2019 Delegate List

Last updated: 05 October 2019

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First Name Last Name Organisation Position
Daniel Saxby 3 Hare Court Chambers Barrister
Howard Stevens QC 3 Hare Court Chambers Barrister
James Donovan 3 Hare Court Chambers Senior Clerk
Angelica Malin About Time Magazine Editor-in-chief
Amanda Campbell ABTA Non-Executive Board Director
Tina Stowell ABTA Non-Executive Board Director
Mark Tanzer ABTA Chief Executive
Trudie Clements ABTA LifeLine Director ABTA LifeLine
Bryan Johnson ABTA Magazine Senior Sales Manager
Samuel Ballard ABTA Magazine Director
Julie Jones ABTOT Development Director
David Sitwell Accord Marketing Chairman
Sally Winfield Accord Marketing CEO
Craig Burton Active Travel Group Chief Executive Officer
John Sullivan Advantage Travel Partnership Head of Commercial
Stephen Salt Companion of John Sullivan 
Derek Moore AITO Chairman
Martyn Sumners AITO Executive Director
John Rankin All Ways Tailormade Travel Company Secretary
Kaye Rankin Companion of John Rankin
Rachel Temperton Allianz Partners Head of Travel & Tourism
Amanda Blair Amadeus Head of Account Management
Clare de Bono Amadeus Solution Expertise & Business Consulting - Key Accounts
Champa Magesh Amadeus Senior Vice President, Asia-Pacific
Nathalie Burger ANA Key Account Manager
Takuya Toba ANA Assistant Manager
Tatsuya Endo ANA - All Nippon Airways Senior Vice President, Emea & General Manager, London
Julie Murphy ANA - All Nippon Airways Country Sales Manager
Yoshimi Ogura ANA - All Nippon Airways Marketing Specialist
Maria Petalidou ANA - All Nippon Airways Head of Sales & Marketing Germany, Austria & Eastern Europe
Ian Brooks Arena Travel Director
Gail  Kenny Companion of Ian Brooks
Steve Goodenough Arena Travel Managing Director
Lucia Rowe A-ROSA River Cruise UK & Ireland Managing Director
ASM Managing Director
Hollie-Rae Brader Aspire Editor
Oliver Brendon ATD Travel Services CEO
Lynette Dungey Avis Budget Group Head of Travel, International
Jeanette Harper Avis Budget Group Director, Travel & Partnerships
Julia Kemp Avis Budget Group Director of Global Travel and Partnerships
Richard Twynam Azamara Club Cruises MD UK EMEA
Matthew Parker Babble Chief Executive
Laura  Parker Companion Matthew Parker 
Andrew Crowe Babble Consultant - Travel & Tourism
Mark Jordan Babble Managing Director - Contact Centre
Julia Smith Baldwins Travel Senior Travel Consultant
Denis Ilic Balkan Holidays Commercial Director
Alexander Stoyanov Balkan Holidays Managing Director
Cheryl Carter Barbados Tourism Marketing Director
Monique Hind Companion of Cheryl Carter
Chris Lee Barclays Director, Head of Travel
Mike Saul Barclays Managing Director Leisure
Caroline Donaldson Barrhead Travel Product & Commercial Director
Karen Musgrave Barrhead Travel PR Manager
Dominic Stammers BDO LLP Partner
Stephen Corrall BDO LLP Partner
Peter Hemington BDO LLP Partner
Harry Stoakes BDO LLP Partner
Rebecca Brett Bedsonline Regional Manager UK & Ireland
Tom Bell Bedsonline Regional Manager UK and Ireland
Kirsteen Robertson Birsay Consulting Ltd Director
Adam Forsdike Black Diamond Account Manager
Sophie Morgan Black Diamond Senior Account Manager
Rae White Black Diamond Head of Travel PR
Stephen Hartridge BMI Publishing Editorial Director
