Board of directors

Born in Tübingen, Germany. Thomas is currently a Board member at Ravensburger AG (Chair), Conrad Electronic SE and Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH., and a member of the advisory board of Stiftung Mercator Deutschland GmbH.

Previously, Thomas held several key executive and nonexecutive positions such as Chief Executive Officer at New Work SE, a leading professional business network with over 20 million users, in the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) until 2020; Chief Executive Officer at Valora Holding AG, a publicly-traded international trading company; and – among other functions – as Chief Financial Officer at Tchibo GmbH, one of Germany’s largest retail chains.

Thomas received a Doctorate from the University of St. Gallen and a Diploma from the University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim.

Thomas was appointed as Director by the Shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on September 30th 2019 (effective 1st January 2020) and later re-appointed following the relocation of the Company’s registered office to Spain effective as of 10th March 2021. At the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2024 a three-year term re-appointment will be submitted for approval.

Born in Logroño, Spain, Carmen has a wealth of experience in corporate and investment banking in large European and American banks, as well as in Risk Management and as Audit Committee Chair of publicly traded companies on the Spanish stock market. She is currently Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committees at Sareb, a member of the Audit Committee at CAF, and Chair of the Investment Committee for Crisae Private Debt SLU. She is also currently a Professor at the Instituto de Empresa.

Carmen has a degree in Mathematics from the University of Zaragoza and an MBA from Instituto de Empresa, and has attended executive programmes at the London Business School and Harvard University.

Carmen was appointed as Director and Audit Chair as of 1st April 2020 for a term of three years. The decision was ratified in the Shareholders’ General Meeting held in September 2020, and later re-appointed following the relocation of the Company’s registered office to Spain effective as of 10th March 2021. At the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2024 a three-year term re-appointment will be submitted for approval.

Born in New York, Dana is the Chief Executive Officer at eDreams ODIGEO.

Previously, he served as Chief Commercial Officer of easyJet Plc; being responsible for sales (the significant majority of which were online), marketing, yield management, the contact centres and customer proposition.

Prior to this he was the Chief Executive Officer and Head of AOL Europe Sarl., a Division of AOL LLC. Before AOL he served as President of key business units at Belgacom and US West, two of the most successful Telcos in Europe and the US.

He has a proven track record at high profile, international telecoms and media companies.

Dana has an MBA from Wharton Business School and a BA in Economics from Wesleyan University.

Dana was appointed as Director in July 2015, and subsequently re-appointed for two further terms in Shareholder General Meetings held in September 2018, and September 2020 (following the relocation of the Company’s registered office to Spain effective as of 10th March 2021). At the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2024 a three-year term re-appointment will be submitted for approval.

Born in Madrid, David is the Chief Financial Officer of eDreams ODIGEO.

He is currently a member of the CEO advisory Board of Astara.

Prior to joining eDreams ODIGEO, he was Chief Financial Officer of Codere S.A., and before that he occupied various positions at Codere S.A., Monitor Group and Lehman Brothers. He holds degrees in Business and Law from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas–ICADE.

David was appointed for the first time as Director (Executive) by the Shareholders in the General Meeting held on the 20th July 2016. He was subsequently re-appointed for two further three-year terms, in the General Meetings held on 26th September 2018, and September 2020 (following the relocation of the Company’s registered office to Spain effective as of 10th March 2021). At the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2024 a three-year term re-appointment will be submitted for approval.

Born in France, Benoît joined the Group in 2011 as Non- Executive Director of Opodo Limited and also previously served as the Chairman of the Group’s Audit Committee. He is currently a Partner and a member of the Investment Committee and Executive Committee at Permira. He currently serves on the board of Permira Holding Limited as well as Universidad Europea and Lowell Group.

He previously served on the board and was the Chairman of the Audit Committee at NDS Group Ltd. and the holding company of Synamedia Group. Prior to joining Permira in 2006, he spent most of his career in leveraged finance including at J.P. Morgan in London.

Benoît was appointed as Director (affiliated with the Permira funds) for the first time by the Shareholders Meeting held on 18th March 2014, and subsequently re-appointed for two further three year terms, in the General Meetings held July 2017, and September 2020 (following the relocation of the Company’s registered office to Spain (10th March 2021)). At the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2024 a three-year term reappointment will be submitted for approval.

Born in Madrid, Pedro joined Permira in 2006, serving as Head of the Madrid office since 2016, becoming a partner in January 2024. He covers investment opportunities across several sectors and is a member of the Financing Group, having worked on a number of transactions including Magento, Althea, Schustermann & Borenstein (now Bestsecret.com), Universidad Europea (where he is currently Chair), Neuraxpharm and Altamar CAM.

Prior to joining Permira, Pedro spent four years at J.P. Morgan in London, where he worked in the M&A department and in debt capital markets and leveraged finance.

Pedro has degrees in Business Administration and Law from Universidad Carlos III, Spain.

Pedro was appointed as Director (affiliated with the Permira funds) for a period of three years in the Shareholder General Meetings held July 2017, and September 2020 (following the relocation of the Company’s registered office to Spain (10th March 2021)) At the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2024 a three-year term re-appointment will be submitted for approval.

Born in Liverpool, Amanda is an award winning and highly respected UK travel industry executive. Starting her tourism career at Airtours PLC, where she became the first woman appointed to the Board of the United Kingdom Leisure Group. She subsequently spent more than 13 years as Managing Director of the Virgin Holidays Group joining in September 2001. During this time under her leadership the Company experienced exponential growth in both revenues and profit and became the market leader in long-haul holidays. Her guidance led to an introduction of industry firsts in both products and services with an acquisition-led strategy that penetrated new markets both in the UK and USA. During her tenure as Managing Director Virgin Holidays won many industry accolades.

She was recognised and honoured in the UK for services to British Tourism and her commitment to charity work and was awarded as Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by the Queen in 2014.

Amanda was appointed by the Shareholders in the General Meeting held on the 20th July 2016. She was subsequently reappointed for two further three year terms in Shareholder General Meetings held in September 2018, and September 2020 (following the relocation of the Company’s registered office to Spain effective as of 10th March 2021). At the Annual General Meeting to be held in 2024 a three-year term re-appointment will be submitted for approval.