Moodie Davitt: “Karl Walter and Stefan Wihlborg join Nordic Travel Retail Group board”

The Nordic Travel Retail Group, which represents the interests of the duty free & travel retail sector in the Nordic region, has elected a new board to serve a one-year term. New board members include Karl Walter and Stefan Wihlborg.

Walter is a Partner at travel retail consultancy and distribution company Blueprint and a member of the Advisory Board at JFP, which owns Airport Retail Group. He is well known for his 16 years at Dufry Group, where he served as Managing Director of business units in Sweden, Finland and Switzerland.

Stefan Wihlborg is Key Account Manager, Travel Retail with sales, marketing and distribution company Conaxess Trade in Denmark. He was previously a board member at NTRG during his time with Toms Group.

The updated list of board members includes:

• Haakon Dagestad, Travel Retail Norway (Chair)

• Mark Winslow, Scandlines

• Karl Walter, Blueprint

• Eva Rehnström, Viking Line

• Elsebeth Lillienschiold, Rémy Cointreau

• Charlotte Rankloo, R&F Travel Retail

• Jan Hesdorf, Hans Just

• Aimar Pärna, Tallink Grupp

• Stefan Wihlborg, Conaxess Trade

Chair Haakon Dagestad said: “We are very happy to get them all aboard and be part of the team to rebuild the industry in our region.”