Travelzest has announced the appointment of James Brooke as a non-executive director.

Brooke, 40, an investment manager at Henderson Global Investors, the company’s largest single shareholder, will join the board as non-executive director.

Neither Brooke nor Henderson will receive any remuneration from this appointment.

On the appointment Jonathan Carroll, Travelzest’s chief executive officer, commented: “We are very pleased to appoint Jamie to the board of Travelzest and believe that his extensive experience will add a strong complementary skill base to the existing Travelzest.

“The support from Henderson in the past has been exceptional and we are looking forward to a closer relationship with them through Jamie.”

Travelzet is an online travel group specialising in providing a broad base of travel products and travel programmes for consumers in North America and the United Kingdom.