The company was founded 45 years ago by the late H.J. Russell and two business partners – Felker W. Ward Jr. and Jesse Hill Jr. In 1999, Russell bought out his two partners, and CI became totally family-owned.

Donata Russell Ross, one of H.J. Russell’s three children, has had a 42-year career with Concessions International. She will retire as its CEO, a role she has held since 2013.

A search committee for a new CEO included Russell Ross and her two brothers, H. Jerome Russell and Michael B. Russell.

They selected Nikki Tinsley Harland, chief operating officer of Paradies Lagardère, as the company’s new CEO. Tinsley Harland has worked for 12 years in the travel retail industry.

“We couldn’t have found a more perfect candidate to be my successor,” Russell Ross said in a statement. “With

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