John Donaldson Bio

John Donaldson has had a 40 year+ career in the Travel and Leisure sectors. He is the ex-CEO of Thomas Cook, where he led the £990 million demerger in 2001. During the past 12 years he has been an investor/director in a number of high growth private equity backed businesses including onthebeach.co.uk, Encore tickets, laterooms.com, holidayautos.com, Ebookers.com, Cannons Health and Fitness, ATP International and Thames Clippers. During this John has gained much experience about raising development capital, getting the best out of Private Equity partnerships and creating shareholder value. He is currently Chairman of XLN Telecom.