Erman Housein Bourne Leisure Head of Trade Sales & Marketing
Louise Tansey Bourne Leisure National Sales Manager
Debbie Flynn Brighter Group - A Finn Partners Company Managing Partner
Sarah Long Brighter Group - A Finn Partners Company Partner
Lynden Bugler British Airways Events Manager
Keith Chuter British Airways Sales Manager
British Embassy Tokyo Ambassador
Charlotte Hughes Broads Travel Senior Travel Consultant
Molly Dyson Buying Business Travel Digital Editor
Barbara Kolosinska C&M Recruitment Director
Duncan Tingle C&M Recruitment Sales Manager
Rachelle Piper Carey International Director of Sales, EMEA
Robert Aidat-Sarran Caribbee Director
Michael English Celebrity Cruises Head of Business Development, UK & Ireland
Isabella Queirolo Companion of Michael English 
Adele Croft Colchester Travel Branch Manager
Giles Hawke Cosmos & Avalon CEO
Janet Parton Cosmos & Avalon Sales Director
Trevor Price Credit & Business Finance Managing Director
Karen Delorme Cruise & Maritime Voyages Business Development Manager
Lisa Jacobs Cruise & Maritime Voyages Head of Trade Sales & Groups
Adam Coulter Cruise Critic Managing Editor
Philip Evans Cruise Nation Managing Director
Andrea Kendal Cruise Nation Commercial Director
Tony Andrews Cruise.co.uk Deputy Managing Director
Anthony Blackmore Cruise365 Managing Director
Gary Anslow Cunard Sales Director
Karen Wheeler cx Loyalty Vice President
Harriet Sime Daily Mail Deputy Travel Editor
Danielle Rawson Deloitte LLP Director
Alistair Pritchard Deloitte LLP Lead Partner, Travel
Derek Jones DER Touristik UK CEO
Designer travel Travel Expert
Mark Johnson Discover Holidays Cruise Consultant
Brigita Vaskelyte Discover the World Head of Hospitality
John Bevan dnata Chief Executive Officer
East Japan Railway Company General Manager
Fiona Jennings easyJet Holidays Communications Director
Garry Wilson easyJet Holidays Chief Executive Officer
John McEwan EFR Travel Chairman
David Bennett Elman Wall Bennett Director
Hazel Lawson Companion of David Bennett
Jonathan Wall Elman Wall Travel Accountants Managing Director
James Goodwin England Rugby Travel Head of Legal Affairs
Sally Marshall England Rugby Travel Head Of Operations
Stephen Roby Eurostar International Sales Manager - UK Leisure
Angela Pollitt Expedia TAAP National Sales Manager
Tim Rumble First Data Business Development Manager
James Vanstone First Data Corporate Sales Manager
Jackie Murphy Flagship Consulting Managing Director
Julia Longbottom Foreign & Commonwealth Office Director of Consular Services
Paul Rodwell Foreign & Commonwealth Office Deputy Head of Prevention
Joanne Pietsch Foreign & Commonwealth Office Regional Prevention Advisor Asia Pacific
Foreign & Commonwealth Office Head Of Consular Campaigns
Zoe Poulton Four Communications Senior Account Manager
David Poulton  Companion of Zoe Poulton 
Rhys Griffiths Fox Williams LLP Partner
Andrea Smith Freedom Personal Travel Advisors Personal Travel Advisor
Tom Chesshyre Freelance Travel Writer
Katarzyna Piotrowska Companion of Tom Chesshyre 
Xenia Taliotis Freelance Writer
Mark Howard FST Marketing CEO
Leah Whitfield G Adventures PR Manager EMEA
Brian Young G Adventures Managing Director
Alastair Campbell G Touring Managing Director
