Christopher Airey
Chief Executive Officer
Christopher has worked in the travel industry for over 25 years. As a founder of Diversity Travel, Christopher leads the Senior Management Team to ensure Diversity Travel continues to provide outstanding levels of service and value for money to its charity and university clients.
Sam Whittle
Chief Commercial Officer
Sam joined Diversity Travel with over 25 years experience in the industry, 10 within the not-for-profit sector. Leading our global customer engagement strategy, Sam is focused on new and existing customer relationships, from the initial contact with our Business Partners, implementation of the partnership, service and ongoing success and management of their travel programme.
Eddie Shaw
Chief Financial Officer
Eddie is a highly experienced senior finance professional, who having graduated from the University of Manchester, has held executive positions in the telecomms and logistics industries. Eddie helps deliver the strategy of the finance function and brings a finance viewpoint and business acumen gained from his experience of different industries and company sizes to help the board steer Diversity Travel to the next stage of its very exciting journey.
Joanne Bowden
Chief Technical Officer
Jo brings 25 years of experience in Technology and Change across various industries including Insurance and Health of which 18 years are in leadership roles, building high performing technology teams. Jo partners with her peers across the business to leverage technology to achieve business goals and deliver excellent customer service. Jo is passionate about technology and through building a clear strategy and a culture of innovation within our business will bring continued success in growing our technology offering for our customers.
Jo Strange
Chief Operating Officer
Jo brings more than 20 years of experience in business travel management, with a strong focus in recent years on the not-for-profit sector. She has been a valued member of Diversity Travel for several years and currently leads our operations teams. Jo has a deep understanding of the complexities, challenges, and expectations that come with delivering exceptional travel services. Her close collaboration with clients enables her to identify new opportunities, driving continuous improvement and ensuring we consistently deliver outstanding service.
Jen Herbert
Director of Operations - UK & Global
Jen is responsible for UK & Global Operations, and oversees reservations, rail and ticketing with our London and Manchester locations. With 10 years’ experience in the travel industry, Jen brings a wealth of experience within the not for profit sector, and in her personal life is committed to the third sector, currently holding various volunteer positions.
David Coe
Sales Director
David leads Diversity Travel’s New Business team, bringing over 11 years of travel and aviation industry experience to the organization, and helps consult with our clients to deliver the best results. He has worked in the specialist INGO travel sector for over 5 years and previously in the aircraft charter sector working with government and humanitarian organisations.
Kate Erskine
Head of Diversity Study Trips
Kate leads our Academic Student groups provision bringing over 13 years of experience in educational travel.
She is proud to be leading a team of specialist travel experts who are passionate in creating bespoke, activity packed travel itineraries to help students cement their learning in exciting ways.
Chris Culpin
Head of Account Management UK & EU
Chris joined Diversity Travel with nearly 20 years travel industry experience, with the last decade being in the not for profit and academic sectors. Throughout Chris’ account management career, he has always been passionate about delivering world class customer service and a consultative/collaborative approach to account management; supporting clients and adding value so they can continue to carry out the vital aid and research projects across the globe has been and remains a focus.
Louise Woolridge
Head of People & Organisational Development
With over 20 years of Human Resources experience, Louise leads our People Relations, Talent Acquisition and Learning, Development & Culture teams. Through our People and Organisational Development strategy, Louise influences and enables the continued success of our business and our people.