Ron Yeatman brings 35 years of experience in the travel, travel technology, airline and e-commerce industries to the table. Since 1987 he has held management positions covering the essential aspects of leisure and corporate travel retail, airline sales, tour operating, global electronic distribution, marketing automation and direct-/online sales.

 
His senior and executive management roles included Regional and General Manager for the global distribution system Worldspan where he successfully initiated and directed the expansion throughout Europe and the Middle East, Vice President for DERTOUR, one of Europe’s largest tour operators where he developed, implemented and managed the newly created air product division, Managing Director of the flight and hotel consolidator Bavaria Flugreisen, Managing Director at Airfasttickets Group, Founder and Managing Partner of the consulting company Yeatman Management, as well as Chief Executive Officer for REWE Travel New Media, where he created, launched and operated the prize winning online travel agency (OTA) AVIGO.
 
Ron was Founding Board Member of the German Online Travel Association, Fellow of the Institute of Travel & Tourism in the United Kingdom, Lecturer at the College of Tourism & Travel, Chairman of the Online Committee of the German Travel Association, and Chairman of the South African Airways Customer Advisory Board.