Sarah Weetman G Touring Head of Sales
Victoria Gosling GB Snowsport CEO
Chris  Evans Companion Victoria Gosling 
Nicola Bradley Global, The Media & Entertainment Group Head of Travel
Ali Jones Global, The Media & Entertainment Group Commercial Marketing Manager
Jo McCrostie Global, The Media & Entertainment Group Creative Director
Alison Page Global, The Media & Entertainment Group Director of Commercial Category
Go Travel Branch Manager
Claire Hills Gold Medal / Travel 2 Key Account Manager
Louisa Jackson Gold Medal / Travel 2 Key Account Manager
Gold Medal / Travel 2 Sales Director - Tour Operations
Gold Medal / Travel 2 Managing Director - Tour Operations
Ruairidh Roberts Google Industry Head
Robin Frewer Google Director - Travel Vertical Search - EMEA
Drusilla Bryan Gosh PR Managing Director
Gill Standeven Gosh PR Senior Account Director
Alexa Buckler Guerillascope Brand Director
Sarah Chappell Guerillascope Sales Director
Eponine Wright Guerillascope Ltd Brand Director
Steve Smith Hays Travel Personal Travel Consultant
Hearst Digital Travel Editor
David Wickers Hearst Magazines Head of Travel (Lifestyle), Travel Editor, Good Housekeeping and The Travel Edit
Nigel Jenkins Hebridean Island Cruises Director
Lindsay Garvey-Jones Holiday Extras National Retail Manager
James Lewis Holiday Extras Head of Partnerships
Peter Smith Holiday Extras Head of New Business
Nicholas Cooper HolidayPirates Head of Market UK
Wendy Lahmich Holland America Line and Seabourn Director of Sales UK & Ireland
Sally Henry Hoseasons / Cottages.com Sales Director
Allan Takahashi Hotel Management Japan President
Julian Slatter Ian Dickson Travel Service Director
Dee Waddell IBM Global Managing Director
Gayathri Narayanan IBM UKI Client Executive - Travel and Transport
Amanda Richardson IBM Client Executive
Stuart Barrett icelolly.com Sales Director
Chris Webber icelolly.com Head of Marketplace
Idelo Travel Managing Director
George Ledger Iglu Sales Executive
Simone Clark Iglu SVP Global Supply
Richard Downs Iglu CEO
Simon Calder Independent Travel Correspondent
Stephen Evans Independent Travel Experts Travel Agent
Paul Ramm Inform Advertising Director
James Mundy InsideJapan Tours PR and Marketing Manager
Ayako Koide InsideJapan Tours Japan Office Manager
Tyler Palma InsideJapan Tours Tokyo Office Manager
Alastair Donnelly InsideJapan Tours and Inside Travel Group Director/Co-Founder
Simon King InsideJapan Tours and Inside Travel Group Director and Co-Founder
Matt Spiller InsideJapan Tours and InsideAsia Tours Trade Sales Manager
Richard Buxton Inspire Europe Finance Director
Andrew Jennings Inspire Europe Head of Travel Operations
Simon Powell Inspiretec CEO
Colin McIntosh Inter School Travel (T/A Interski) Proprietor
Elizabeth Ann  McIntosh Companion of McIntosh
Aaron Hocking Intrepid Travel Commercial Director - EMEA and Americas
Chris Ship ITV News Moderator
Janine Carhart J9 Managing Director
Marcello Pozzetti Companion of Janine Carhart 
Stu Parish Jacobs Media Group (Travel Weekly) UK Group Managing Director
Vito Sepe James Hallam Senior Account Director
Kelly Walker James Villa Holidays Trade & Partnerships Manager
Dave Woollcott James Villa Holidays Commercial Director
Japan Airport Terminal Vice President, Business Marketing Div.
