Press Release

For Immediate Release
25 January 2010

ACTE Announces Board Run-Off Election Result

Alexandria, VA --

The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) announced that Leigh Bochicchio, Vice President, Program Lead Multinational Corporate Program for MasterCard Worldwide was elected to the At-Large Board seat in the first even run-off election. She joins recently elected Lutz Stammnitz, President of Corporate Mobility Services for Siemens AG and JoAnne Lloyd, Sourcing Director, Travel for InterContinental Hotels Group. Bochicchio, Stammnitz and Lloyd will serve three-year term, commencing January 2010 and running through 31 December 2012.

Leigh Bochicchio is based in the United States and has over 20 years of experience in Business Travel, she’s held a number of positions with multinational companies in business strategy, sales and account management, product development, Six Sigma, training and communication on both the supplier and buyer side. She is an active and engaged member of ACTE – contributing to the development of numerous whitepapers covering key industry issues; participating on educational steering committee for global conferences, and presenting at the recent global conference in Prague.

Lutz Stammnitz, based in Germany, has pioneered a score of travel management innovations and processes in his direction of a program that exceeds €2.3 billion and serves more than 300,000 travelers. He was recently the recipient of ACTE’s “Advancing the Industry Award,” the association’s highest recognition for professional development and contributions to the travel management profession.

JoAnne Lloyd, based in the United Kingdom, has had a distinguished career in the business travel sector, including extensive experience in the agency, supplier and buyer segments of the industry. Prior to working for InterContinental, JoAnne served as the Regional Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa for ACTE and was the Manager, Global Sales Commercial Department for Qatar Airways.

"I would like to welcome Leigh and the other new board members," said association President Richard Crum. “Their diverse expertise will compliment the current ACTE Board and is what continues to set ACTE apart as a global association. The new Board members will play a vital role in determining the direction we take and the impact we'll have on critical issues over the next three years."

A complete list of ACTE Board Members can be found on the ACTE website.

ABOUT ACTE:
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) represents the global business travel industry through its international advocacy efforts, executive level educational programs, and independent industry research. ACTE's membership consists of senior travel industry executives from 82 countries representing the €463 billion business travel industry. Our members serve more than 12 million business travelers worldwide. With the support of sponsors from every major segment of the business travel industry, ACTE develops and delivers educational programs in key business centers throughout the world. ACTE has representation in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and the United States. For more information on ACTE, please go to www.acte.org.

For more information, contact:
Jack Riepe
Communications Director
Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)
t: +610-719-8396
m: +610-719-8396
e: [email protected]

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Debbie Flynn
CEO
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