Philippe Chérèque

Philippe was appointed EVP, Commercial on 1 January 2009 and in this position he oversees the company’s worldwide commercial organisation and marketing strategy.

Previously, Philippe was Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, responsible for driving and coordinating the company's business development, marketing, technical architecture and product plan.

He began his career at Amadeus in the early days of its creation (1987), as Director, Product Definition, based in Miami, US. His focus on the strategic and marketing elements of Amadeus' product initiatives has brought the company to the forefront of product offerings for the travel industry. He was appointed Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy at Amadeus Global Travel Distribution in July, 1999.

Prior to joining Amadeus, Philippe was an officer in the French Navy and subsequently went on to work from 1974 to 1980 with Télémécanique SA in Grenoble, France, where he was Product Manager of Mini Computer Programming Languages.

In 1980 he joined Air France where he held a number of managerial positions in operational research, computer analysis and passenger application software development.