About Us
ITM Recruitment is managed through a partnership with Gail Kenny Executive Search, which commenced on 1st August 2009.
History
- Established boutique recruitment and search consultancy specialising in travel, leisure and hospitality in 2004
- Finalist for the “Fastest Growing New Recruitment Company” by the R.E.C. in 2006
- Launched www.puregenie.com in 2006
- Accredited membership of the Association of Executive Recruiters in 2007 to reflect our increase in retained assignments
- Launched HR Solutions division in 2007
- Preferred AITO business partner in 2008
- Appointed to operate ITM Recruitment services in 2009
Tel: 0871 226 5787
Meet the Team
Gail Kenny - Managing Director, ITM Recruitment
Gail began her career in travel working for one of the top travel management companies - The Travel Company. In a broad role that involved aspects of sales, marketing, supplier relations and event management, Gail gained a valuable insight to the corporate travel sector. Gail progressed on to the leisure side of the industry with an HR management and operational position with Austravel.
Between 1996 and 2004 Gail played a significant part in the growth of an executive recruitment business specialising in the travel sector. Gail gained considerable experience handling recruitment assignments at senior level across many sectors, whilst growing the executive recruitment team internally. During this time, she acquired an excellent knowledge of the travel industry. Gail rose to become a senior director and the driving force behind the company until departing in 2004 to found Gail Kenny Executive Search.
Gail has built up an extensive network of contacts throughout the travel industry and an ability to match clients' specific requirements with an intuitive selection of quality candidates.
Ian Brooks - Sales and Marketing Director, ITM Recruitment
Ian began his career with ILG plc, the Intasun Holidays to Air Europe Group. Following its demise, Ian joined Virgin Atlantic and rose to the position of General Manager - Sales and Commercial. After a secondment as Commercial Director for Eurostar, Ian returned to Virgin to set up and run a European tour operation, and later an online travel agency. During both his time at Virgin Atlantic and Eurostar, Ian was actively involved in the corporate travel sector.
In 2001, Ian left the Virgin Group after 10 years, and along with another ex-Virgin director founded Medhotels.com an online hotel broker. The business pioneered the trend accommodation only and dynamic packaging, rapidly growing to a turnover of £60m. After bringing on board Barclays Ventures, the business was sold in December 2003 to Lastminute.com plc.
Ian retains a series of non-executive positions and boasts one of the widest network of contacts across the travel industry.
Berni Pini - Sales Support Manager, ITM Recruitment
Berni's induction to the travel industry was as a work placement with Sunworld Holidays back in 1996, and after a successful start she was invited to take a permanent role.
Berni got the buzz of working in travel and progressed at Sunworld, within the Late Sales and Yield department, working on promotional and tactical activity with agents. When Sunworld/JMC became part of the Thomas Cook Group and relocated to Peterborough she decided this was her opportunity to further develop her career.
She then spent 5 years working for Cosmos Holidays, Avro, Cosmos Tourama and Somewhere2stay.com in Sales Support, supporting a team of field Sales Managers and the retail trade.
