David Soskin biography
Photograph © Sonal PatelDavid Soskin
Chief Executive Officer
David Soskin joined Cheapflights Limited as CEO in March 2000 from ABN AMRO Corporate Finance, where he was head of global media. His previous experience includes the Boston Consulting Group and Redland Plc where he was Group Director of Corporate Planning. David founded the Asquith Court Schools Group in 1989 and remained as a director until 2001 when the company was sold to West Private Equity. In 1995, David’s entrepreneurial achievements were honoured by the European Foundation for Entrepreneurial Research when he was named as one of Europe’s 500 most dynamic entrepreneurs. He was educated at Oxford University (First Class Honours in Modern History, President of the Oxford Union) and the Harvard Business School (Harkness Fellow). David appears regularly on TV and radio (Bloomberg, CNBC, Sky, BBC ) talking about travel and the internet and is frequently invited as a speaker at travel and e-commerce conferences worldwide.
