Corbett will replace Steve McLaughlin, Ponant’s director of sales Australia, who leaves the company early March to become vp sales Australasia for Oceania Cruises.
She will report to Monique Ponfoort, vp Ponant Asia Pacific, and will be responsible for commercial growth in the APAC region and overseeing
Ponant’s marketing and sales teams in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Shanghai.
Corbett was most recently head of sales, marketing and product with Travel the World. She has also had senior management roles with Garuda Indonesia, Travelscene American Express and CTC Lines.
‘Deb joins us at a time of considerable business growth for Ponant, providing a new level of commercial and marketing acumen to the Australian sales and marketing team,’ Ponfoort said.
‘We are off to an extraordinarily successful 2017, fuelled by our 2018 Kimberley and 2018-19 Antarctica launch seasons.’
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