About GBTA Middle East
As part of the world’s largest business travel association, GBTA Middle East is dedicated to supporting the growth, innovation, and collaboration within the Region’s corporate travel industry.
GBTA Middle East provides a dynamic platform for business travel professionals to connect, learn, share knowledge, and stay up-to-date on the latest industry trends and developments shaping the future of business travel. Through regional events, educational programs, and exclusive member benefits, we are here to enhance your expertise and help you leverage the power of a global network. Join over 8,500+ GBTA members worldwide and access valuable resources, industry connections, and global insights.
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Why Join GBTA
We believe business travel is a fundamental force for good. Meeting face to face deepens relationships, fosters collaboration, and develops culture in ways that technology alone can never truly replicate. It drives progress for businesses, governments, economies, and people.
As the barriers and challenges facing business travel evolve and change, we must continue to innovate and set new standards as an industry, bringing many perspectives together under one roof. GBTA is the platform for all sides to come together to tackle how travel can adapt to and drive dynamic transformations in the workplace, from the changing way people work, to new attitudes towards managing risk, to improving sustainability.
Leadership
The Advisory Board is a group of appointed buyer and supplier members of the network with the goal of creating membership benefit strategy, ensuring GBTA Middle East remains led by buyers and monitoring that any activity undertaken by the network is in line with created strategy and objectives.
Souhilla Taarabit
Chair
Middle East Advisory BoardHead of Corporate Travel Services
Al-Futtaim
Fabien Cresp
Board Member
Regional Travel Manager
McKinsey & Company
Anthony Baldwin
Board Member
Global Offshore and MENA, Europe Central and Africa/India Travel, Meetings & Events Lead
EY MENA Services Ltd.
Sebastien Bedu
Board Member
General Manager – Middle East & India
International SOS
Ramzi Al-Qassab
Board Member
Managing Director & CEO STNME
Sabre Middle East
Ciaràn Kelli
Board Member
Managing Director
FCM Travel
Middle East & Africa
Maura Geertsma
Board Member
Divisional Vice President, Corporate Travel
dnata Travel Group
Sabine Semaan
Board Member
PwC Middle East – Procurement Travel Category ME Lead
Mohamad Halawi
Board member
Independent Consultant
Aurelie Krau
Board Member
Consultant
Clarasight
Ashraf Baytam
Board Member
Senior Manager,
Business Travel
Emirates
Ian James Blackie
Board member
GM, Global Corporate and Partnership, MICE
Saudi Airlines
Nevine Khedr
Board member
Regional Front Office Lead, EA & AMEA Travel & Expense Management (T&E)
ABB
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