Travelport leadership shuffle

KAYLENE Shuttlewood is leaving Travelport today, after three years of heading up the company’s Australia/NZ operations.

The company confirmed her departure overnight, with the appointment of Scott Barber as md Australia/NZ effective from next Mon, 05 Feb.

Barber, who has been with Travelport for a decade, most recently as Director of Commercial Strategy Asia Pacific, will continue to support Singapore-based Mark Meehan.

Prior to 2015 he was based in the Sydney office as the Global Head of Optimisation and Execution, leading the Travelport Flight Centre team before FLT switched its massive Australian GDS contract to Sabre last year.

“Scott’s return to Sydney will allow him to fulfil a key regional leadership role,” said Meehan.

He paid tribute to Shuttlewood, saying “her passion & energy for the business & customers has made her a fantastic ambassador for the company”.

Shuttlewood told Travel Daily this morning she had resigned to take up another role in the travel industry, with further details to be revealed in the coming weeks ahead of an Apr commencement.

Travelport has also announced the appointment of Sue Carter as Commercial Director, Pacific for the firm’s Air Commerce team.

Sydney-based Carter is responsible for driving Travelport’s commercial strategy for airlines in the Pacific region, reporting to Chris Ramm.