THE DAILY understands that a new PATA CEO has been found, a search that has taken a year – probably the longest search for a CEO replacement. An announcement is imminent at the PATA board meeting in Delhi this weekend.
Unlike previous information leaks, PATA had been able to keep the identity of the candidate under wraps this time. The search was strictly between recruitment firm Heidrick and Struggles, and interim PATA CEO Bill Calderwood, outgoing PATA chairman Hiran Cooray and incoming PATA chairman Joao Manuel Costa Antunes.
THE DAILY understands that a new PATA CEO has been found, a search that has taken a year – probably the longest search for a CEO replacement. An announcement is imminent at the PATA board meeting in Delhi this weekend.
Unlike previous information leaks, PATA had been able to keep the identity of the candidate under wraps this time. The search was strictly between recruitment firm Heidrick and Struggles, and interim PATA CEO Bill Calderwood, outgoing PATA chairman Hiran Cooray and incoming PATA chairman Joao Manuel Costa Antunes.
Twelve candidates were believed to have been shortlisted for interviews conducted in Singapore.
It was exactly a year ago during the PATA Travel Mart in Macau that Cooray announced to the board that Greg Duffell had resigned. The first search did secure a CEO, but he chickened out in the end.
Twelve candidates were believed to have been shortlisted for interviews conducted in Singapore.
It was exactly a year ago during the PATA Travel Mart in Macau that Cooray announced to the board that Greg Duffell had resigned. The first search did secure a CEO, but he chickened out in the end.
