Ultra-luxury cruise innovator, Silversea Cruises, announces a number of new appointments during a time of significant growth for the company.
Steve Richards joins the team as Sales Director for Australia & New Zealand and will be responsible for the establishment of new and existing business in both markets. His former roles include Head of Commercial at Best Western, and also Wendy Wu Tours where he held the position of the General Manager. Steve takes the role after taking a short career break to spend time with his young family.
Sandra Cahill has been appointed as Silversea’s newest Business Development Manager where she will be responsible for the company’s Northern NSW territory. Sandra joins Silversea following recent roles at Oman Tourism, Pandaw, Insight Vacations and APT. She takes over the role from Julie Golding who has been promoted to Key Accounts Manager. Annie Weinert has also joined the Sales team as the second Inside Sales Manager to provide even further support to the trade. Annie brings with her a wealth of knowledge, having been with the Silversea team for over 10 years.
Adam Armstrong, Managing Director – Australia and New Zealand, Silversea Cruises said:
“We are delighted to announce these four new appointments to the local Sales team, demonstrating the integral role played by travel agents in Silversea’s future business strategy. We are currently going through an exciting period of growth and transformation which involves the refurbishment of all of our ships and also the launch of another five ocean and expedition ships over the next few years.”
Also joining the Silversea team in the last month are Gemma Walker who has been appointed as Commercial Manager; Filomena Maio, who has been appointed as Trade Reservations Team Leader following Tim Pierce’s promotion to Reservations Manager; and Julian De Carlo who takes the role of Sales and Marketing coordinator.
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