Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) has today announced that long-serving senior leader Tom Walley will take the reins as the new Global Managing Director of SME specialist division Corporate Traveller.
Having started with the Flight Centre Travel Group over two decades ago, Tom Walley has worked across the company’s corporate and leisure divisions in both the UK and Australia, primarily in management roles, and he will also retain his current position of General Manager for Corporate Traveller in Australia.
“I’ve been a passionate advocate for this fantastic brand for more than 10 years and I’m delighted to move into a role that will focus on Corporate Traveller being a leader for SMEs, not just in Australia, but across the globe,” Mr Walley said.
“We already have an incredibly strong basis with more than 1,500 team members globally across all sectors and we’re the dominant player in the SME travel space in Australia with over 4,000 customers, and more than 16,000 globally.”
FCTG says success has been at the very core of Mr Walley’s stewardship with dozens of new customers boarding Corporate Traveller in recent years, resulting in multi-million-dollar deals.
This has been complemented by a strong Net Promoter Score that has always sat well above the ‘world-class’ standard of 80 per cent.
“We have an ambitious target of welcoming $1 billion (USD) of new customers in the 2023 financial year globally and there are three things that will help us achieve this goal – our people, the great service they provide, and our investment in technology” he said.
CEO Corporate Travel Chris Galanty said Mr Walley was the perfect candidate to navigate Corporate Traveller through the post-pandemic world and beyond.
“The purpose of this role is to work with the Corporate Traveller Global Management team to execute the business strategy and deliver the capability to ensure it succeeds in the eyes of our customers.
“Tom has been a key member of the team that has created a highly successful strategy in the Australian market over the last two years and he is determined to see Corporate Traveller become the global category leader in SME business travel.
“Corporate Traveller is very customer-centric, and our people have been the driver of its success for many years. Tom’s new role will further our ability to offer the best service, products, and technology possible.”
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