John Kingsford
Job title: marketing & business development director.
Age: 47.
Born: Essex.
Lives: Harpenden, Herts.
Status: divorced.
Education: Middlesex University Business School, Open University, JaggellonianUniversity, Krakow then City of LondonPolytechnic.
Path to career: started in 1967 at Phas Van Ommeren as account manager. Left in 1971 to join Ayscough Travel as senior account manager, from 1972-77 was manager at British Airways. Lived in Poland from1977-1981 before joining Lunn Poly/Carlson Wagonlit in 1981 as general manager. In 1986, he became head of marketing and sales at Exchange Travel. He left in 1987 to join Thomson Holidays as sales manager, major accounts. He took up his currentposition in 1992.