Japan Association of Travel Agents General Manager
Tomohide Ichikawa Japan National Tourism Organization Executive Director
Matthew Joslin Japan National Tourism Organization Marketing and Communications Manager
Mamoru Kobori Japan National Tourism Organization Senior Advisor
Yumi Takakubo Japan National Tourism Organization Head Of Trade Marketing & Partnerships
Sayaka Usui Japan National Tourism Organization Deputy Manager
Akira Murakami Japan Travel And Tourism Association Manager Of General Affairs Devision
Akira Nakamura Japan Travel and Tourism Association Executive Director
Hiroshi Tanimura JTB Global Marketing & Travel Director of Sales & Marketing
Kazuki Sagawa KANSAI Tourism Bureau Deputy General Manager
Kiran Birdi Kennedys Law LLP Senior Assosciate
Claire Mulligan Kennedys Law LLP Partner
James  McAllister Companion of James McAllister
Kaori Takanashi KNT-CT Global Travel Assistant Division Manager
Kieran Tobin KT Connects, Club4Travel Director
Takuro Mizota Kyushu Railway Company Deputy Manager
Alison Teeman Lonely Planet Managing Sales Director
Jules Ugo LOTUS Managing Director
Patrick Marsden MaCher Head of Travel
Derek Hydon Macher President
Sam Conway Mail Metro Media Account Manager
Peter Davenport Mail Metro Media Travel Sales Manager
Kate Miello-Bowditch Mail Metro Media Head of Sales
Robertina Tompa Mail Metro Media Account Manager
Sonia Edwards Market Place Travel Travel Expert
Nicholas Hammond MDSG Media Director
Kevin Harris MDSG Managing Director
Jane Wakefield Midcounties Co-operative Personal Travel Agents Personal Travel Agent
Helen Ramsell Midcounties Co-operative Travel Head of Travel Finance
Alistair Rowland Midcounties Co-operative Travel Group General Manager, Specialist Retail
Rich Simpson Midcounties Co-operative Travel Governance & Compliance Manager
Miles Morgan Miles Morgan Travel Managing Director
Millington Travel Senior Travel Consultant
Nitin Shah Mirabelle Business Analyst
Alpa Shah Companion of Nitin Shah
MMGY Hills Balfour Senior Pr Director
Rob Sangha Modulr Sales Director
Jamal Younes Kilito Moroccan National Tourist Office Director, UK & Ireland
Steve Williams MSC Cruises Director of Sales
Victoria Sanders News UK Travel Director
Pamela Jones Not Just Travel Travel Consultant
Judith Hall Oasis Travel NI Travel Executive
Helen Noden Ocky White Travel Travel Consultant
Clare Tobin Olympic Holidays CEO
Michael Vinales Olympic Holidays Director of Sales & Revenue
Jamie Wortley On the Beach Head of PR
Tanase Rivers On the Beach Head of Brand
Nathaniel Sherborne P&O Cruises Director of Trade Sales
Ruth Venn P&O Cruises Senior Business Manager
Dennis Zimon Passolution GmbH CEO
Anthony Goord Peter Goord Travel Partner
Sian Davies Polka Dot Travel Travel Agent
Gregorio Bordoy Preverisk Business Director
Priscilla Vasquez Companion of Gregorio Bordoy
Esteban Delgado Preverisk Chairman and Technical Director
Maria Luisa Perala Companion Esteban Delgado 
Yoji Kon Prince Hotels Assistant Manager, Western Japan
Prince Hotels Supervisor, Sales & Marketing Division
Satoshi Funatogawa Prince Hotels & Resorts Regional Director of Sales - Europe
Sae Katakuara Prince Hotels & Resorts Assistant Sales Manager
Harutoshi Kusumi Prince Hotels & Resorts Senior Sales Manager
Rachel Poultney Princess Cruises Director - Sales, UK & Europe
Tony Roberts Princess Cruises Vice President UK & Europe
Abbie Blackford Pure Destinations  (T/A Honeymoon Dreams) Honeymoon Specialist
Frank Marini Railbookers President
John Tavano Railbookers CEO
Kevin O'Regan Ramblers Holidays Managing Director
Nicholas Buchan Ramsay World Travel Travel Consultant
Emma Oakley Reach Director of Activation
