Angela Naegele currently holds the position of Vice President, Global Procurement for Reed Elsevier.  Angela joined Reed Elsevier, one of the world’s leading media companies, in December 2007 to assist in the creation of a centralized Global Procurement Organization.

She assembled and staffed global teams to support Travel, Meetings/Events/Exhibitions, Marketing, and Supplier Diversity.  Prior to her current position she spent almost two years at IBM in the Business Transformation Outsourcing business supporting external clients and over 12 years in senior management positions in the AT&T; Global Procurement Organization.

Naegele holds a BA in Economics and International Business Management from North Carolina State University.

For nearly 15 years, I have been involved with the ACTE organization, and have relied on their broad range of educational sessions and peer networking to grow and learn within this ever-changing travel industry. My approach has always been to share and learn from others -- no matter how large or small, mature or new the travel programs may be. I have presented at various ACTE sessions, and was part of the ACTE 2010 Chicago planning committee.

My style is one of collaboration and teamwork, and I encourage the sharing and exchange of ideas. This aligns with ACTE's goal of knowledge exchange for the advancement of the business travel industry. In representing the US Region, I would listen carefully to the members, and then help raise the bar for higher standards of education within this industry.

Innovation and leading edge practices have been part of my success over the past 20+ years. I am willing to tackle the hard stuff, and by doing so, have developed creative solutions to solve problems travel managers face every day. Therefore, as a Director, I will also focus on challenging ourselves and our suppliers for innovative solutions within our industry.

The business travel industry in the Middle East and Africa Region is facing unprecedented challenges in a changing global travel environment as in the rest of the world. While ACTE has been active in this region, much still needs to be done.

My personal goal in representing the Middle East and Africa Region would be to work on strategic initiatives that will enable ACTE to continuously provide added value, networking and information for our industry, our companies, and our members' abilities to accomplish their goals. I am confident that my skills and qualifications as a professional in the travel industry, combined with my responsibilities at Kanoo Travel, a well-known travel company, will foster my ability to assist ACTE in its mission of providing regional leadership for the advancement of the business travel industry.

With over 20 years of experience in the airline and travel industry, I have held positions in corporate and leisure, including distribution, sales and supplier-focused roles, in South Africa, Egypt and the Middle East. In this time, I have been:

• Member of ACTE South Africa, and was a member of the Steering Committee to set up ACTE there
• Member of ACTE Middle East and have been a speaker at a number of ACTE forums and conventions in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha

Richard Crum is a senior executive with global management experience and recognized leadership ability. He has over 15 years of travel industry experience including 10 with the corporate card industry. Crum is a dynamic and entertaining public speaker who is often called upon to speak on corporate card and travel industry subjects including globalization of travel programs, airline industry distribution, technology, and corporate social responsibility within the travel industry.

As AirPlus president, Richard Crum is responsible for the overall development and management of AirPlus business in the US. AirPlus International Inc. is the US subsidiary of the European market leader in corporate travel payment systems and management information reporting solutions. AirPlus is the only travel payment company that delivers the detailed data and sophisticated tools necessary for true travel expense management.

Prior to joining AirPlus in October 2003, Crum served as president and chairman of the board of UATP (Universal Air Travel Plan), where he was responsible for the overall brand development, membership growth and strategic direction of the international airline industry corporate charge card program of which AirPlus is the largest member. UATP is issued by 15 airlines worldwide and accepted by virtually every airline as a form of payment for the purchase of tickets.

Crum joined UATP in 1996 after working at the Air Transport Association of America (ATA). At ATA, he served on several industry standards committees. Most notably, Crum began and served as secretariat of the ATA Electronic Marketplace Committee. The work of these committees resulted in the development of the Open Travel Alliance (OTA) and Orbitz.

Crum is a graduate of George Mason University with a degree in Economics.

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As a corporate member of ACTE for more than 10 years I have been extensively involved in various volunteer activities, such as speaker, panelist and host at different ACTE forums and conferences, ACTE Country Champion in the Belgium/Luxemburg area, member of the ACTE CSR & Global Conference Steering Committees and I am currently serving as ACTE Regional Chair Europe.

I am also a dedicated member of different business travel advisory boards (TMC, hotels, and corporate payment solutions).

With 25 years of experience and expertise in the business travel industry mainly on the corporate side, as travel manager with the Inter IKEA Group and travel purchaser with global responsibilities with IKEA, I strongly believe that I can assist ACTE in achieving its missions and goals and I am more than ready to dedicate my time and my energy.

I have no doubts that ACTE is today "driving change through continuous improvement" being the leader in global education and defining best practices for the global business travel industry, which during the last few years has become a very complex and extremely challenging professional sector.

I will do my utmost during my tenure to actively contribute to the growth of ACTE and enlarge its membership base, both on the corporate side and on the supplier side. I am convinced that fostering the relations between both sides is and will remain a key element.

I also intend to enhance networking and benchmarking opportunities between ACTE members. Sharing our experiences, both good and bad, is certainly the best possible way for us to develop and advance together.

