Board of Directors

Michael Gregory (Greg) O’Hara served as the Chairman of GBT since June 2014 and has served as the Chairman of our Board since May 27, 2022. Mr. O’Hara is the Founder and Senior Managing Director of Certares, a firm that invests in the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, and co-founder of GO Acquisition Corp. Prior to forming Certares, Mr. O’Hara served as Chief Investment Officer of JPMorgan Chase’s Special Investments Group (“JPM SIG”). Prior to this role at JPM SIG, Mr. O’Hara was a Managing Director of One Equity Partners (“OEP”), the private equity arm of JPMorgan. Before joining OEP in 2005, he served as Executive Vice President of Worldspan and was a member of its Board of Directors. Mr. O’Hara is the Chairperson of Hertz Global Holdings and Vice Chairman of Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings and serves on the Boards of Directors of Certares Holdings, CK Opportunities Fund, Certares Real Estate Holdings, Hertz Global Holdings (Nasdaq: HTZ) Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings (Nasdaq: LTRPA) and Tripadvisor (Nasdaq: TRIP), Singer Vehicle Design and World Travel & Tourism Council.

Paul Abbott has served as our Chief Executive Officer since October 2019. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Abbott was Chief Commercial Officer, Global Commercial Payments at American Express. In his 24 years at American Express, Mr. Abbott served in a variety of senior roles across the corporate travel business. Mr. Abbott led the rapid and successful expansion of the American Express Business-to-Business Payments business around the world and introduced innovative new products and services to four million businesses of all sizes in over 150 countries. In addition, Mr. Abbott led the expansion of American Express’ card-issuing partnerships with some of the world’s largest financial institutions. Mr. Abbott previously worked at British Airways for nine years. Mr. Abbott received his postgraduate degree from Lancaster University.

James P. Bush joined the GBT Board in January 2020 and has served as a member of our Board since May 27, 2022. Mr. Bush joined American Express in 1987 and served various marketing, customer service and operations roles before becoming EVP and General Manager of the new Strategic Alliances Group in 2000. Before retiring from American Express in 2018, Mr. Bush served as a Senior Advisor to the new CEO, with a special focus on growth opportunities in Asia. In his most recent profit and loss role from 2015 to 2018, Mr. Bush was President, Global Network and International Card Services, responsible for all consumer business outside the U.S. and all global bank partnerships. As EVP, World Service from 2009 to 2015 and EVP, US Service Delivery from 2005 to 2009, Mr. Bush led customer care as well as global operations, card processing and credit and fraud management. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Bush was the Regional President, Japan/Asia Pacific/Australia. Mr. Bush is a member of the Global Policy Forum at Penn State University, the Board of Trustees and the President’s Council at Valley Health System in New Jersey, the Corporate Board of Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida and the Board of Trustees of Rider University. Mr. Bush previously served on the board of Webster Financial Corporation. Mr. Bush received his B.S. in Accounting from Rider University.

Gloria Guevara Manzo has served as a member of our Board since May 27, 2022. Ms. Guevara Manzo has served as Chief Special Advisor for the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia since May 2021. Prior to joining the Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia, Ms. Guevara Manzo was President and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (“WTCC”), the body that represents global private travel and tourism worldwide, from August 2017 to May 2021. Ms. Guevara Manzo began her career at NCR Corp in 1989 and in the travel industry in 1995 working at Sabre Travel Network and Sabre Holdings. Ms. Guevara Manzo later served as CEO of JV Sabre Mexico, reporting to a board of directors from Aeromexico, Mexicana, and Sabre Holdings. In March 2010, Ms. Guevara Manzo was appointed by President Felipe Calderon as Secretary of Tourism for Mexico, and in addition, was given the full responsibility of the Mexican Tourism Board. Ms. Guevara Manzo formerly served on the boards of HSBC Mexico, Playa Hotels & Resorts (Nasdaq: PLYA) and other organizations. Ms. Guevara Manzo was Special Advisor on Government Affairs to Harvard University’s School of Public Health and was part of the Future for Travel, Tourism and Aviation Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum. Ms. Guevara Manzo received her B.S. in Computer Science from Anahuac University and MBA from Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University.

Eric Hart has served as a member of our Board since May 27, 2022. Mr. Hart is the Chief Financial Officer at Expedia Group. Prior to this role, Mr. Hart acted as Chief Strategy Officer where he was responsible for Expedia Group strategy and business development as well as global M&A and investments. In his over 10 years with Expedia Group, Mr. Hart was most recently the General Manager of CarRentals.com. Prior to his role as General Manager, Mr. Hart led corporate strategy for the company, leading some of the company’s largest acquisitions. Prior to joining Expedia Group, Mr. Hart spent time as a Vice President at Lake Capital, a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group, and a Consultant at Accenture. Hart holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University and a Master’s in Business Administration from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Raymond Donald Joabar joined the GBT Board in October 2019 and has served as a member of our Board since May 27, 2022. Mr. Joabar joined American Express in 1992 and has served in a wide variety of senior roles. Mr. Joabar is Group President of American Express’ Global Merchant & Network Services (“GMNS”) organization. In this position, he leads the team that oversees relationships with the millions of merchants around the world that accept American Express, as well as the team that runs American Express’ payment network and manages bank partnerships globally. Mr. Joabar is a member of the American Express Executive Committee, which is responsible for developing the company’s strategic direction and determining key policies affecting the company overall. Prior to his role as Group President, GMNS, Mr. Joabar served as Chief Risk Officer of American Express and American Express National Bankfrom September 2019 to May 2021. As Chief Risk Officer, Mr. Joabar was responsible for developing American Express’ and the American Express National Bank’s risk appetite, ensuring safety and soundness, and strengthening the control and compliance environment. Prior to this, Mr. Joabar served as President of the International Consumer Services and Global Travel and Lifestyle Services group at American Express, where he helped lead the development of the country-by-country strategy that led to accelerated growth in the company’s top strategic international markets. Mr. Joabar received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and his MBA from Manchester Business School. He currently serves on the boards of the Lincoln Center Theatre and the American Associates of the National Theatre.

