Harriet Green
THOMAS Cook Group has appointed Harriet Green, current boss of Premier Farnell, a British distributor of electronic components, as its new chief executive.
Green is the long-term successor to Manny Fontenla-Novoa, who resigned from Thomas Cook last August (TTG Asia e-Daily, August 3, 2011), after spending more than 15 years with Europe’s second-largest travel firm after TUI Travel.
She will join Thomas Cook on July 20, replacing interim CEO, Sam Weihagen, who will step down but remain with the company until September 30 to ensure a smooth transition.
In a statement, Thomas Cook said Green had overseen a period of strategic transformation at Premier Farnell, “driving industry leading returns and creating a cost-effective multi-channel operation where the majority of business is now transacted through ecommerce channels”.
