Chris Mottershead
{{Short description|British travel industry entrepreneur}}
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| birth_name = Christopher Alan Leigh Mottershead
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|09|24}}
| birth_place = Cowbridge, Wales
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| education = University of Warwick
| occupation = Businessman
| title = Travel industry entrepreneur
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| spouse = Vivienne Piper
| children = 4
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Christopher Alan Leigh Mottershead (born 24 September 1958) is a British (Welsh) travel industry entrepreneur, and was the UK Managing Director of Thomas Cook.
Early life
He attended Cowbridge Grammar School (Cowbridge Comprehensive School from 1974) in Cowbridge, Wales, then studied History at the University of Warwick.
Career
He started as a graduate at Wales Gas.
=TUI=
From 2001 to 2004 he was the Managing Director of TUI UK, in Sussex. The group had over 900 retail shops, and 10,000 staff.
=Thomas Cook=
He joined Thomas Cook in April 2015. He became UK Managing Director of Thomas Cook Group on 1 October 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thomascookgroup.com/thomas-cook-announces-new-hotels-and-destinations-for-uk-travellers/ |title=Thomas Cook November 2016 |access-date=2017-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029173901/https://www.thomascookgroup.com/thomas-cook-announces-new-hotels-and-destinations-for-uk-travellers/ |archive-date=2017-10-29 |url-status=dead }}
=Travel Leaders Group=
In October 2019, Mottershead joined the Travel Leaders Group, partent company of Barrhead Travel. Mottershead was hired to coordinate the expansion efforts of the organisation to deliverer on growth and develop Barrhead branches across new locations.{{cite web|url=https://www.cruisetradenews.com/former-thomas-cook-chiefs-join-travel-leaders-group/|title=Former Thomas Cook chiefs to join Travel Leaders Group|date=2019-11-16|access-date=2023-02-02}}
Personal life
Married to Vivienne Piper in July 1992 and together they have four children: Olivia, Lily, Holly and Joseph.
References
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External links
- [https://www.thomascook.com Thomas Cook]
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{{Succession box|title=Managing Director of Thomas Cook UK |before= |after= Incumbent |years= October 2015 - }}
{{Succession box|title=Managing Director of TUI UK |before= |after= Peter Rothwell |years= December 2001 - September 2004 }}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Warwick
Category:British company founders
Category:British hospitality businesspeople
Category:People educated at Cowbridge Grammar School
Category:People from Cowbridge