Astella

What is Astella?

Julio Castellanos serves as the Group Chief Executive Officer at Time Out Digital. He has assisted a range of companies on their global expansion plans and investment strategies in the travel, media, e-commerce and technology sectors. He was previously Global Vice President of Sales for TripAdvisor, leading a global sales team with bases in Newton, Massachusetts, London, Oxfordand Singapore. Prior to working for TripAdvisor, he worked at Travelport as Vice President for Canada, Latin America & the Caribbean, during which time Travelport opened new offices in Colombia, Chile and Uruguay. Prior to working at Travelport, he worked at Cendant Corporation, where he was Managing Director (President) of Continental Europe & South America, leading several business units within their B2B division, namely, Galileo, Gulliver's Travel (GTA) in-bound, Octopus Travel B2B and Travelwire. Prior to joining Cendant, he held several senior positions internationally, including positions as Group Global Accounts Director at Regus plc and Managing Director at Energizer Corporation for Northern Europe. He has also previously worked in consumer goods at Diageo plc, based in London and subsequently the USA, managing third party sales operations and services for Latin America and the Caribbean. He holds a Master's degree in International Business from the University of London and post-graduate certificate on leadership from Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.