FCM Global Management Team
Every day, our leaders assist our customers in navigating the complexities of business travel in an ever-changing landscape. With their decades of experience and travel knowledge, they are driving consistency, visibility and innovation globally through FCM’s services and experience-led technology.
Melissa Elf
Managing Director, ANZ
Melissa Elf
Managing Director, ANZ
With her unbridled energy and enthusiasm, few people can keep pace with Melissa, let alone boast the depth and breadth of experience she has gathered her 25+ years in the travel industry. She brings a solid understanding of best practice across multiple industry sectors and their travel programs.
Marcus Eklund
Global Managing Director
Marcus Eklund
Global Managing Director
With a depth of experience in the travel industry, Marcus brings a wealth of business, operational and industry knowledge to his role. Marcus oversees the continued development of FCM's global sales, account management and brand strategy. As FCM's global leader, Marcus works closely with the company's global executive team as well as with the regional managers of FCM's operations in the Asia-Pacific, Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.
Alex Armstrong
Global Sales Director
Alex Armstrong
Global Sales Director
As Global Sales Leader, Alex is focused on strategy development for FCM's global sales team. He oversees the global coordination and management of FCM's multinational sales pipeline and works closely with regional sales leaders to strengthen the company's global sales platform and multinational client growth across the network. Alex brings almost 20 years of experience in the travel, tourism and sales industries to the role.
Jo Lloyd
Global Head of Account Management and Consulting
Jo Lloyd
Global Head of Account Management and Consulting
Jo has been in corporate travel all through her career, and has gained extensive knowledge and experience across a number of sectors within it. Working in a TMC environment for over fifteen years is where her knowledge and influence was developed as an innovator in developing preferred supplier managed programmes. Jo then moved to numerous interim consulting roles from ACTE as Regional Director for EMEA where she focused on industry education to setting up the Global Corporate Sales department for Qatar Airways in Doha before founding Nina & Pinta Consulting Services. Nina & Pinta was a consulting firm specializing in the travel space with 2 distinct divisions. Jo’s consulting projects at Nina & Pinta ranged from working with corporations in procurement on corporate travel programmes focusing on programme efficiency and optimization to developing training workshops that include sales effectiveness, negotiations training and working with procurement. Jo has also written numerous white papers in conjunction with the UK Business Travel Association on TMC pricing and RFP processes. Jo joined FCM Travel in October 2021, and from January 2022 Nina and Pinta will also integrate into the FCM business.
Lindsay Straub
Global Head of Sales
Lindsay Straub
Global Head of Sales
Lindsay is a dynamic sales and people leader with a focus on enhancing corporate travel programmes, growth and customer acquisition. She brings more than 15 years of experience in corporate travel to the role. Lindsay oversees FCM's global sales strategy through key initiatives and innovative solutions, working closely with regional sales leaders to drive results.
Michelle Jolley
Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Marketing
Michelle Jolley
Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Marketing
Michelle’s passion for the travel industry was evident from early in her professional career culminating in her joining FCM’s parent company, Flight Centre Travel Group in South Africa in 2009. Her vast industry knowledge and expertise in marketing led her to a number of positions in both leisure and corporate marketing before relocating to Philadelphia, PA in 2019 to head up the FCM Americas’ marketing division. As FCM’s SVP of Global Marketing, Michelle is responsible for developing and executing the overall marketing strategy for FCM Travel, aimed at supporting the full customer journey from awareness through to loyalty.
Shaun Clear
Global Implementation Director
Shaun Clear
Global Implementation Director
Shaun’s experience in the travel industry spans more than 15 years, with extensive experience across product, change management and in leadership roles. As Global Implementation Director, he oversees FCM’s strategy, processes, and teams from the moment we onboard a customer through to how we service them operationally. Shaun holds an MBA from Murdoch University in Australia.
Sandra Espada
Chief Product Officer
Sandra Espada
Chief Product Officer
With a keen eye on the evolving digital landscape and a passion for addressing unmet needs, Sandra aims to revolutionise customers' digital experiences and make travel smoother than ever. She brings 20+ years in product management and technical consulting, skilled in orchestrating diverse teams and navigating intricate organisational landscapes with agility.
Paul Grant
CFO
Paul Grant
CFO
Paul’s career with Flight Centre Travel Group began in the UK, where he held the role of group CFO for the UK for several years. Paul took the role of Global Corporate CFO in 2020, just before the onset of the global pandemic, where he had a central role in ensuring FCM and its sister corporate brands were successfully steered through this challenging period.
