Significant moves at Travelport this week with a wholesale restructuring of its GDS and airline IT departments across multiple territories.
At the top of the change is a switch of responsibility for the entire commercial team.
GDS industry veteran Sue Powers, who lead Airline IT Solutions business will retire, and chief commercial officer Kurt Ekert will assume overall responsibility for both the GDS and AITS units
Other moves include:
- Ex-Hewlett Packard exec Derek Sharp to lead airline IT solution (AITS).
- Mark Ryan becomes AITS chief information officer.
- Bryan Conway is the new head of global commercial operations on the GDS side.
Elsewhere in the GDS business:
- Rabih Saab is president and managing director for Middle East and Africa.
- Jason Clarke is president and MD for Europe.
- Jon Hall is president for corporate sales.
Clarke replaces Olaf Gueldner who is leaving the business.