July 2009

Genevieve Tap appointed Senior Director Global Customer Services at NetJets Inc.

ChampionScott Partners has placed Genevieve (Genny) Tap as Senior Director Global Customer Services at NetJets Inc. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., NetJets is financially the strongest aviation company in the world. NetJets has the commitment and resources to invest whatever is necessary to provide the safest and most reliable travel management services for their owners. “Spend whatever it takes to be the safest and most secure. Then, spend whatever it takes to stay that way.” (Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO Berkshire Hathaway Inc.).

NetJets created the concept of fractional jet ownership giving individuals and businesses all the benefits of whole aircraft ownership at a fraction of the cost. NetJets flies more than 390,000 flights annually to more than 173 countries. With more than 800 aircraft under management, their fleet is equal in size to the world’s second largest airline. NetJets’ reach is truly global, offering fractional programs in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. Regardless of the jet type owned, the size of the share or where you own it, their owners have access to NetJets’ worldwide fleet.

Located at the NetJets European Operations Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, Genny is responsible for all NetJets Customer Services, Customer Relations and Owner Services in EMEA. She manages a team of over 100 customer service professionals throughout EMEA supporting over 1,500 NetJets customers (Owners and Cardholders).

Prior to joining NetJets, Genny was Senior Director Global Customer Services at eBay in Salt Lake City and earlier held the same position for eBay North America. Previously, she was Senior Director European Customer Services located in Dublin, Ireland. Before joining eBay, Genny was Director Global Market Places Operational Excellence for the Suez Group Nalco located in Leiden, The Netherlands. A French national and a six sigma black belt, Genny also speaks French, German and Russian.

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