World Travel Protection Appoints Chris Knight Director of Global Provider Networks

Global travel risk management company World Travel Protection - part of the Zurich Insurance Group - has appointed Chris Knight as Chief Director of Global Provider Networks.

Chris will be based in World Travel Protection's London Command Centre and has over 20 years experience in operations and transformation, including most recently working for Healix, as Director of Business Transformation.

Before this, he spent six years as Director of Assistance Operations for Charles Taylor Assistance where he was responsible for all aspects of medical assistance, Retail, Corporate, IPMI, Direct clients' teams and utilising the Global Network and Cost Containment team to complement the services he had direct leadership responsibility over. Chris has also worked with Crisis24 (formerly known as Drum Cussac Risk Management Services) as the Operations Director.

Chris Knight said, "I'm delighted to have joined World Travel Protection at such an exciting time in its growth and expansion. It's essential that my team's work continues to support the work of the operational and medical teams by building and strengthening our relationships with our network of global providers, which is critical to enhancing the customer journey. As technology rapidly advances, it's also imperative that we're able to select innovative and forward-looking providers, who we can grow with us. World Travel Protection is expanding across the globe and having the best providers alongside us to support our growth is my priority."

Alerah Turner, Chief Operating Officer, World Travel Protection, said: "Chris' knowledge and expertise will be invaluable as we continue our global growth with a focus at all times on the overall customer experience."

World Travel Protection is a leading global travel risk management company delivering world class technology solutions, combined with 24/7 emergency assistances which support over 20 million travellers a year globally via its Command Centres in London, Brisbane and Toronto.