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Skyscanner chief gets prestigious Scottish award
Skyscanner’s chief operating officer Mark Logan has been awarded the title of Director of the Year by the Institute of Directors Scotland.
Logan was commended for his "transformational leadership" and was named as both the IoD Scotland Director of the Year in the ‘businesses up to £35m turnover’ category and the Edinburgh, Lothians & the Borders Regional Director of the Year for 2013.
IoD Scotland executive director David Watt said: "Mark has consolidated and accelerated the rise of one of Scotland’s recent success stories, delivering solid results with attention to detail.
"Growth has been fast but achievable and with his CEO, they have produced a solid winning leadership where the sky is not the limit."
Logan joined Skyscanner in April 2012, and last year the company saw revenues increase by 96% and unique visitors to the site each month double to 25 million.
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