Elke Reichart becomes TUI Group’s Chief Digital Officer
Hanover, 1 February 2018. TUI Group has created the new Group function of Chief Digital Officer in a move to bring its structure into line with its digitalisation strategy and underpin its consistent implementation. The new post will be taken over by Elke Reichart, an international top manager, from 1 February 2018. Her previous functions include Vice President Strategy and Planning at HP’s head office in Palo Alto, California/USA, and Supervisory Board member at HP Deutschland. After returning from the US, she joined the Supervisory Board of Bechtle AG. Alongside her responsibility for TUI Group IT, Reichart will also take over as CEO of TUI’s subsidiary TUI InfoTec after a transition phase.
After graduating in Economics, Romance Studies and Applied Information Sciences at the universities of Gießen and Montpellier, France, Elke Reichart started her professional career as sales officer at Hewlett Packard (HP). Following several management positions at HP, she took over as Vice President for Strategy and Planning at HP’s head office in Palo Alto in 2012. A year later, the mother of three headed an international team comprised of representatives from all divisions and global functions in the framework of a transformation programme at HP. From 2009 to 2016, Elke Reichart was a member of the Supervisory Board of HP Deutschland. After returning from California in 2015, she worked as a business consultant for CureVac AG, a biotech company in her home town of Tübingen. In December 2017, she was appointed a member of the Supervisory Board of Bechtle AG.
“I am delighted that Elke Reichart, an IT manager with extensive international experience, is joining TUI Group. She will play a key role in promoting the consistent and successful implementation of our IT and digitalisation strategy”, said Frank Rosenberger, TUI Group Executive Board member in charge of IT and Future Markets.
About the TUI Group
TUI Group is the world’s number one integrated tourism group operating in around 180 destinations worldwide. The company is domiciled in Germany. The TUI Group’s share is listed in the FTSE 100 index, the leading index of the London Stock Exchange and in the German open market. In financial year 2017, the TUI Group recorded turnover of €18.5bn and an operating result of €1.121bn. The Group employs 67,000 people in more than 100 countries. TUI offers its more than 20 million customers comprehensive services from a single source. It covers the entire tourism value chain under one roof. This comprises around 380 Group-owned hotels and resorts with premium brands such as RIU and Robinson and a fleet of cruise ships ranging from the MS Europa and MS Europa 2 luxury class vessels to the “Mein Schiff” fleet of TUI Cruises and the vessels of Marella Cruises in the UK. Furthermore, TUI features leading tour operator brands, 1,600 travel agencies in Europe and five European airlines with around 150 modern medium and long-haul aircraft. Global responsibility for sustainable economic, ecological and social activity is a key feature of our corporate culture. TUI Care Foundation supports the positive impacts of tourism. It initiates projects creating opportunities for the next generation and contributing to a positive development of the holiday destinations. Further information is available at www.tuigroup.com.
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