Qype are pleased to announce the appointments of Phillip Chambers as new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Andrew Hunter as On-line Marketing Manager.

Phillip Chambers and Andrew Hunter will be joining Qype from Gumtree.com, and report to CEO Stephan Uhrenbacher.

Phillip Chambers will become Qype’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He was Head of Technology at Gumtree.com. He has also previously held analyst and consultancy roles for Accenture and Hewlett Packard, and was a co-founder of privateproperty.co.uk. At Qype, Phillip will be responsible for all tech operations and development.
Andrew Hunter is to fulfill the position of On-line Marketing Manager at Qype. He will be responsible for online marketing and advertising sales. During his time at Gumtree, he helped grow the company into one of the UK’s largest classifieds website and also brings experience from his time at Thomas Cook, where he was Search Marketing Manager.
Qype Founding CEO Stephan Uhrenbacher said of the appointments: “Adding Phil and Andrew’s experience will enable us to accelerate our already impressive growth for a business based on user generated content. Also, Qype is transforming itself from a German brand into a truly international one and we are strengthening our commitment to the UK as a core market for Qype.“ Uhrenbacher himself is known for his expertise around on-line businesses thanks to his prior involvement with several companies, including previous roles as Head of Northern Europe for lastminute.com and Commercial Director for www.opodo.co.uk
Qype is also recruiting a permanent Managing Director for the UK market, a role which is currently held on an interim basis by Isabelle Ratinaud, former European Marketing Director at Opodo.