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New chairman for Thomas Cook Group
Thomas Cook Group non-executive chairman, Dr. Thomas Middelhoff has stood down from the Board with immediate effect.
He has been succeeded as chairman by Dr. Karl-Gerhard Eick (54) who joined the Thomas Cook Board in December 2008 as non-executive director, nominated by Arcandor AG, which owns 52.8% of the shares in issue of the group.
Eick succeeded Middelhoff as CEO and chairman of Arcandor AG on March 1. He was previously chief financial officer of Deutsche Telekom AG from 2000 to 2009, being deputy chairman of the Board from 2004.
The Thomas Cook Board thanked Middelhoff for his “vision, enthusiasm and contribution over the last two years”.
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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