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John Wales
London
About John
Worked in the Tourism & Leisure sector since 1983. Director roles since the mid-nineties. Started a business in 2000 with 4 people and grew to 180 staff and a turnover of over £100m p.a. As founder & CEO, guided the business through 2 Private Equity transactions before the business completed a trade sale in 2020.
The business won multiple awards for service and also honoured with 2 personal industry achievement awards.
Served on many industry boards as a non-exec and Chairman. Limit of a maximum of 3 non-exec roles at any one time to ensure enough time, focus and value can be added to the business.
John's Career History
Crafty Brewing Company
Chairman
November 2018 - Ongoing
Chairman & investor. Streamlined and focussed the board meetings delivering clear plans for growth & profitability. Raised funds from HNW's to facilitate growth, building a new state-of-the-art brewery with ability to produce large volumes (100,000 ltrs/week), efficiently, with minimum resource. Opened doors with contact list for new business. Developed online capability to combat lockdown, which is now a stand-alone new sales line, adding to the multi-channel distribution.
Encore Tickets Ltd
Non-Exec Director
January 2019 - April 2020
Coach Tourism Association
Chairman
February 2018 - January 2021
Encore Tickets Ltd
Chief Executive & Co-Founder
November 2000 - January 2019
Applause
Managing Director
April 1999 - September 2000
Planet Hollywood International
European Sales Director
March 1996 - April 1999
London Entertains (Rank Group)
Head of Sales & Operations
January 1991 - May 1996
Musgrove & Watson Travel
Sales & Operations Manager
January 1989 - January 1991
Southampton Tourism Office
Tour Operations Manager
May 1986 - January 1989
Townsend Thoresen Ferries
Excursions Co-ordinator
March 1983 - May 1986