First Travel Solutions (FTS) is delighted to announce that Richard Kirk has recently been appointed Commercial Director within their organisation.
Richard is a transport professional with over 20 years industry experience at both National Express companies and First. Whilst working for First, Richard has been Head of Subcontracted Services for London 2012 and Glasgow 2014 and was General Manager of First's Games Transport's team that delivered spectator, VIP and media bus and coach services for Rugby World Cup England 2015 across the country. More recently he's been involved in delivering transport for spectators attending the UEFA Champions League Final in Cardiff.
In addition to this he's undertaken rail replacement and aviation disruption services.
Richard adds; "The commercial development of FTS is a key focus for the management team and I will be looking to develop our commercial and sales strategy as well as leading our bidding for new contracts.
A key element of our development will be increasing the use of digital marketing through twitter, LinkedIn and the revamped FTS website www.firsttravelsolutions.com that was launched last year, to attract potential new customers.
I'm absolutely delighted to be appointed to the position of Commercial Director within the team at FTS and I'm looking forward to continuing to work with the team to develop the business."