Guest Lecture – Mr Richard Mintern, Group Chief Operating Officer, The Monarch Group

Richard will provide an interesting evening chronicling his journey from the shop floor at Vauxhall Motors to Chief Operating Officer at The Monarch Group.  His journey will touch on many of our course subjects and will be relevant to business computing systems, web development, business change management, strategy, organisational change, and travel & tourism.

Background

Richard has many years of experience in the travel and aviation industries, having previously held positions at Britannia Airways and British Aerospace before joining Monarch, holding various posts within both engineering and operations.

From 1998 Richard was responsible for all aspects of information technology and communications, including joint responsibility for developing e-commerce opportunities through monarch.co.uk. In 2006 Richard became Group Chief Information Officer responsible for all aspects of information technology across the Monarch Group.

In November 2008 Richard was appointed to the position of Managing Director, Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd and Technical Director, Monarch Airlines, before being promoted to his current role of Chief Operating Officer for the Monarch Group in July 2010. Richard is today responsible for overseeing the business performance of all Group divisions.

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