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Chris North
Corporate payment platform Travel Ledger has appointed Chris North as head of business development for the UK and Ireland as the company views to expand across the region.
North joins the company with 30 years’ experience in the travel industest, having served as managing director of UK-based travel tech provider Vertical Systems and as director of sales for luxury accommodation platform Bedbank, among other roles.
In his new post, North will focus on “forging new partnerships” with travel management companies, tour operators and hotel groups, while also supporting integration projects across the UK, Ireland and Europe.
His appointment follows the company’s recent introduction of integrated banking and virtual card capabilities through a partnership with Adyen, as well as an integration with Expedia TAAP to facilitate “fully automated” virtual card payments for travel agents throughout Europe.
Commenting on the appointment, Travel Ledger founder Roberto De Re, declared: “Combined with [North’s] energy and drive, we feel we can achieve our ambitious expansion plans across the UK, Ireland and Europe. We are investing heavily in our business and will continue to deliver reliable, ever-evolving technology.”
North added: “I’m delighted to be joining at such an exciting moment for Travel Ledger. The combination of industest demand, new payment capabilities and strong momentum across Europe creates this a huge opportunity for the travel trade to modernise the way it manages financial operations.”
Travel Ledger currently provides services to more than 2,300 companies across the UK, Ireland and Europe, and, according to the company, processes more than £1.5 billion in transactions each year.
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