Our Team

The Team

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JOB GEORGE

Travel Industry Advisor

Founder and Managing Director of MyTourCompass with more than 21 years’ hospitality experience as a business leader, game changer and strategist, Job leads businesses with a driver statement “Why not?!”, which has challenged yet inspired his team and clients in the industry. An advisor to many travel companies in Middle East, he is recognized for setting new trends and redefining travel service benchmarks across GCC. With his comprehensive knowledge and experience along with business expertise and popularity amongst luxury hotel and travel business brands around the world, Job's passion for excellence has been recognized by various tourism boards, who have also endorsed him; one of which is becoming one of the top 15 travel advisors chosen by South Korean Tourism Organization in Middle East.

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Thomas Sebastian

Travel Network Advisor

Thomas – the Cruise Expert, His introduction needs no further explanation in the Middle East Market than this tagline. Among the few principal consultants who established cruises and business in GCC market, Thomas Sebastian stands out with his exceptional service standards which complements his knowledge about cruise products along with international travel brands in GCC. He has been acknowledged to be one of the very few who have won the million dollar sales recognition of many leading brands in service industry during his sales career. Today, Thomas mentors travel professionals around the globe, and maintaining the best rapport from top management to the counter sales staff in all major travel entities in GCC. He carries over 18 years of experience in travel industry in Middle East and Asia, and he has truly put love for travel and knowledge he acquired during his Master’s in Hospitality. Today his expertise extends to overseeing sales, marketing and promotions, customer relations, administration, tours, and hotel & cruise reservations to name a few.

Our Team

Advisory Board

Fatima Al Matar

Travel & Social Media Advisor

Founder and CEO of Hello Explorer Travel Consulting has established her strong presence in the travel industry for the last 12 years in Middle East market with brand name of Hello965 having a strong following-base from the GCC in particular. She completed her Masters in Business Administration from IE Business School in Madrid, Spain and translated her passion into an inimitable expertise in marketing as a sought-after travel influencer in GCC. Over a decade, Fatima has gained a leading position as an advisor across the hospitality industry, including the Airlines, Tourism Boards, Hotels and Travel organizations. Her ability to understand different travel segments in the market and provide them best travel solutions that drives results, Fatima is officially recognized to be among top 3 travel influencers in the world by the panel at World Travel Market 2022, she loves to raise her service delivery standard by a notch with each assignment that she is engages in.

Biju George

Over 20 years of airline experience with proven achievements in Operations, Business Development and Relationship Management. An instinctive leader and team player with commendable track record of superior performance in Customer Relationship Management and account penetration. Natural communicator with excellent record in Revenue Generation, Brand Positioning, Innovation & Strategic planning, Partner Relation. Having lead the team in Middle East for many prestigious airlines and successfully established operations for many airlines in GCC makes him the most suitable person to consult for any requirement connected to airlines in Middle East.

Merlene Job

Travel & Social Media Advisor

A passionate innovator, design thinker and business strategist, Merlene believes that learning transforms and never ends. She believes in influencing people for a better change through her unique people development programs. With around 22 years of professional experience, Merlene has worked with different International organizations on a range of training and consultancy projects involving change management and processes, training services & organizational development initiatives. With a key focus on Organizational Development and Strategy, Performance Management, Needs Analysis, Curriculum Development, Competency-Based Management, Career Development and Career Succession programs, her passion in the field has also led her to participate as an enthusiastic and creative management facilitator and consultant across various industries. She has won the confidence of management teams in big corporations, who initially shared sceptical perspectives about change. Her programs successfully gained employee retention and enhanced employer branding, and helped the training department accelerate from an administration role to a 'Learning and Development' set up, adding value to the organization and professional community.

Jojin Thomas

Jojin M.Thomas is a highly accomplished and dynamic professional, serving in Advisory board of Encompass for Project Management has a track record of planning and executing many major project in GCC market over the past decade for various oraganisations. An engineer by qualification, Jojin brings a wealth of expertise garnered through executing and hand holding projects across multiple domains like travel, hospitality, logistics, events and engineering. This experience helps him in Encompass, to drive strategic growth and operational excellence in project execution, through Analytical thinking, Organisational Risks assessment / Mitigation and forging cross organisational hand-shakes that define progress. He also acts as a Chief Strategy Officer entrusted with developing Encompass's long-term strategy and implementing Her long-term vision and goals.