Global Travel & Tourism Summit Printed Programme

Profiles
The Programme
INDUSTRY
Jeff Clarke
Chief Executive Officer and President
Travelport
Jeff Clarke is Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelport and serves as a
Director on the Travelport Board of Directors, appointed in May 2006. He also serves as
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orbitz Worldwide.
Mr Clarke has 21 years of strategic, operational and financial experience with leading high-technology firms.
Prior to Travelport, Mr. Clarke was Chief Operating Officer for CA (formerly Computer Associates). Before
joining CA, he was Executive Vice President, Global Operations for Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), where
he was responsible for the largest global supply chain and procurement operations in the technology industry.
As Executive Vice President, Merger Integration, Mr. Clarke played a key role in integrating the operations,
financials and cultures of HP and Compaq Computer Corporation following the $19 billion merger of the
two companies. He is widely credited with leading the team, which identified and captured more than $3.5
billion in savings.
Mr Clarke began his career with Digital Equipment Corporation in 1985. He joined Compaq in 1998
following its acquisition of Digital and served in various positions of increasing responsibility in strategic
finance before being appointed Compaq’s Chief Financial Officer in 2001.
DR ALEX CRISTOU
Managing Partner
Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing
company, with net revenues of US$19.70 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug 31,
2007. Committed to delivering innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help them become
high-performance businesses and governments. With approximately 175,000 people in 49 countries, deep
industry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture can
mobilize the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. Its home page
is www.accenture.com.
Alex Christou is a Managing Partner in Accenture’s Global Transportation & Travel Services Operating Unit
and is based at the London office. He is a member of the Board of Accenture in UK & Ireland and leads
Accenture’s Travel, Consumer, Retail, Life Sciences and Construction industries. During his 20 year career
with Accenture he has primarily worked with clients in the tour operator, transportation, airline, hotel and
construction industries assisting in major transformational programmes in the front and back office. Alex has
led Accenture’s relationship with WTTC for the past 5 years.
Alex obtained a First Class Honours degree in Mathematics from Imperial College, London in June 1984,
and Doctorate in Mathematical Physics from Trinity College, Oxford in February 1987. He was elected as a
Research Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford prior to joining Accenture in July 1987.
Christopher Dickey
Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor
Newsweek
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A distinguished journalist and author, Christopher Dickey currently serves as Newsweek’s
Paris Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor. Previously he worked for The
Washington Post as Cairo Bureau Chief and Central America Bureau Chief. Dickey’s Shadowland column
about counter-terrorism, espionage and the Middle East, appears weekly on Newsweek.com.
Dickey’s books include With the Contras: A Reporter in the Wilds of Nicaragua (1986); Expats: Travels
in Arabia from Tripoli to Tehran (1990); Innocent Blood: A Novel (1997), and Summer of Deliverance: