Prince Harry suffers setback as head of firm quits Travalyst after less than 2 years: ‘No surprise’

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announced.While Gary-Martin has yet to explain the reason for her departure, Travalyst said in a statement that she stepped down to pursue her own business, Leadership For Execs — a company that works with organizations to enrich diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.“Working for Prince Harry seems to have lost its thrill very quickly for the businesswoman,” royal expert Richard Eden wrote in the Daily Mail.“Frankly, it’s no surprise,” a source told him of Gary-Martin’s exit.She becomes the 19th senior staffer working for Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, to hand in their resignation over the past five years.Harry founded Travalyst Limited, a London-based non-profit that partners with giant travel companies, such as Expedia and TripAdvisor, to promote more sustainable travel in 2019.After Gary-Martin was appointed as Chair of the Board at Travalyst nearly two years ago, she excitedly announced the new role in a statement.“Being able to ensure that people of color are central to conversations about sustainability in spaces we don’t traditionally occupy is both a responsibility and honor,” she said at the time.The organization has since announced that former Google exec Gianni Marostica was appointed as the non-profit’s new chairman in Dec.

2024.Travalyst CEO, Sarah Davey, hailed Marostica as a “change maker” in a post about the new gig, saying his “deep expertise will be instrumental in advancing Travalyst’s mission to secure a more sustainable travel and tourism sector for the next generation.”According to its website, the organization is a not-for-profit global coalition of various firms that provides “credible, consistent sustainability information to the mainstream” to help companies make “more informed.