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Stuart Donnelly has dedicated his career to bringing positive disruption to the mobility ecosystem. Today it is all about how flexibility combined with digitalisation and the concept of mobility as a service (Maas) can bring change to how we manage our corporate travel and mobility programs.

Alongside his curiosity and ambition for how to develop and bring change to the mobility ecosystem, prior to the pandemic Donnelly could be found dressed in the iconic Sixt Orange posting photos and vlogs since assuming his responsibilities for Group Sales at Sixt in Jan 2018 covering all sales channels for Europe and the US. How life has changed since February’s BTS in London! Prior to joining Sixt Donnelly spent the last decade working with Fortune 500 companies globally to professionalise and optimise their global car fleet programs.

Johannes is responsible for the global go-to-market of new, interactive distribution solutions and offer placement in the B2B segment for the Lufthansa Group Hub Airlines (Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, SWISS). His passion is bringing digital innovations to life by fostering strong partnerships along the value-chain.

Johannes began his career in the airline business in 2002 by working for Austrian Airlines in Germany followed by marketing and sales roles Italy, France and Sweden. In 2009, the Vienna-born manager assumed responsibility for the entire sales operations in Europe. Since 2012, he has served as Director Sales Austrian Airlines for the DACH markets, and Head of Sales Austria and Slovakia for the Lufthansa Group. He holds his current position since September 2016, driving the Lufthansa Group NDC Partner Program.

Robbie is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Advisior, and has passed the New York Attorney at Law exams. Robbie trained and was a manager in a Big 4 firm in Ireland. He has worked for a FTSE 100 company as an indirect tax manager and has specialised in indirect taxes for eight years. Robbie led and scaled the Indirect Tax practice in RSM Ireland (RSM is the 6th largest accounting professional services firm in the world). Robbie is currently the Tax Director for TravelPerk and is based in Barcelona. In this role, he is responsible for the VAT saving solution which TravelPerk offers its customers to help make savings of up to 25%.

Jo has over 25 years of experience in the corporate travel industry.  Having worked across a broad range of industry sectors throughout her career, Jo is experienced in TMC, Airline Sales and Procurement environments.   Operating as an independent industry consultant for over 10 years, she has engaged with clients across the globe on a number of interesting and diverse projects delivering strategy, sourcing and change management. Jo is an experienced strategist and change manager, who has also served tenure as an “at large” ACTE Board Member. In 2015, Jo and her business partner Monique Swart founded Nina & Pinta, a strategic consulting and accredited training company.

JC Taunay-Bucalo is the Chief Commercial Officer at TravelPerk, the fastest-growing Saas company in the world. Previously, JC led multiple successful SaaS companies through exponential growth as a Sales and Marketing executive, though not all at the same time. They include EMS Cortex (later sold to Citrix), Vend HQ, and Veeqo.

JC Taunay-Bucalo is the Chief Commercial Officer at TravelPerk, the fastest-growing Saas company in the world. Previously, JC led multiple successful SaaS companies through exponential growth as a Sales and Marketing executive, though not all at the same time. They include EMS Cortex (later sold to Citrix), Vend HQ, and Veeqo.