Regional Leaders in FCM's Global Management Team
Andy Hegley
Managing Director UK and Ireland
Andy Hegley
Managing Director UK and Ireland
Having worked in business travel for over a decade, Andy was appointed to the newly created role of FCM Managing Director for UK and Ireland in 2022, after 5 years leading FCM’s sister brand Corporate Traveller in the UK. Andy brings with him a wealth of experience from previous roles in business development, account management and operations. Andy’s focus is delivering a superior customer service experience that clients won’t receive anywhere else, and offering products and services to simplify business travel. By listening to individual needs, Andy believes we can help our clients to drive their business objectives.
Billy McDonough
President, Americas
Billy McDonough
President, Americas
In Billy’s 20+ years with the company, his colleagues have consistently applauded his collaborative approach that has resulted in tight-knit, hard-working, successful teams who appreciate his leadership. As FCM’s President for the Americas, Billy implements successful operational, account management and BDM team-based structures for the entire region.
Bertrand Saillet
Managing Director, Asia
Bertrand Saillet
Managing Director, Asia
Bertrand is the Managing Director for the Flight Centre Travel Group in Asia, after being in the role of General Manager for FCM Asia since 2015. Bertrand started his career in the telecom industry in Europe working for Orange and then moved to the aeronautical giant Airbus to lead the sales and marketing department of their IT division. He held multiple global management roles within Amadeus, an IT leader of the travel industry before joining FCM.
Flight Centre Travel Group Corporate Executive Team
Meet the team driving the strategy of Flight Centre Travel Group's corporate business.
Chris Galanty
Global Corporate CEO, Flight Centre Travel Group
Chris Galanty
Global Corporate CEO, Flight Centre Travel Group
Chris Galanty has unrivalled corporate and leisure travel experience gained during his career with Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG). As Global CEO of Flight Centre’s corporate travel operations, he is responsible for the company’s flagship global travel management division FCM Travel and largest SME specialist business travel provider, Corporate Traveller, plus other specialist FCTG brands. An authoritative voice in the travel industry, Chris has led FCTG’s corporate businesses through the impact of COVID-19 with decisiveness and a determined growth strategy that capitalises on the strength of Flight Centre’s culture.
Charlene Leiss
President, Americas
Charlene Leiss
President, Americas
Charlene brings with her nearly 30 years of experience in the travel industry to her role as President of Flight Centre Travel Group, The Americas. She started her career in travel with Boston-based Garber Travel, before it was acquired by the Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG). Most recently, she held the position of President of FCTG’s Corporate Brands in the USA, in which she over saw a team of 500 people. In the four years that she led the corporate brands, Charlene achieved double-digit, often record setting growth year over year. She has been recognized by the industry on numerous occasions for her outstanding performance, most recently being named one of GBTA’s WINiT Top 40 Women in Travel.
Steve Norris
Managing Director, EMEA
Steve Norris
Managing Director, EMEA
Steve Norris joined Flight Centre as a leisure travel consultant in Uxbridge progressing to store manager over the next three years. In 2005 moved to the UK head office as Head of Land Product, progressing to Group Marketing Director for UK corporate and retail. In 2009, Steve was appointed General Manager Flight Centre UK and in 2011 he was promoted to Corporate MD EMEA responsible for Flight Centre’s business travel divisions. Over the next eight years, under his stewardship, both FCM Travel and Corporate Traveller achieved major growth, winning and retaining significant new customers, to become dominant TMCs in their respective markets. In January 2020, he took over his current role as Managing Director of Flight Centre’s EMEA, with overall responsibility for both the leisure and corporate businesses.
Scott Alboni
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Scott Alboni
Global Chief Marketing Officer
Scott was promoted to Global CMO of Flight Centre Travel Group's corporate brands in 2024, following six years as SVP Marketing for FCM Travel. At FCM he'd led the rebrand of the company and rolled out the FCM Platform for customers. As CMO, his core focuses are driving new marketing innovation, helping drive business insights and supporting the next level of growth for both FCM Travel and Corporate Traveller.
Melissa Elf
Managing Director, ANZ
Melissa Elf
Managing Director, ANZ
With her unbridled energy and enthusiasm, few people can keep pace with Melissa, let alone boast the depth and breadth of experience she has gathered her 25+ years in the travel industry. She brings a solid understanding of best practice across multiple industry sectors and their travel programs.