MONIQUE Ponfoort (pictured) has this morning been announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Expeditions. Ponfoort will replace Robert Halfpenny at the head of Aurora after his resignation (CW 30 Jun), and will join the company in Oct after leaving her current role as Asia Pacific Vice President...
MONIQUE Ponfoort (pictured) has this morning been announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of Aurora Expeditions.
Ponfoort will replace Robert Halfpenny at the head of Aurora after his resignation (CW 30 Jun), and will join the company in Oct after leaving her current role as Asia Pacific Vice President and General Manager of Ponant & Paul Gauguin Cruises.
Aurora Chairman Neville Buch, who has been acting in an executive role since Halfpenny’s resignation in May, said “Monique is an impressive executive and her extensive experience in the cruise and travel industry will be of enormous value to Aurora Expeditions.
“We have a very exciting future ahead of us with our second vessel, the Sylvia Earle arriving in 2021 and further vessel plans in the pipeline,” Buch added, with Ponfoort’s skills to assist in the future expansion of the business.
She said she was drawn to the growth and forward thinking of the business “together with their true passion in delivering outstanding expeditions and guest experiences to some of the most remote and unique places and cultures in the world”.