Jo Lloyd is a travel industry veteran with over 20 years experience in corporate travel. Jo has worked within a broad range of industry sectors throughout her career and has experience within Travel Management Companies, Airlines and Procurement predominately within the EMEA and American Corporate Travel markets. She is an independent industry consultant currently working on an interim Project for Qatar Airways based in London and Doha.

A native of Montreal, Annemarie's career started 20 years ago in the hotel industry in various sales and relationship management positions in luxury hotels such as the Ritz Carlton, The Four Seasons and The Sutton Place Hotel. After 6 years in the hotel industry, she transitioned to the Travel & Expense Management field with American Express where she held a number of positions such as Sales & Relationship Manager, Director of Relationship Management and finally, Director of Business Development and Strategic Acquisitions where she lead the Canadian strategic sales and implementations of corporate travel and card programs for several global organizations.

After 15 years on the supplier side, she transitioned to the role of a Buyer with MDS Inc, headquartered in Toronto Ontario as the Manager of Global Supplier Relationships with direct responsibility over the global travel, card and Pcard programs applying her proven experience in vendor negotiations, supplier relationship management and strategic business planning.

In January 2009, Annemarie commenced her 3 year term on the ACTE Board representing Canada. Today, Annemarie applies her well balanced expertise in T&E; Management as an independent consultant focused in helping organizations accelerate their success with their T&E; programs by identity and analyzing opportunities to improve their bottom line.

A passionate board member focused on continuing the momentum of delivering dynamic and robust educational programs coupled with more than ever networking events. Additionally, with the support of a strong committee of volunteers, team Canada continues to focus on creating strategies to continue to grow our membership across Canada and actualizing innovations.

Meredith Smith is Travel Manager Asia Pacific and Japan for Merck & Co., Inc, located in Singapore. In this role she is responsible for all travel strategy including defining the business requirements, data capture and reporting, policy and compliance, issue resolution, process design and execution.

She holds a New Zealand passport but due to the large amount of time spent in Australia and her British husband, her accent can be ambiguous.

With over 12 years experience in Hotels, Meredith started her career in Australia working for Hyatt Hotels in both Queensland and Melbourne for 9+ years at Hyatt Regency Coolum, Grand Hyatt Melbourne and Park Hyatt Melbourne. Whilst in Melbourne she furthered her education at night school at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and then joined Starwood Hotels and Resorts as pre-opening Revenue Manager for The Westin Melbourne. Meredith then relocated to Sydney as Revenue Manager based at Sheraton on the Park.

In late 2002 she joined global online travel company ‘Expedia’ and spent 3 years as Market Manager working with all hotels in the APAC region before a short 6 months in Executive Travel recruitment in both Sydney and Singapore. In early 2006 she moved to Singapore permanently to join Intel as Regional Travel Manager for Greater Asia, where her regional team sourced and managed all aspects of Travel in countries from India to Japan and China to New Zealand.

Her role then changed to be Global Sourcing Manager – Lodging and Immigration. Lodging covered global responsibilities from transient accommodation to relocation and extended stay. Immigration was the Sourcing of suppliers to handle expatriate visas.

In Jan 08, she moved to her current role with Merck & Co., Inc. and will begin her three-year term on the ACTE Board in January 2009.

Since August 1997 Lutz Stammnitz has been Vice President of Corporate Procurement and Logistics at Siemens AG in Munich, where he is responsible for global travel management.

Following the establishment of Global Shared Services (GSS) on October 1, 2006, he became President of GSS Procurement, Mobility and Logistics (GSS PML), which includes activities relating to the mobility of Siemens employees around the world, and in particular travel and fleet management, event/congress management, visa services, credit cards and travel expense reporting systems.

Since October 1, 2009 Stammnitz has been Deputy Manager of Global Indirect Material Strategic Procurement and Operations for Siemens, as well as Vice President of Global Category Mobility Services within the company's Corporate Supply Chain Management (CSCM) unit.

Berlin-born Stammnitz previously held various management positions at Deutsches Reisebüro (DER), and was Vice President of Intercontinental Business at DERTOUR. Prior to joining Siemens he also served as Maritim Hotels' board member with responsibility for sales and marketing.

A keen skier and golfer, Stammnitz has two daughters and lives in Munich.

Megan has 8 years experience on the corporate side of the travel industry covering global hotel sourcing, and Greater Europe, Asia and Latin America Sourcing travel manager. Today, Megan has overall responsibility for the strategic sourcing program covering all travel related areas such as Agency, hotel, ground transportation, air and meetings as well as relocation and immigration with her global team. She is Irish/Australian/South African by nationality and grew up in Africa. She has an MSc in Dietetics and Psychology and a higher diploma in Secondary Education from the University of Cape Town along with a diploma in Sports Psychology from the University of South Africa.

She has worked for Intel in both marketing events management and procurement for 12 years in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore and England in a regional and global role. Prior to Intel she worked for Warner Lambert Park Davis in an Events manager capacity for 2 years.