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Fin Casey: The experienced executive joins Aelia in key UK & Ireland role |
UK. Aelia Group has named Fin Casey as Managing Director for Aelia UK, its UK & Ireland division. Casey will be responsible for the management of the existing tax and duty free and fashion retail businesses.
Key to the appointment, said Aelia, will be the development of the business across all major retailing activities of parent company Lagardère Services. Casey will work alongside Aelia UK Operations Manager Phil Manning, and will report directly to Aelia Group Chairman & CEO Jean-Baptiste Morin.
Aelia UK operations include London Luton and Belfast International airports, as well as onboard Irish Ferries. Earlier in 2010 the company started business in London Heathrow, with a newly opened Longchamp boutique in Terminal 1.
“This is a company with huge potential, a strong legacy and an extremely sound financial base,” Casey said. “The ambition, ethics and vision at the heart of the organisation has been a key factor in identifying Aelia and Lagardère Services as a fantastic environment in which to work. I look forward to playing a part in the next chapter of this story and am delighted to be working with yet another key player in the travel retail sector.”
Casey, a former Vice-Chairman of the ACI Europe Commercial Forum, previously spent four years as Business Development Director at the Travel Retail Division of WHSmith, spearheading its international development strategy. He also spent 11 years covering a variety of operational, domestic and international business development roles at leading F&B operator SSP.
He worked earlier for Whitbread PLC and Delaware North Companies, and for A.R.A at the Wembley Stadium Complex.
Aelia President & CEO Jean-Baptiste Morin said: “With his background and huge experience in the UK travel retail market, Casey is a significant addition to Aelia Group’s organisation. We are committed to growing and developing our business lines in the UK, and believe a stronger organisation will support this strategic ambition.”
