Changing of the guard at Royal Mail Group
International Distributions Services (IDS) has named Emma Gilthorpe as CEO of Royal Mail Group. She will join the company on 1 May 2024 and will work closely with Martin Seidenberg, Group CEO of IDS, before assuming responsibility for Royal Mail Group in the summer. During this period, Martin Seidenberg will continue as interim CEO.
Gilthorpe is currently COO at Heathrow airport and has held a variety of senior roles at Heathrow since joining in 2009 including leading strategy, regulation, and sustainability. She established and led Heathrow’s expansion programme and oversaw the airport’s response to the pandemic, ensuring demand could be met safely, sustainably, and efficiently whilst driving up service levels.
Before Heathrow, Gilthorpe held a variety of strategy, policy and commercial roles in the telecommunications sector at BT and Cable and Wireless. (cj)
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