gategroup is the parent company for eleven brands that provide services to the travel industry, including catering, hospitality, provisioning and logistics. Its head office is at Zurich Airport.
Prominent services include flight catering, airport services and lounge operation. In 2009 gategroup won a contract to operate the
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alliance's lounge at
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. gategroup styles itself as the "leading independent global provider of products and services related to a passenger's onboard experience" and offers its services via a portfolio of eleven brands.
History
gategroup has its roots in
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catering, from which now-subsidiary
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emerged in 1992. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions gategroup has grown into a multi-billion dollar operation. Acquisitions include Aero-Chef, SAS Service Partner, VARIG Kitchens, British Airways Kitchens and Iber-Swiss.
Company Information
gategroup is a multinational organization with operations on six continents. As of 2009 it has more than 22,000 employees working across 200 facilities in 35 countries. 2009 revenue was approximately 2.7 billion Swiss francs.
In May 2009 gategroup was listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange under symbol GATE.
gategroup has eleven subsidiary brands:
deSter
Gate Solutions
Elan
Gate Aviation
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GateSafe
Harmony
Performa
potmstudios
pourshins
Supplair
Leadership
| Name |
Title |
| Andrew Gibson |
Interim Chief Executive Officer |
| Thomas Bucher |
Chief Financial Officer |
| Drew Niemeyer |
Interim Group SVP & President, North America |
| Herman Anbeek |
Group SVP & Chief Commercial Officer |
| Jaap Roukens |
Chief Executive Officer of Performa Division |
| Mike Hargett |
Group VP, Finance and Deputy CFO |
| Hooman Yazhari |
Group SVP & General Counsel |