James Roberts spent four years working for British Airways and its subsidiary British Regional Airlines, ending up as a regional business manager. He completed a six-month consultancy contract with Siemens, as travel manager for their business worldwide.

Fiona Morrison-Arnthal began her travel and tourism career working in the sales team for a boutique hotel travel company before crossing over into leisure travel with Thomson’s (Lunn Poly). Fiona managed a number of shops and people to achieve great year-on-year success.

Tony Macdonald is another former British Airways employee, who spent four years with the airline at the start of his travel career, latterly working on business development. He moved on to First Choice Holidays, where he was a call centre manager for five years.

Bianca Pinkney has over 20 years’ travel industry experience. After studying Travel and Tourism, she began her career as a Travel Consultant in her native Australia, in 1997. In May 2003, Bianca moved to the UK, travelling extensively throughout Europe.

Nicola Townsend completed a degree in Travel & Tourism Management before working in the leisure industry at Golfbreaks.com for over three years, in a customer service role. She then moved into travel recruitment, where she held several roles, including Team Leader.

Rosie Dunbar is a driven leader with experience in IT recruitment within the travel sector.  She has also worked as a travel manager, so she understands a brief and what should be considered when searching for talent in the travel industry.

Claire has had a stimulating and varied career, coming to Progressive Travel Recruitment from three years as a Senior Account Manager in a specialist Asset Finance and Leasing Recruitment Consultancy. Before that, she spent six years in the Met Police.

Simon Hurst-Grover has worked in the industry for many years, and has exceptional experience in travel as an employee and as a recruiter. At Progressive, we always employ people with travel experience as they’re already invested in the industry and have a deeper understanding of what is required.

Connie’s employment history includes planning events, races and visits as an administrator for Formula One Management, as well as managing budgets and staff. Before F1 she worked at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and previously at the House of Commons as Banqueting Coordinator, among other positions.

Claudette provides operations support across Progressive Travel Recruitment. She has worked in travel in previous roles, including as a Travel Agent then as Accounts Assistant at Pentravel in Durban. Before that, she travelled the world working aboard Holland America Cruise Lines.

Michelle is the former Managing Director of Elegant Resorts, where she oversaw the provision of specialist luxury travel services to a discerning market for 25 years. She worked in every department of the business, starting her career in finance and going on to shape this immensely successful brand. She is now a business coach, assisting travel ventures and more, and we’re delighted to have her on board as a Non-Executive Director.

Lucy comes to us with many years of travel recruitment experience, managing mid to senior management positions with many big-brand travel companies. She thrives on helping people grow their careers in an industry she loves, and particularly enjoys finding that unique role that someone has been dreaming of.