Nour Mouakke

Founder & CEO

Hailed as 'one to watch' by industry leaders. Nour is a passionate, resilient, and dogged founder with an insatiable hunger for success, and always in-the-know from over 18 years in the industry.

Trevor Elswood

Non-Executive Director

A rounded senior travel and meeting industry board level executive, specialising in market propositions, legal, regulatory and commercial diligence.

Franck Kermarrec

Non-Executive Director

Franck brings to the role extensive hospitality industry experience, having worked in Europe, North America, and Australia. After 10 years in strategy consulting across a wide range of sectors, he moved to the travel and hospitality industry, holding senior roles at IHG and Hertz, before moving to Millenium Hotels as Group Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Atlas Hotels.

Sandy Moring

Head of Advisory Board

Corporate travel specialist with extensive experience in operations, sales, marketing and account management with a passion for challenging the norm.

Bob Gray

Client Engagement Director

Experienced Lead Advisor with a demonstrated history of working in the hospitality industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Sales, Management, Multi-channel Marketing, Business Travel and Events

Nibras Mouakke

Product & Operations

+15 years in Banking and accounting Budgeting and financial analysis Customer service Operations

Bayan S.Omar

Engineering Team ​Lead

Haidar Baqir

Cybersecurity Consultant

a seasoned IT professional with over two decades of experience. His expertise stems from notable contributions with organizations like the United Nations, where he secured data and radio systems during emergencies. As the Cybersecurity Consultant, Haidar brings extensive experience in IT and deep understanding of evolving cyber threats

Bashar Wali

Founder + Chief Executive Officer Practice Hospitality

A born leader and a bit of a rebel. Bashar can speak to the ins and outs of the industry because he's done it all. Most at home on the road, he eats, sleeps and breathes this calling that we call hospitality. Some might say he's obsessed with hotels. But, it's really the humans behind them that drive him. Well, that and a vintage Land Rover Defender.

Carol Fergus

Director - Global Travel, Meetings and Ground Transportation
Fidelity International

Carol Fergus is an experienced Director of Global Travel, Events and Ground Transportation, currently working for Fidelity International; with over 30 years working in the Travel industry, in procurement/vendor management and operationally, mainly in the financial services sector.

David Clare

Managing Director
The Business Travel Network

David is an experienced marketeer and event specialist. In a career spanning over 25 years he has been responsible for launching and establishing two market-leading magazines and several associated publications. He has created numerous events including awards & ceremonies, conferences, golf days, parties, private dinners, family fun days and corporate team-building events.

Jan T Jacobsen

Global Category Director - Travel & Mobility, Accenture

Strategic Partnership is built on a Mutually Beneficial Relationship responding to challenges in the world today.

Raj Shah

Group Commercial Director - Arora Hotels / Arora Management Services

Raj joined the Arora Group in 2007 as Sales & Marketing Director where he was a key member of the opening team of Sofitel London Heathrow. He was appointed Group Commercial Director in 2010. Prior to joining the Arora Group, Raj held senior sales and revenue leadership roles at Millennium and Copthorne Hotels, Hilton Hotels and Thistle Hotels.

Sam Cande

CEO
Responsible Futures

An enthusiastic and highly motivated leader; experienced at managing small and large teams at all levels; creative with a passion for business. A driven relationship builder who thrives on success and growth. A motivated challenge seeker. Always looking at everything with an outsider viewpoint. Experienced in sales, marketing & operations at a senior level. An Influencer who drives businesses above and beyond.

Simone Buckley

Transformational Leader | CEO, Advisor, Board Member, Speaker, Mentor | Travel Industry, SAAS
TripActions, Capita Plc, ITM

Passionate and driven CEO with a proven track record in transformational leadership. Commercially astute and naturally creative strategic marketer with a B2B background and experience in global corporate, (from SME to Plc), and not-for-profit organisations.

Stella Hart

MBA, MIH, Head of Product and Commercial
Villa Plus

Stella Hart IHG - Michels and Taylor Stella`s career in hospitality started back in 1995, with a year`s internship for Marriott International in the USA while studying for her bachelor’s degree in Hospitality Management. She then spent 7 years with Whitbread Hotel Company in various Operational, Area Management and Revenue Management roles, where she also completed her MBA.8 years with IHG followed in various roles culminating as Director, Revenue and systems training.

Yogesh Kumar

Vice President of Technology and India Head at Comm100

Technology leader and polyglot architect with 2 decades of global multi domain experience, currently building best of customer service and engagement solutions. Ex- Publicis Sapient served enterprise clients such as  TUI Travel EU, Ladbroeks UK, Sentosa SG, Miral UAE