Sam Ivar Erland Weihagen (born August 1950) is the former interim Chief Executive Officer of
Thomas Cook Group
Thomas Cook Group plc was a global travel group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and listed on the London Stock Exchange from its formation on 19 June 2007 by the merger of Thomas Cook AG — successor to Thomas Cook & Son — an ...
. He is a Swedish national.
Early life
He was born in
Sävsjö
Sävsjö is a locality and the seat of Sävsjö Municipality, Jönköping County
Jönköping County ( sv, Jönköpings län) is a county or '' län'' in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Halland, Västra Götaland, Östergötlan ...
.
He graduated from the
University of Gothenburg's School of Economics (Göteborgs Universitet), with an
MBA.
Career
MyTravel
He joined MyTravel Northern Europe in 1975.
At
MyTravel he was Commercial Director, where he was responsible for purchasing and flight planning. He became a Director of MyTravel Group in December 2004.
Thomas Cook
He replaced
Manny Fontenla-Novoa
Manny Fontenla-Novoa (born 13 May 1954) is a Spanish-British businessman, the former chief executive of Thomas Cook AG, who then merged with MyTravel Group to form Thomas Cook Group from 2003 until his resignation in August 2011. He has been pres ...
as Chief Executive of the Thomas Cook Group on 3 August 2011. He had been deputy chief executive since 6 November 2009.
He was Chief Executive of Thomas Cook's (initially MyTravel) Northern Division since 2001, until replaced on 22 December 2010 by Lars Lofgren. Hagen had been planning on retiring in 2011.
At Thomas Cook he earns £496,000. He has worked in the travel industry for 33 years. He has been Chairman of the
Tour Operating Federation of Sweden. He commutes every week from Stockholm to London (Brettenham House at
Lancaster Place
Lancaster Place is a short section of road in central London, which connects Waterloo Bridge to the major junction with the Aldwych and Strand. It is completely bisected by the northbound-only Strand Underpass which dives below the Aldwych enab ...
).
Brettenham House
/ref> Brettenham House is also the headquarters of the Joint Information Systems Committee
Jisc is a United Kingdom not-for-profit company that provides network and IT services and digital resources in support of further and higher education institutions and research as well as not-for-profits and the public sector.
History
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(JISC).
Personal life
In Sweden he lived in Sigtuna. His partner is Eva, and they have a son and daughter.
References
External links
Thomas Cook
Swedish interview
Video clips
November 2011
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University of Gothenburg alumni
1950 births
Swedish chief executives
People from Sigtuna Municipality
People from Jönköping Municipality
Living people