Travelport has established a new leadership team for Africa to run three new sub-regions, including Southern Africa.
The region will be run by George Harb, previously md of Travelport China. George will be responsible for overseeing Travelport’s direct operation in Southern Africa as well as managing key third-party relationships. Robyn Christie, Travelport gm South Africa, will report to George.
North Africa will be managed by Stuart Laird-Smith. Central, East and West Africa will be led by Peter Barry.
All of the above regional directors will report into Rabih Saab, Travelport md Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
Currently md of Travelport Africa, Mark Meehan, has been appointed new md for Asia Pacific. He will take up his new position, which will be based in Singapore, in early April.
Commenting on the appointments, Jason Clarke, Travelport md of global sales, said: “The appointments are all designed to further accelerate the execution of Travelport’s strategic plan in two of the world’s fastest growing travel regions – Africa and Asia Pacific.
“Meanwhile, the new senior team we have appointed to replace Mark in Africa will provide a highly customer-centric approach to the very diverse needs of each of the sub-regions.”
