Posted: 27/11/2015 Author: Santa Fe Relocations London

ANNOUNCEMENT

SANTA FE GROUP WELCOMES NEIL BOTHAMS AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER EUROPE

We are pleased to announce that Neil Bothams joined Santa Fe Group as Regional CEO for Europe.

Neil joins us from the global catering and logistics giant 'gategroup' where he held the position of Chief Operating Officer (EU) for both their logistics company (Pourshins Ltd) and their off-airport meal solutions business (Supplair Ltd) for the past three and a half years. As an appropriate background to joining Santa Fe, gategroup's motto is 'serving people on the move'.

Over the past 20 years, Neil has built a broad career driving business improvement, achieving significant efficiencies and building operational capability to support and drive growth. He is no stranger to large teams including leading the 800 plus Operations team at Heathrow's Terminal Three and has led several multi-million pound transformation programmes at British Gas as the Head of Change for part of the Residential Services business.

Neil holds a First Class Engineering degree from Nottingham University, a Management Diploma from Henley Management College and he is also a Qualified Practitioner in 'Managing Successful Programmes'. Furthermore, Neil successfully completed demanding leadership programmes at Unilever, Mars and Pepsico.

'I am delighted that Neil will be joining our organisation. He brings a wealth of experience that will be key in supporting our growth in global mobility, and with experience in rationalising, optimizing and improving the customer experience. ' said Santa Fe Group CEO, Martin Thaysen.

Neil commented: 'Joining Santa Fe is a wonderful opportunity to consolidate my years of experience and I am excited to be a part of the team that will deliver improved results by building an even stronger team of leaders at all levels of the region to the ultimate benefit and success of our customers'.

In his spare time, Neil enjoys skiing, cycling and hiking although since the birth of his two sons James and Lewis, he and his wife Sara are equally likely to be found attending swimming lessons with the boys.

Additional information: Group CEO Martin Thaysen, tel. +44 (0) 20 3691 8300

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