Travel tech giant Amadeus is overhauling its commercial divisions to establish three new units covering distribution, IT and new business.
Not officially announced as yet, but the move will also see different areas of its existing distribution division brought in under one executive, Holger Taubmann, currently vice president for Amadeus in Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Europe.
The shake-up coincides with the departure of executive vice president Philippe Chérèque who is to retire shortly.
The new airline IT division will be headed by existing vice president Julia Sattel. Francisco Pérez-Lozao Rüter, currently vice president of corporate strategy, will lead the new business department.
As a result of the changes, current vice president for marketing and distribution Ian Wheeler will be leaving at the end of September 2011.
Wheeler was promoted to the role in 2009, nine years after joining Amadeus as director for travel agency partners.