New Chief Financial Officer for Collinson
Jon Holmes brings over 20 years of experience leading the finance teams of large travel companies
Jon Holmes has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Collinson. He joins the board after more than 20 years of working in finance and operations, including at travel companies such as Avios, TUI and Virgin Holidays.
The role of Chief Financial Officer entails overseeing all of Collinson’s financial teams worldwide, with the aim of driving better global insights.
He will also provide the overall financial governance to the group to support growth, increased innovation and the creation of new commercial models.
Holmes’ previous experience is in the finance teams of some of the travel industry’s biggest companies, such as Head of Finance at AirMiles (now Avios/IAG Loyalty), Head of Finance at TUI, Finance and Strategy Director at Virgin Holidays and most recently CFO at INTO University Partnerships.
Christopher Evans, Joint CEO at Collinson, said: “Jon's strong international experience and travel and loyalty experience, coupled with his track record in optimising business performance and platform transformation, means he is ideally placed to lead our finance teams and help deliver strategic objectives and realise our full potential.
“We know Jon will make a big shift in the way we capture, analyse and use financial information, giving us better insights that will drive faster and enhanced decision making, in what is a very dynamic environment as we accelerate out of the pandemic.”
Holmes said: “It’s a really exciting time to be joining Collinson. The travel industry is rapidly ramping back up, and now is the time to see what the company can be doing to even further improve travel experiences for its customers.
“I’ve always enjoyed working in growing entrepreneurial businesses which have a strong focus both on their clients and their own people. Collinson is truly a people-led business, and I’m looking forward to seeing how we can evolve our propositions to help people really love their journeys again at this time.”