Emma gilthorpe biography
Gilthorpe worked in the telecoms industry, with BT Group and Cable & Wireless plc, and joined Heathrow Airport in She became COO of Heathrow Airport in In March , she was appointed CEO of the Jet Zero Council, a UK trade body..
Charlotte Emma Tiffany Gilthorpe is a British business executive.
Heathrow executive recruited to lead Royal Mail turnaround effort
The owner of Royal Mail has appointed Heathrow airport’s chief operating officer to run the UK’s legacy mail-delivery company, after nine months of seeking to fill the post.
Emma Gilthorpe will take over from Martin Seidenberg, who has been filling the role of interim chief executive of Royal Mail in addition to serving as chief executive of the parent International Distributions Services group since being appointed in July last year.
Simon Thompson, who had been embroiled in a long-running, acrimonious dispute with Royal Mail’s main union, the CWU, resigned as CEO of the UK mail group in May last year.
Between and Seidenberg’s appointment, IDS has had no chief executive. There were CEOs at Royal Mail and GLS, its Netherlands-based logistics business, and a chair for the overall group.
Royal Mail, which was privatised in stages between and , faces significant challenges adjusting to declining deliveries of le