Selina Shanker Reach Travel Advertising Group Head
Tim Williamson Responsible Travel Director
Stuart Byron Royal Caribbean Insights Director
Leah Finch Royal Caribbean Events Manager
Shilpa Saul Royal Caribbean Head of PR & Social
Sophie Wilson Royal Caribbean Key Account Manager
Ben Bouldin Royal Caribbean International Associate Vice President & Managing Director
Ian Bell RSM Partner, Head of Travel and Tourism
Tim Robinson RSM Associate Director
Yoshiro Fukui San'in Tourism Organization President
Zoe Powell Santander Relationship Manager - Hospitality and Leisure
Lynn Narraway Seabourn and Holland America Line Managing Director UK & Ireland
Paul Narraway Companion Lynn Narraway 
Mika White Setouchi Tourism Authority International Manager
Paul Turner Seventeen Group Chairman
Shearings Holidays Managing Director
Alexander Bradshaw Shimadzu Public Relations Manager
Debbie Marshall Silver Travel Advisor Managing Director
Erin Johnson Silversea Cruises Marketing Director
Richard Johnson Companion Erin Johnson
Connie Georgiou Silversea Cruises Sales Director
Peter Shanks Silversea Cruises Managing Director
Jason Chan Singapore Tourism Board Area Director, Northern & Western Europe
Richard Rice Ski Safari Chairman
Somi Arian Smart Cookie Media Founder
Javier Piñanes Spanish Tourist Office Director
Agustin Garcia Spanish Tourist Office Head of Travel Trade Relations
Richard Calvert Specialist Leisure Group CEO
Hannah Gray Spendology Business Development Manager
Karen Gee Spendology Marketing and Business Development Director
Derek Taylor Spendology Commercial and Business Development Director
Colin Martin-Weekes Star Clippers Reservations Manager
Fay McCormack Star Clippers General Manager UK and Ireland
Rachel Jelley Sunvil Sales and Marketing Manager
Jakov Dolic Swiss Re International SE Assistant Vice President
Jan Richter Swiss Re International SE Vice President
Tailor Made Travel Director
Helen Tustin Tailormade Travel Chief Operating Officer
Kristin Mariano TD Media Editor
Clare Tomlin Ten Group Travel Lifestyle Manager
Sarah Barsby The Co-operative Travel Assistant Manager
The Guardian Head of Travel
Ian Edwards The Mike Burton Group Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Smith The Mike Burton Group Head Of Sales & Marketing
Lisa Minot The Sun Travel Editor
Peter Foster The Telegraph Europe Editor
Lizzie Frainier The Telegraph Content Editor
Ben Ross The Telegraph Deputy Head of Travel
Joe Doherty The Telegraph Travel Director
Paul Finch The Telegraph Agency Director
Cheryl Johnson The Telegraph Travel Category Manager
Alex Jones The Telegraph Sales Director
Alexis Coles-Barrasso The Travel Network Group PR & Communications
Lisa Henning The Travel Network Group Group Membership Services Director
Gary Lewis The Travel Network Group CEO
Katharina Peck The Travel Network Group Head of Commercial
Vim Vithaldas The Travel Network Group Group Commercial and Finance Director
The Travel Network Group Executive Assistant to CEO
The Travel Network Group Technology Consultant
Molly Smithson The Travel Vault Membership Manager
Maggie Rogers The Travel Wallet Managing Director
The Walt Disney Company VP Disney Destinations International, UK & EMEA
Dominic Eddon TI Media Head of Travel
Steve Jones TI Media Head of Digital Innovation
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau Assistant Manager
Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau Director
Stuart Burt Touchstone Underwriting Director
Eleanor Burt Companion of Stuart Burt 
Sally Cope Tourism Australia Regional General Manager
Tony Gilpin Towergate Travel Managing Director
Samuel Sciortino Towergate Travel Team Leader
