FINN Partners Establishes Advisory Board

FINN Partners has established an Advisory Board with two travel industry titans, Dr Taleb Rifai and David Scowsill, as founding members.

The creation of the Travel Practice Advisory Board was spearheaded by FINN’s Global Travel Practice Leader, Debbie Flynn, with the aim of bringing together senior expertise from FINN’s global health, tech, public affairs and sustainability practices to further support current and future destination and travel clients on the road to recovery from the impact of the global pandemic.

Dr Taleb Rifai was secretary general of the World Tourism Organisation, leading the UNWTO from 2009 for two consecutive terms ending in 2018. Taleb has an extensive background in international and national public service, the public sector and academia and held several ministerial portfolios in the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2000-2004). Taleb’s experience working alongside international governments affords him a high level of influence at a critical time for the recovery of the travel industry globally.

David Scowsill spent seven years of his career as President and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and has developed an unparalleled network in both private and public sectors. Prior to his time leading WTTC, David’s executive career included leadership positions with: Opodo, British Airways, American Airlines and Hilton.

Debbie Flynn, Global Travel Practice Lead, Finn Partners, said, “I have known David and Taleb for many years as our paths crossed on the global travel circuit. I cannot think of a better ‘dream team’ to initiate the FINN Partners Travel Practice Advisory Board. Their wealth of experience will support our work to provide cross practice expertise to current and future clients as we set out on the path to recovery this year.

“We found that during the pandemic travel could not operate in a silo and our FINN teams from health, tech and sustainability practices, in particular, were called upon to give senior level counsel as we met the challenges from the pandemic head on. This Advisory Board is a natural progression of the Global Recovery Network we set up at the height of the pandemic to guide recovery planning using both internal and external expertise.”

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