Who‘s who
The Institute of Travel & Meetings is led by a group of supplier and buyer members appointed for one to two year periods, with the option to re-appoint for a further two years.
The leadership team always has more travel buyers represented than suppliers and the Chairman, Vice Chair and Immediate past Chair are all from the buyer membership. This ensures that the association acts primarily in the interests of the buyer community, which is ultimately in the long term interests of suppliers.
These representatives join the Chief Executive, the non-voting head of the secretariat, to form the ITM board. Each board director undertakes the following role for the association:
- Works to help create the association's strategy, with particular representation of their membership status
- Is a critical friend to the association
- Ensures that activity is monitored and evaluated appropriately to measure the success against strategy
- Adopts a directing status of a working party or other leadership role across a chosen stream of activity
Below are the individuals who presently make up the board, click on their names to review their biographies.
- Jamie Hindhaugh
Chairman - Head of Sourcing
- BBC
- Caroline Strachan
Immediate Past Chair - Global Category Leader - Business Travel
- AstraZeneca
- Derick Shaw
Buyer Director - Travel Contracts Manager
- Aviva UK Operational Services
- Nicola Spence
Industry Practitioner Director - Consultant
- 3SIXTY Sourcing
- Helen Hodgkinson
Supplier Director - Channel Manager
- Business Travel, Barclaycard Business
- Jon Reeve
Supplier Director - Director - Trade Relations
- Evolvi Rail Systems
- Fay Sharpe
Supplier Director - Managing Director - Sales
- Zibrant
- Mark Cuschieri
Buyer Director - Director, Regional Head of Travel EMEA
- UBS Investment Bank
- Ben Varey
Buyer Director - EMEA Travel Manager, Global Hotel Manager
- Credit Suisse
- Sarah Makings
Buyer Director - European Category Manager, Travel Services Procurement
- KPMG LLP
- Louise Kilgannon
Buyer Director - EMEA Travel Manager
- Infor
- Douglas O‘Neill
Supplier Director - Managing Director
- Inntel Ltd
- Adam Knights
Supplier Director - Sales Director
- ATP The Advanced Travel Partner
- Ian Jones
Supplier Director - Director of Agency Sales
- De Vere Hotels, Resorts and Venues
- Ajaya Sodha
Supplier Director - Chairman
- Key Travel
- Linda Bekoe
Intern Supplier Director - Head of City Sales
- Grange Hotels
