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New head of strategy at TUI
Mathias Kiep will take over the position of Group strategy director at TUI AG on May 1.
The 38-year-old takes over from Mario Habig, who has become business development director in the Accommodation & Destinations sector of TUI Travel on Majorca.
Kiep has been head of the strategic controlling department at TUI AG since 2011 and before that was employed in senior positions in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions at various investment banks, including Greenhill & Co. Europe LLP and Lazard & Co.
In his new role he reports to Sebastian Ebel, TUI operating performance director.
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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