Paul Flatters Trajectory Chief Executive
Anna Grey Companion Paul Flatters
Sarah Morris Trajectory Associate
Amrit Singh Transindus Managing Director
Guy Horchover Travel & General Insurance Service Development Manager
Katherine Horchover Companion of Guy Horchover 
Matt Gill Travel Bulletin Senior Account Manager
Georgia Lewis Travel Bulletin Managing Editor
Julie Bangham Travel Experience Managing Director
Jason Oshiokpekhai Travel Leaders Managing Director
Martin Alcock Travel Trade Consultancy Director
Simon Brodie Travel Trade Consultancy Director
Amie Keeley Travel Weekly Head of News
Mary Rega Travel Weekly Head of Sales
Ian Taylor Travel Weekly Executive Editor
Lucy Huxley Travel Weekly Group Editor-in-chief
Beverley Fearis TravelMole Editor-in-chief
Andy Duncan Travelopia CEO
Helen Adamson Travelopia Brand and Commercial Director
Simon Garrido Travelopia Head of Trade Partnerships
Cressida Sergeant Traveltek Chief Commercial Officer
Rivka Hawley Travlaw LLP Managing Partner
Matthew Gatenby Travlaw LLP Senior Partner
Mark Patscher TripAdvisor / Cruise Critic Senior Director
Stuart Hoare TripAdvisor / Cruise Critic Sales Manager
Daniel Pearce TTG luxury CEO
Sophie Griffiths TTG Media Editor
Jennifer Morris TTG Media News Editor
Matthew Roclawski TTG Media Sales & Marketing Director
Anwar Sohawon TTG Media Head of Advertising
Richard Sofer TUI Commercial Business Development Director
Susan Jane Vincent TUI Destination Experiences Commerical Director, Europe & Med
José Aragão Turismo De Portugal Senior Product Manager
Sonia Weston Villair Travel Travel Consultant
Kyohei Iwashima Visit Iseshima Chief
Tracy Christie Walk the Camino Director
Walt Disney Attractions Japan President and Managing Director
Lyn Hughes Wanderlust Travel Media Editor-in-chief
Lucy Bairstow Wanderlust Travel Media Senior Sales Executive
Adam Lloyds Wanderlust Travel Media Commercial Manager
Glen Mintrim Wendy Wu Tours Managing Director
John Warr Wendy Wu Tours Global Sales Director
Paul Batchelor WEX Strategic Sales Manager
Luke Photi White Hart Associates Practice Manager
Mark Caldicott White Hart Associates Director
Elliot Photi White Hart Associates Audit & Travel Associate
World Travel Assistant Manager
Tom Dunkley World Travellers Managing Director
Colin Pegler World Travellers Consultant
Justin Hanna Worldpay Business Development Manager
Sharon May Worldwide Travel Solutions Proprietor
Sam Bender WTH Senior Sales Concierge
Trisha Harbord Your-Hols and Freelance Editor
Yves Boettler Zurich Service GmbH Underwriter Travel Bonding
Caroline Canevet Zurich Service GmbH Underwriter Travel Bonding

ABTA Staff


Tom Sommerfelt ABTA Senior Media Relations Executive
Lizzie Andrews ABTA Digital and Marketing Executive
Clare Jenkinson ABTA Senior Destinations and Sustainability Manager
Daryl Nurthen ABTA Manager, Member Support
Naimish Purohit ABTA Manager, Financial Protection
Sabrina Regis-Rocher ABTA Financial Controller
Nikki White ABTA Director of Destinations and Sustainability
Victoria Bacon ABTA Director of Brand and Business Development
Claire Biddle ABTA Partnerships Manager
Alice Catterall ABTA Head of Events and Partnerships
Susan Deer ABTA Senior Solicitor
Ian Hall ABTA Head of Travel Insurance
Darren Hewitt ABTA Communications Executive
Emily Jones ABTA Media and PR Manager
Nashita Luchmun ABTA Manager, Membership, Risk and Financial Protection
Stuart Parker ABTA Head of Operations and Delivery
Mark Perry ABTA Senior Events Executive
Luke Petherbridge ABTA Head of Public Affairs
Esther Riske ABTA Membership Onboarding Manager
Matt Turton ABTA Account Director, Conferences and Events
Carolyn Watson ABTA Director of Finance and Resources