Thomas Cook Group plc announced that Jürgen Schreiber and Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson have been appointed as non-executive directors with effect from 26 July 2017. Jürgen brings a breadth of international experience across retail and consumer goods including chief executive roles in both a publicly-listed company and large private companies. His experience includes customer-facing businesses across Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. Jürgen is currently the Chairman of the Advisory board of Aldo Group, Non-Executive Director with the Lidl & Schwarz Group and Deputy Chairman of Edcon. Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson is currently chief financial officer of InterContinental Hotels Group and brings his deep experience of the global hotel industry to the board. During a 13-year career at IHG, Paul has served in a number of senior financial roles and acted as Interim CEO of its former Europe, Middle East and Africa region.