Peter Brun joins VFS Global in Dubai
Kuoni Group Head of Communications Peter Brun will take over as Head of Global Corporate Marketing and Branding Communications of VFS Global at its headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as of July 2016.
VFS Global is the world's leading outsourcing and technology specialist for governments and diplomatic missions. VFS Global is the most successful division of Kuoni Group and is being developed independently following its acquisition by private equity firm EQT.
Global communications and marketing activities will in future be managed at VFS Global's headquarters in Dubai. As part of the company's expansion, this will further strengthen VFS Global's communications and marketing functions. In his new role as Chief Communications Officer, Peter Brun is a member of VFS Global's extended executive management team. He reports to CEO Zubin Karkaria and will relocate to Dubai by the end of 2016. In addition, he will remain responsible for Kuoni Group communications for the current year. Peter Brun has been with Kuoni since 2005. He has been Head of Corporate Communications at Kuoni Group since 2008 and was additionally responsible for Communications at Kuoni Switzerland until 2015.
Founded in 2001, VFS Global is the world's largest outsourcing and technology specialist for services to governments and diplomatic missions. The company handles administrative tasks, without decision-making authority, related to visas, passports, identity management and other citizen services on behalf of government agencies. VFS Global currently operates 2,151 application centers in 124 countries for 50 governments and employs approximately 4,100 people from 90 different nations.
