Fankhauser, Fontenla likely successor as CEO of Thomas Cook

In short, a matter of days, it will be known who the person is going to be the successor of Manny Fontenla-Novoa officially at the helm of Thomas Cook, and do not dismiss an executive from the house as a substitute the former CEO. The person that members of the Board of Directors of Thomas Cook are thinking for the job is Peter Fankhauser.

And the Board is discussing to decide the new CEO among professionals from outside,  some of them advanced by preferente.com, or put in front of the everyday job of second European tour operator group an already high-post of Thomas Cook, aware of its problems. If at the end the Board choose this option, the most likely now to be named now Peter Fankhasuer.

For the Spanish tourism industry would be interesting the naming of Fankhauser, currently CEO for Central Europe whose relations with Spain are very. A couple of years, he bought a holiday home in Mallorca, specifically in Playa de Palma, and knows very well the rest of Spanish destinations.

Fankhauser has been working ten years for Thomas Cook and he hold an impressive curriculum in tourism. He played important roles in reputable companies such as Kuoni and LTU. The name of this German who landed in 2001 at the group's thanks to Beeser.