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Ailsa Pollard to leave Gold Medal parent dnata after more than a decade

Operators
James Chapple
10 October 2023

Ailsa Pollard, chief executive of Gold Medal parent dnata Travel Group’s UK and Europe business, is poised to leave the group after more than a decade.

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Pollard left Gold Medal parent dnata after more than a decade last year

Pollard, who was appointed to her current role in August 2021, has resigned her position and will leave dnata and the wider Emirates Group after 14 years in February next year.

Her predecessor John Bevan, chief executive of dnata Travel Group’s global operation, "will be on-hand" to support the UK and Europe markets led by Pollard during a transitional period, said dnata in a statement.

Pollard held several senior roles throughout dnata and its parent Emirates, including vice-president – business development and strategy, heading up the team responsible for many of the acquisitions that now form the group’s UK portfolio.