Sam Willan

General Manager UK

StudentUniverse

A marketer by trade and training, Sam is currently General Manager at StudentUniverse, a youth and student online travel company, who believe travel is essential to a modern day education.

Sam started his career in travel a decade ago, progressing through the ranks at Flight Centre Travel Group’s retail marketing team, working across the marketing mix on a range of brands, including The Travel Club, Flight Centre and Round the World Experts. He made the move into youth travel five years ago, leading the marketing strategy for gapyear.com, before finding his niche in ecommerce as Head of Marketing with StudentUniverse in 2016.