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Travelport announces appointment of new commercial chief
Monday, 28 Oct, 2015
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Travel tech platform Travelport has announced the appointment of Stephen Shurrock as executive vice president and chief commercial officer.
Shurrock replaces the outgoing Kurt Ekert and will be based at Travelport’s global headquarters in Langley, UK.
He reports to president and chief executive Gordon Wilson and will lead Travelport’s customer focus in air, agency, hospitality and digital media.
He will also have overall responsibility for customer engagement, product strategy, marketing and market research globally.
"Stephen is a highly talented and customer-centric leader with an impressive global track record of delivering commercial results. In particular, he has successfully led the businesses he has been involved in through considerable positive commercial change," said Wilson.
"Stephen will bring a new and accretive dimension to our future business growth. I am delighted that we have been able to attract an executive of his caliber to our senior team."
Shurrock joins from telecommunications giant Telefonica where he currently serves as CEO of the consumer division.
He will take over when Ekert departs the post on January 4, 2016.
"I am excited to be joining a business that is leading both innovation and change in its industry. At a time when Travelport is strengthening its portfolio of products and services , I believe there is a great opportunity to bring approaches and strategic thinking from related industries and apply them to airline merchandising, hotel distribution, mobile travel commerce and B2B payments," said Shurrock.
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