Alice Lomas

Office Manager

Alice joined us as a Chalet Manager in 2016 with a view to taking a break from the fast-paced London life. Now on her seventh ski season, and sixth with us, it’s clear that she loves life in the mountains. She and our Resort Manager Pete were married on Lake Annecy in 2018, having met 15 years ago during Alice’s first season in Alpe d’Huez.

Prior to joining us she spent six years managing Coda, the fine dining restaurant at the Royal Albert Hall, and she brings with her a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the servicing and catering industry. She has a Bachelor’s Honours degree in Media Studies from Chichester University and has worked as a sales assistant at the Riverside Art Gallery and a head waitress for Leiths at Glyndebourne Opera House. Out of the ‘office’, Alice is a yoga enthusiast and is qualified to teach level three Mat Pilates.

Alice is laid-back, empathetic and has a great sense of humour, alongside being extremely hard-working and organised.

Charlotte Rous

Public Relations

Charlotte was born in London and grew up in California. A US/UK dual citizen, she loves nothing more than putting both passports to use travelling and experiencing new places and cultures, which led her to becoming a PR specialist in the luxury travel industry – and she now has over a decade of experience with leading UK and international media under her belt. She handles the PR for Purple Ski and helps communicate our stories and luxury offerings to the media - helping us stay in the press regularly!

Charlotte founded her agency Charlotte Rous Communications in 2020 with a mission to work with unique, luxurious and bespoke offerings worldwide. She lives with her husband and their three young sons in London, and is assisted at work by their pug, Wellington.

Jill Christer

Managing Director

Zac Brown

Head of Sales & Marketing

Originally from rural Cambridgeshire, Zac fell in love with skiing in his teens, after first visiting the French Alps with his family aged 12 and then rarely missing a year from then on. He went on to study French and History at Nottingham University, always with the intention of heading to the Alps afterwards for a ski season. He loves being bilingual and spent a year abroad in France as part of his degree, choosing Grenoble in order to be as close to the mountains as possible.

Zac has an abundance of experience in the travel industry, having joined Madame Vacances’ Management Trainee graduate programme after university. He completed a ski season at their Hotel Le Mottaret in Méribel, and went on to become UK Sales Manager for their London office. He also spent 18 months working as part of Ski Solutions’ Operations and Product team.

Outside of work, Zac is a sports fanatic and particularly enjoys cricket, which he plays for a local club in London, as well as rugby, tennis, squash, cycling and running. He loves to travel and people are always surprised to hear he has even visited North Korea. His other interests include cooking and long walks with his trusted dog Chilli and wife Emma.

Hannah Crane-Buck

Head of Editorial

Hannah joined us back in 2014 for what was supposed to be one ski season in Méribel – and has been part of the Purple Ski team ever since! Our guests will no doubt have got to know her in her previous role of Sales and Customer Services Manager; now she is based in the UK and managing Purple Ski’s copywriting and editorial needs, such as our regular newsletters.

Hannah has long had a passion for writing and languages, having graduated from the University of Warwick with First Class honours in French Studies with Italian, and an MA in Translation and Creative Writing. She is fluent in both French and Italian and has basic Portuguese skills; she loves having the chance to use her languages and travels as often as she can. In addition to her seasons in Méribel she has worked abroad multiple times, as a teaching assistant in France, intern for a travel company in Spain, and office manager for a summer camp in the US. She loves people and socialising and her hobbies are very diverse, including skiing, hiking, Via Ferrata, and diving.

Pete Lomas

Operations Manager

Originally from London, Pete joined us in 2016 having previously worked seven seasons as a Resort Representative and Ski Technician, then subsequently being promoted to Head Ski Technician, managing eight ski rental facilities and a team of ski technicians, representatives and shop managers. He also managed a busy licensed pool bar in the heart of London during five inter-seasons, in addition to some summer hotel management work in France. His early experience includes working as a Teaching Assistant with adults and children with learning difficulties, and as Crew Chief at the Royal Albert Hall, helping with the technical side of shows. During his few years away from the mountains, he worked in media as a Television Media Manager at the BBC.

Pete met his now-wife Alice in the Alps back in 2006-07; they had always wanted to do a season again, and now they are on their sixth in a row with us! Pete is hard-working, dedicated and has excellent people skills - both as a leader and team member. He is endlessly positive, calm and is always smiling - as one of his referees said, we are ‘lucky to have him’.