Richard Petrino joined the GBT Board in October 2019 and has served as a member of our Board since May 27, 2022. Mr. Petrino is COO of American Express National Bank (“AENB”) and a member of the AENB Board of Directors and American Express’ Executive Committee. In this role, Mr. Petrino is responsible for the administration of programs and services provided by AENB in partnership with the CEO and other executive officers of AENB. Prior to his role as COO, Mr. Petrino served as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of American Express Company (“AXP”). Over his 25+ year career at AXP, Mr. Petrino served in various roles of increasing responsibility in both the Finance and Risk Management organizations. These roles included AXP Chief Operational Risk Officer as well as SVP of Corporate Planning and Investor Relations. Prior to joining AXP, Mr. Petrino worked in the Controllers Group at CS First Boston and in the Audit Group at KPMG. Mr. Petrino received his degree in Accounting from Lehigh University and his MBA from NYU. He is also a CPA.

Mohammed Saif S.S. Al-Sowaidi joined the GBT Board in June 2014 and has served as a member of our Board since May 27, 2022. Mr. Al-Sowaidi is the Chief Investment Officer North and South Americas, he leads QIA investments across the various asset classes in the Americas region. Mr. Al-Sowaidi is also a member at QIA Executive committee. Mr. Al-Sowaidi was President Qatar Investment Authority US Office in New York for the period 2015-2020. Mr. Al-Sowaidi led establishing QIA’s office. QIA US office hosts an investment team that supports QIA to become a significant investor in the US. Joined QIA in 2010, held multiple roles such as Portfolio Manager for the TMT Portfolio, Industrial Portfolio and Head of the Private Equity Funds Portfolio. Before joining QIA, Mr. Al-Sowaidi was a Director Corporate Banking at Masraf Al-Rayan covering the Government and Real Estate Sectors, 2006-2010. Financial Analyst at ExxonMobil Treasury in Qatar, 2004-2006. Mr. Al-Sowaidi is a CFA Charterholder, 2013. MBA from TRIUM Program, 2018. Double Major Bachelor’s Degrees in Statistics and Finance from the University of Missouri Columbia.

Itai Wallach has served as a member of our Board since May 27, 2022. Mr. Wallach is a partner in the Private Equity group of Apollo, which he joined in 2012. Mr. Wallach also currently serves on the board of directors of Qdoba Restaurant Corporation. He was previously on the Board of Directors of Jacuzzi Brands from February 2017 to February 2019, McGraw-Hill Education from March 2017 to July 2021, Smart & Final from June 2019 to July 2021, Smart Foodservice from April 2019 to April 2020 and The Fresh Market from January 2017 to December 2020. Prior to joining Apollo, Mr. Wallach was a member of the Financial Sponsors Investment Banking group at Barclays Capital. He graduated with distinction as an Ivey scholar from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts in Honors Business Administration.

Susan Ward joined the GBT Board in September 20, 2021 and has served as a member of our Board since May 27, 2022. Ms. Ward currently serves on the board of directors of Saia, Inc. (Nasdaq: SAIA) and Ecovyst Inc. (NYSE: ECVT). Ms. Ward is the retired Chief Accounting Officer of UPS with her career spanning more than 25 years. At UPS, she held a variety of roles within Finance & Accounting as well as Operations. Her experience includes Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Global Risk Management, Pension Investments, External Reporting, Corporate Accounting, and Internal Audit. Ms. Ward’s experience also includes P&L responsibility for a U.S. small package operation and the design and execution of a global finance and accounting functional transformation, which was targeted to save annually through technology enabled solutions such as data analytics, artificial intelligence and robotics. Prior to joining UPS, Ms. Ward served as a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young in both New York City and Atlanta where her industry experience included real estate, telecommunications and entrepreneurial businesses. Ms. Ward received her Bachelors in Accounting from St. Bonaventure University and her MBA in Finance from Fordham University. Ms. Ward also attended the Leadership and Strategic Impact Executive Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Ms. Ward is a Certified Public Accountant.

Kathleen Winters has served as a member of our Board since May 27, 2022. Ms. Winters served as Chief Financial Officer of ADP (Nasdaq: ADP), a leading global technology company providing human capital management solutions, from 2019 to 2021. As CFO, Ms. Winters guided the Company through the pandemic, accelerated meaningful digital and operational transformation and implemented a rigorous capital allocation program. Ms. Winters led ADP’s global finance organization and represented the company to stakeholders, communicating the company’s strategy, investments and financial performance. Ms. Winters oversaw Business Finance, Financial Planning and Analysis, Investor Relations, Tax, Treasury (including Client Fund Portfolio Investment), Controllership and Internal Audit. Ms. Winters currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Definitive Healthcare (Nasdaq: DH), an industry leader in healthcare commercial intelligence. Prior to joining ADP, Ms. Winters served as Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer of MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools for institutional investors, including indexes, for three years. Before joining MSCI, Ms. Winters spent fourteen years in various leadership roles at Honeywell International, including CFO of Performance Materials & Technologies, a $10 billion materials and services company, Corporate Controller and Global Leader of Financial Planning & Analysis. Prior to Honeywell, Ms. Winters began her career at PwC, serving clients primarily in the entertainment and media industries. Ms. Winters received her bachelor’s degree from Boston College, is a CPA and a Six Sigma Certified Black Belt.