in London, Frankfurt and New York.
Most recently, she worked as regional marketing manager and was responsible for 31 countries in Europe.
Fotheringham said: "Lisa and I have a shared passion for travel and the experiences it brings to customers, partners and colleagues.
"In our new roles, we will be living and breathing Cathay Pacific’s vision. This means building on the heritage of the brand while innovating and bringing new ideas to our customers. We’re very much looking forward to the opportunities that lie ahead."
Delaney added: "We are delighted to be joining Cathay Pacific during an exciting phase of the company’s journey and will be working closely in these newly created positions.
"I can see we have a fantastic team and together have an opportunity to do great work whilst achieving our commercial objectives."
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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