IMAGINATIVE TRAVELLER - Key Persons


Anki Nordin

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
General Manager Anki is our General Manager, and looks after the team in general and has responsibility for our product strategy and crisis management. Anki is our General Manager, and looks after the team in general and has responsibility for our product strategy and crisis management. She joined the Imaginative Traveller family when she became an overland leader for our sister company and now as General Manager. Anki's love of travel and overlanding has taken her across most of Latin America and Africa. Anki has recently taken up running and is enjoying exploring the beautiful Suffolk countryside on foot.

Chris Smith

Job Titles:
  • Web Developer
Web Developer Chris has been looking after our website and other website-related things since 2013 as our Web Developer. Chris has been looking after our website and other website-related things since 2013 as our Web Developer. He didn't always have a background in tech, previously working in & studying horticulture. Chris has travelled to Cuba, USA, France, Belgium, Spain & Germany. In his spare time, Chris is a keen gamer, hiker and takes part in Airsoft skirmishes.

Lesley Clark

Job Titles:
  • Senior Tailor Made Travel Consultant
Lesley joined the Imaginative Traveller team in the summer of 2017, returning to her native East Anglia to put down roots after years of perepetetic globe trotting. Lesley joined the Imaginative Traveller team in the summer of 2017, returning to her native East Anglia to put down roots after years of peripetetic globe trotting. Lesley's vast independent travel experience, combined with customer facing roles in the travel and tourisim industry, leave her perfectly equipped to understand the needs of our most discerning tailor-made travellers and create truly unique and imaginative itineraries.

Marie Bannister

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Assistant Cost Accountant
Marie Bannister - Assistant Cost Accountant Marie has been with Imaginative Traveller since 2012, working in our busy Accounts Department and with our team of on-road crew.

Michael Battley

Job Titles:
  • Sales Team Leader
Sales Team Leader Michael has always had a passion for travel and has lived in Cape Town and Australia. Michael has always had a passion for travel and has lived in Cape Town and Australia. With 40 countries under his belt he has a wealth of knowledge that he loves to share - after working for many years as a Sales Consultant, he now manages our busy Sales team.

Sue Markot

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Finance / Financial
Controller Sue is an avid and accomplished traveller with most of her career being in the travel industry, as well as being fantastic with figures! A little bit about Sue Most of my working life has been within the travel industry in various roles from operations to sales, ending up in accounts after taking my accountancy exams at the age of 40.