People: TUI Travel PLC (TT.L)

Dr. Volker Bottcher is Managing Director - German Specialist Businesses, Executive Director of TUI Travel PLC. He joined the Board of TUI Travel PLC on 19 June 2007 and is responsible for the German Specialist Businesses. After an early career in law, Volker joined Touristik Union International in 1987 as a legal adviser. Having occupied various management positions, he became head of TUI’s Special Programmes Division in 1996 which included responsibility for long-haul destinations, city tours and the Eastern Mediterranean. In 2003 Volker was appointed Chairman for Central Europe for TUI AG, being responsible for all tourism activities in the source markets of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland. He was appointed to the board of TUI Deutschland GmbH in April 2000. Following the restructuring of TUI’s business model in Germany, he was appointed CEO of TUI Deutschland GmbH in July 2001.