Ian Wheeler

Ian was appointed Vice President Marketing & Distribution in March 2009.

In this position, Ian is responsible for leading Amadeus’ distribution business by setting the global marketing and sales strategies for Amadeus’ main customer segments, Airlines, Travel Service Providers and Travel Agencies.  To ensure Amadeus’ solutions deliver against these customers’ needs, Ian also has Product Management for the Distribution business reporting into him and he continues to be responsible for Corporate Marketing and Global Customer Services which serve all divisions of the company.

Ian joined Amadeus in 1998 as Director, Travel Agency Partners and led the development of Amadeus' business with key multinational travel agency customers.  Following successful growth of this area, his department was expanded to drive Amadeus' strategy of marketing corporate solutions which led to his next role as Managing Director of Amadeus e-Travel, the newly created e-Commerce division responsible for all Amadeus’ online travel solutions to airlines, corporations and travel agencies.  While in this role, the team built a strong customer base which now spreads over 90 countries and includes the Amadeus e-Travel airline suite which is the number 1 global internet booking engine.

In 2004 Ian became Vice President, Marketing with responsibility for leading Amadeus' worldwide marketing activities including marketing strategy, product management, global customer services, and the positioning the company as the leading distributor of travel and provider of IT solutions to the travel and tourism industry. Simultaneously, Ian continued as the head of Amadeus e-commerce business unit.

Prior to joining Amadeus Ian held a variety of senior sales and marketing positions with leading travel and technology companies such as Hertz, Reed Elsevier, Apple Computer and Thomas Cook Group. 

Ian holds an MBA from Rotterdam School of Management in Netherlands and the University of Texas, Austin, USA.