Summit Speakers - GBTA VDR 2024

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>>

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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>>