Patrick Alexandre
Executive Vice President
International Commercial Affairs, Air France
Monday Morning
General Session
Born in France on 12 February
1955, Patrick Alexandre graduated
from the Paris Institut
d'Etudes Politiques and the
Institut Supérieur des Affaires
(Jouy-en-Josas). He began his
career as Junior Executive in the
Sudameris Bank (1981-1982). He joined Air France in 1982
as a junior Executive in the Economic Analysis Department
of the Scheduling Division. He was subsequently appointed
Sales Manager for Italy, based in Rome, on 1 April 1984.
From 1 January 1988 to 1 January 1992, Patrick Alexandre
held the post of Personal Assistant to the Chairman, after
which he was appointed General Manager for Central
Europe, based in Geneva. In September 1993, Mr.
Alexandre took over as President for Europe and North
Africa, reporting to the Deputy CEO International Affairs.
He was appointed Deputy Vice President for Europe in
September 1994, followed by Vice-President in May 1995.
In January 1996, Patrick Alexandre also occupied the post of
Senior Vice President International Sales for Air France
Europe (formerly Air Inter). He was appointed
Executive Vice President International Commercial Affairs in
April 1998.
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Charles Petruccelli
President, Global Travel Services
American Express
Tuesday Morning
General Session
Following his insightful and
visionary remarks at last year's
global meeting, ACTE has invited
Charles Petruccelli, President of
American Express Global Travel
Services, to provide another
keynote address.
The world has witnessed some extraordinary events since we
met in Munich eight months ago, and Mr. Petruccelli will
comment on the impact that the current worldwide economic
environment, the military conflict in Iraq and the SARS virus
have all had on the global travel industry.
He will also re-visit critical issues to our industry and speak
about important themes, such as the benefits of globalisation,
the evolving role of the travel management company
within today's operating environment and the future of
travel distribution.
Charles Petruccelli is President, Global Travel Services at
American Express. He is responsible for the company's
Corporate Travel and Foreign Exchange business world-wide.
He also oversees the company's international network of
Travel Service Offices.
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