The Programme - Global Travel & Tourism Summit

ProfilesThe ProgrammeINDUSTRYJeff ClarkeChief Executive Officer and PresidentTravelportJeff Clarke is Chief Executive Officer and President of Travelport and serves as aDirector on the Travelport Board of Directors, appointed in May 2006. He also serves asChairman 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). Beforejoining CA, he was Executive Vice President, Global Operations for Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), wherehe 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 thetwo companies. He is widely credited with leading the team, which identified and captured more than $3.5billion in savings.Mr Clarke began his career with Digital Equipment Corporation in 1985. He joined Compaq in 1998following its acquisition of Digital and served in various positions of increasing responsibility in strategicfinance before being appointed Compaq’s Chief Financial Officer in 2001.DR ALEX CHRISTOUManaging PartnerAccentureAccenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcingcompany, 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 becomehigh-performance businesses and governments. With approximately 175,000 people in 49 countries, deepindustry and business process expertise, broad global resources and a proven track record, Accenture canmobilize the right people, skills and technologies to help clients improve their performance. Its home pageis www.accenture.com.Alex Christou is a Managing Partner in Accenture’s Global Transportation & Travel Services Operating Unitand is based at the London office. He is a member of the Board of Accenture in UK & Ireland and leadsAccenture’s Travel, Consumer, Retail, Life Sciences and Construction industries. During his 20 year careerwith Accenture he has primarily worked with clients in the tour operator, transportation, airline, hotel andconstruction industries assisting in major transformational programmes in the front and back office. Alex hasled 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 aResearch Fellow at St John’s College, Oxford prior to joining Accenture in July 1987.Christopher DickeyParis Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional EditorNewsweek46A distinguished journalist and author, Christopher Dickey currently serves as Newsweek’sParis Bureau Chief and Middle East Regional Editor. Previously he worked for TheWashington Post as Cairo Bureau Chief and Central America Bureau Chief. Dickey’s Shadowland columnabout 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: Travelsin Arabia from Tripoli to Tehran (1990); Innocent Blood: A Novel (1997), and Summer of Deliverance: