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OFFICE: THL: THL Executive Appointment - Chief Technology Officer
11 July 2014
NZX Market Release
Tourism Holdings Limited (THL)
New Direction heralded with Executive appointment
thl wishes to announce the appointment of Keith Chilek to the newly developed
role of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Keith is a highly skilled and
experienced technology manager who is moving from the United States to take
up this role.
"The CTO role and this high calibre appointment reflect the importance of the
technology platform to the future growth of thl. This platform underpins
enhanced delivery of the existing operations and will also be a key value
creator with planned services in the future."
"With a new CTO role and an already developing technology plan we are highly
focussed on enabling the business to deliver a customer experience that grows
the "free independent traveller" category worldwide and thl's role within
that. Keith has a strong development and product skill base within start up
organisations which will genuinely add value to what we have today" said thl
CEO Grant Webster.
Keith held the position of Senior Vice President of Engineering / Chief
Software Architect before his company MyEdu was purchased by education giant
Blackboard.
An exact start date will be determined based on immigration requirements.
For further information please contact:
Grant Webster
thl Chief Executive
Direct Dial: +64 9 336 4255 | Mobile: +64 21 449 210
Mark Davis
thl Chief Financial Officer
Direct Dial: +64 9 336 4212 | Mobile: +64 27 444 0199
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