Our Leaders

Meet the faces behind Britain’s newest cruise line

Our Executive Team

23
March
2022
| 13:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Christian has over 25 years’ experience in the cruise industry, starting his career working on a cruise ship and rising through the ranks before working in various senior management positions.He was the CEO and Chairman of Cruise & Maritime Voyages
23
March
2022
| 12:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Nick has over 30 years' experience in the marine industry. He is a chartered marine engineer and joins the Ambassador family from a multifaceted career that spans technical engineering, consultancy, and senior commercial roles. His early roots in
02
February
2022
| 12:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Phil offers a vast range of experience gained within the travel industry for over 20 years. His entry point was in tour operation as a member of the Product team at First Choice in 2001. Since then, he has held a variety of roles across tour
02
February
2022
| 12:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Matthias has over 25 years’ experience as finance and business executives in Blue Chip FMCG and Retail companies in strategic, financial and operative leadership positions.He served as Chief Financial Officer and Board member for the Costcutter

Our Management Team

06
February
2023
| 11:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Dave Fisher, Head of FinanceDave Fisher has worked in finance for 12 years since graduating from Durham University. He started his career at McQuay UK (now Daikin) in Finance and After Sales before moving on to Tech startup Cloud.IQ. He started
13
December
2022
| 11:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Gemma Bassy has over 16 years’ experience in customer service leadership within the travel industry.  Specialising in staff development and performance management, she started her travel career at Cruise Maritime Voyages where, as Head of Customer
13
December
2022
| 11:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Nicola Harper leads the Ambassador trade team, which incorporates both trade sales and contact centre management.  She has more than 15 years’ travel industry experience covering ancillary products, tour operations, bed banks and homeworking,
09
December
2022
| 11:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Ian Benjafield has more than 25 years’ experience in travel industry communications, working across tour operating, cruise, airlines, retail, hotels and destinations.  Previous roles include senior positions at brands including Disneyland Paris, TUI

Our Board of Directors

04
October
2021
| 14:20 Europe/Amsterdam
The Chair of the Board of Directors is Gordon Wilson who has over 30 years of experience in the global travel industry. This includes his role as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Travelport until July 2019. He is also Chair of the Board
04
October
2021
| 14:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Jakob has more than 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry and has dedicated the majority of his career to specialising in asset management and investments. Jakob is a Partner at Njord Partners LLP, which he co-founded in 2013.