Want to be Skyscanner's CEO for the day?

To celebrate hitting 40 million users, Skyscanner has launched a new campaign which will give one user the opportunity to replace the company’s CEO for the day.

“While the success of Skyscanner is the result of collaboration by a skilled team of 600 staff, it would not have been possible without the initial vision and tenacity of founder and CEO Gareth Williams”, says the website. To ‘reward’ him, Skyscanner is forcing Gareth to take a well-earned break and is now recruiting for a replacement to run the billion dollar company for the day.

The temporary CEO will tour the Edinburgh head office, meeting the various teams and will be expected to cover a range of key duties including:
· Providing insight into Skyscanner’s flights, hotels and car hire products
· Testing changes to the site and apps
· Being interviewed by media
· Reviewing the company strategy
· Drawing weird doodles

Skyscanner spokesperson Mary Porter commented, “At Skyscanner we always say that our customers are at the heart of our business and this is our chance to prove it by bringing in one of them to take over as boss, providing us with the ultimate in user feedback. It’s a very exciting opportunity.”