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Portman/Clarity has announced a new leadership team under its new ownership.
Just over four weeks ago, the travel management company was acquired by the Mawasem Travel & Tourism Group , the UK arm of the Saudi-based Al-Tayyar Group.
The new team is a combination of senior managers from both companies.
Redmond Walsh takes on the additional role of executive chairman of Portman/Clarity and CEO Pat McDonagh continues to report directly to Walsh.
Paul Casement, previously Clarity director of sales and account management, has become director of sales and account management.
Portman chief customer officer John Dick has been appointed director of operations of the newly-formed company.
Sue Chapman, previously Clarity commercial director, becomes director of commercial, while Adrian Parkes, who headed up commercial at Portman, becomes director of product and marketing.
Portman head of HR Jane Harrington becomes group head of HR, Matt Oates is group director of IT and Mark Nevin is group chief financial officer,
Nevin will be supported by David Canavan, previously CFO of Portman.
"My first task was to identify the right people from Portman and Clarity who could come together to lead this new business," said McDonagh.
"That process is complete and we now have in place a great team with a broad range of industry experience and a strong track record of delivering results.
"Working together, we will continue the process of merging the two companies, creating a market leading organisation that is greater than the sum of its parts, with an emphasis on the best people and the best technology to serve our customers."
The leadership team has already met for the first time at Portman/Clarity’s HQ in Manchester, where they were joined by who will now be supporting Mark Nevin.
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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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