MEP Ismail Ertug
Committee on Transport and Tourism, European Parliament
Ismail Ertug is a German Member of the European Parliament for the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands in the S&D group View More>>
Brune Poirson
Chief Sustainability Officer, Accor
Brune Poirson has experience in the field of sustainability in the public, non-profit and private sectors. View More>>
Michael Schneider
Assistant Director Aviation Environment, IATA
Michael Schneider is an aviation professional with 20+ years of experience in finance, environment, and sustainability. View More>>
Dan Rutherford
Program Director, International Council on Clean Transportation
Dan Rutherford directs ICCT’s aviation and marine programs. In that capacity, he helps national and international regulators develop policies View More>>
Thomas Neumann
Policy Manager, AVERE
As Policy Manager at AVERE – the European association for electromobility, Thomas Neumann leads the association’s work on all relevant EU policy developments. View More>>
Kim Carnahan
Head of Secretariat, Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA)
Kim Carnahan is the Head of Secretariat for the Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance and the Senior Director of Net Zero Fuels, Americas at ENGIE Impact. View More>>
Amon Cohen
Conference Producer for Business Travel Show Europe
Amon Cohen is Conference Producer for Business Travel Show Europe and Contributing Editor to BTN Group publications BTN Europe, BTN North America and The Beat. View More>>
Bev Fearis
Editor, The Business Travel Magazine
Bev Fearis is Editor of The Business Travel Magazine, a multi-award-winning bi-monthly magazine View More>>
Zlatko Kregar
Policy Officer, DG Mobility & Transport, Sustainable & Intelligent Transport Unit, European Commission
Zlatko Kregar was born in 1981, in Zagreb, Croatia. After graduating experimental physics on the University of Zagre. View More>>
Dr. Gabrielle Walker
Founder & Director, Valence Solutions
Gabrielle Walker, Founder and Director of Valence Solutions, is an expert strategist, speaker and moderator focused on unleashing capitalism on climate change. View More>>
Maarten Dansen
Senior Manager Corporate Responsibility, PwC NL
Maarten is Senior Manager in Corporate Sustainability at PwC Netherlands. He graduated from Delft University of Technology in 2009 as MSc Real Estate. View More>>
Suzanne Neufang
CEO, Global Business Travel Association
Suzanne Neufang was named to lead the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) as Chief Executive Officer in February 2021. View More>>
Denise Auclair
Travel Smart Campaign Manager, Transport & Environment
Denise Auclair leads the Travel Smart Campaign, a global effort to help businesses move towards purposeful travel and reduced corporate emissions, while accelerating innovation and scale-up of advances in sustainable travel. View More>>
Patrick O’Meara
Head of Business Development, Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
Patrick O'Meara serves as the Head of Partnerships & Business Development at the Sustainable Hospitality Alliance, a global collaboration of hospitality businesses working to achieve a truly regenerative hospitality industry for people, planet and place. View More>>
Randy Durband
Chief Executive Officer, Global Sustainable Tourism Council
CEO of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC), a UN-created NGO managing the global sustainable tourism standards, the GSTC Criteria. View More>>
Sally Davey
Chief Executive, Travalyst
Sally Davey is the Chief Executive at Travalyst , a pre-competitive alliance founded by The Duke of Sussex in partnership with industry leaders Booking.com, Trip.com Group, Tripadvisor, Skyscanner and Visa, and joined recently by Google. View More>>
2024 Summit Speakers
Benjamin Park
Executive Director Travel & Sustainability
Parexel
Ben Park **Executive Director of Travel & Sustainability, Parexel (Clinical Research Organization) ** ## Career Profile Ben Park is a **visionary leader** with over 15 years of expertise in global travel and expense management as travel buyer. His strategic approach has fostered service enhancement, safety promotion, and significant savings. Overseeing a global travel program for more than 22,000 employees across 52 countries with an $80 million T&E budget, Ben has delivered substantial savings alongside high satisfaction scores. ## Sustainability Leadership Since 2021, Ben has served as the global head of the environmental program for his company, including the full GHG inventory creation and CDP reporting, elevating the sustainability agenda to new heights. His passion for sustainability is evident in his work on business travel emissions reporting and offsetting, making a tangible impact on the industry's ecological footprint.
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Benjamin Park
Executive Director Travel & Sustainability
Parexel