Northstar Travel Group announced changes in its executive lineup as Jason Young joins the company as CEO.
Tom Kemp, who previously held the titles CEO and chairman, will
retain his chairman role, and Bob Sullivan, who had been president of
the Travel Group division – which includes Travel Weekly Asia, Travel Weekly, TravelAge
West, TravelPulse, Business Travel News and Phocuswright – was promoted
to chief commercial officer of Northstar.
Young, whose appointment became effective 1 January, was most
recently president of Chicory, a contextual commerce media company
facing the consumer-packaged goods industry.
He also had spent 20 years at Ziff-Davis Media, the last three as
CEO. In addition, Young had founded Smart Device Media, a mobile
advertising network, which was acquired by Crisp Mobile. He became CEO
of the combined company. Following its purchase by Quotient Technology,
he became its chief media and marketing officer.
Bob Sullivan moves up to a companywide, C-suite role.
Sullivan, who also retains his title as president of the Northstar
Travel Group, is moving up from a division leadership position to a
companywide, C-suite role. Young said he was "thrilled to have the
benefit and opportunity to work with a leader like Bob, whose industry
knowledge and expertise will be critical as Northstar looks to expand on
its leadership position."
Sullivan said, "I am excited about the passion, experience and skills
Jason brings into the business and am eager to work with him to unlock
even more value for our customers and partners. I could not be more
excited about the opportunity ahead for Northstar."
Kemp said, "We are thrilled to have Jason join Northstar as our new
CEO to lead the company in our next strategic transformation as a
content, marketing services, event and data company. I have known Jason
for over 20 years as a visionary leader integrating data and technology
into solutions for media companies and their clients."
Anup Bagaria (co-managing partner of EagleTree Capital, Northstar's
primary investor) and Michael Struble (EagleTree's senior partner)
offered thanks to Kemp for his leadership during his 14-year tenure and
expressed excitement about Young's new role in leading the company.
Young said, "I am honored to join the team at Northstar. At a time of
significant evolution in the media and digital ecosystem, Northstar's
market-leading brands and unparalleled content/data footprint provide
essential benefits to the audience and for its travel marketing
partners. I look forward to working with this amazing team and driving
the next stage of strategic growth."
Source: Travel Weekly