Nicolas is an experienced board level executive and CEO with a strong reputation in the payment, financial services and travel industries, having held the role of CEO at both Visa Europe and Ingenico Group. With an impressive track record of transforming technology and digital companies, Nicolas is an inspirational value-based leader who is credited with developing high performing teams, moving at pace to drive success and organic business growth while creating dynamic and collaborative cultures through which transformation and critical business outcomes are realised. Until July 2021, Nicolas was a non-executive independent board director to Amadeus IT Group, where he was also Chair of the Audit Committee. Since 2020, he has been an independent non-executive director for Entersekt, an innovator of customer-centric fintech solutions, and is the current Chair of a Luxembourg based crypto currency company, Bitstamp, a role he has held since May 2021.

With over 20 years in the travel industry, Carlos is a well respected, highly experienced commercial leader and a true advocate for the value of the bedbank as an independent aggregator. Having developed his career in the aeronautical and telecommunication industries with positions at Retevision, BT and GMV, Carlos joined the travel industry in 1999 with the Barceló Travel Group prior to its integration into First Choice Holidays PLC (UK) in 2000, which is where his journey with Hotelbeds began, becoming Operations Director in 2001. Appointed as Managing Director of the business in 2008, Carlos has led Hotelbeds through some of its most pivotal moments, including the integration with GTA and Tourico Holidays in 2017. As the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Carlos now oversees the global commercial organisations of Sales and Sourcing, in addition to the satellite businesses of Beyond The Bed and Roiback.

Paula is a highly experienced, international Executive Director with a proven track record in delivering strong business performance and in leading and transforming technology, operations, digital and innovation functions to deliver genuine commercial results. Having held senior positions in Ingenico, Visa Europe, Barclays, Prudential and Telefonica, she has a proven track record in strategy, M&A and corporate development, focusing on new opportunities and successful integrations to drive business growth. Paula believes passionately about investing in individuals and teams, and in harnessing the power of engaged and motivated employees to deliver tangible transformation. As HBX Group's Chief Technology & Operations Officer, Paula leads all aspects of end to end delivery across the business including Technology, Product Management, Operations, customer services, digital delivery, first line risk and business intelligence. She is a strong advocate of diversity in the workplace and has led numerous initiatives to drive improvements in this area.

Daniel Nordholm is a highly-experienced international financial services executive with a strong background innovating, building and delivering payment solutions and financial services during his 20-year career. He has a strong entrepreneurial spirit as demonstrated by his close involvement with the development, value creation and sales of two different businesses. He studied at the Faculty of Engineering at Lund University in Sweden and has gone on to have a wide variety of roles at organisations such as CEO of Bambora, heading the European business at Worldline Merchant service as well as SVP Global Service at VeriFone. Daniel is also a skilled Chief Technology and Chief Product Officer. Daniel joined Hotelbeds in January 2023 in a newly-created position focused on financial services where he will drive innovative solutions to make it easier for its 320,000 partners and 71,000 clients to do business with the company.

Javier Cabrerizo is the Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer (CSTO) at HBX Group. He has worked at the company for the last decade with a dedicated focus on reshaping the travel industry and proactively transforming the organisation into the leading B2B Traveltech ecosystem player.

He is responsible for setting the company’s strategic direction, by identifying growth opportunities, and ensuring the right execution of HBX Group’s Transformation Programmes.

His strategic vision and innovative approach will be crucial for HBX Group's next chapter, as it navigates through the increasingly fast-paced and disruptive travel landscape.

Prior to HBX Group, Javier held several senior roles as Strategy Consultant advising leading global companies across several industries,  private equities and venture capitals. He remains connected with the start-up ecosystem, acting as a board member and adviser on selected ventures.
 

Credited with designing and leading a transformative HR function at HBX Group, Elena has been with the company since 2015 and also oversees Communications and CSR within the organisation. She has a proven track record of championing cultural change having led HBX Group through numerous complex and challenging change programmes, and is a strong advocate for the value of placing the employee at the heart of the business, demonstrated through a strong EVP centred around encouraging high performance and development. Recognising the strength of a proactive, creative communications approach both internally and externally in raising the profile of the company and attracting talent to it, she also spearheads an ambitious CSR agenda as part of her role. With strong international experience gained in consulting firms including PWC, IBM and Garrigues Human Capital, Elena’s career also includes international HR Director positions in Claire’s Accessories Inc and Tendam Group.

Mark Antipof, a board-level, internationally-experienced senior executive with extensive experience in the payments and technology services industries, joined Hotelbeds in February 2023 in the newly-created role of Business Development Director. He has a career spanning more than 30 years’ at some of the world’s leading financial companies, including four years at Ingenico where he served as a member of the executive committee and Global Head of Sales & Marketing. Prior to this, he spent 14 years at Visa Europe, latterly as Chief Commercial Officer with responsibility for all commercial, business, stakeholder and client-facing activities in 37 markets. Mark is a visionary, multilingual leader with extensive sales, marketing and customer service expertise. He is credited with driving consistent sales growth and accelerating efficiencies in all of his previous roles. At Hotelbeds, he is responsible for developing new products, segments and business models to accelerate growth across all areas of the business.

Xabi joined the company in 2016 and has occupied leadership positions in the Commercial and Operations areas before joining the Executive Committee as Chief Operations Officer (COO). With a strong management consulting background at Mckinsey & Company and an MBA from MIT Sloan, Xabi has an impressive track record in leading teams through change and has held senior roles across strategy, analytics, digital transformation, customer service and financial services. 
 

Xabi believes in building high performing teams through trust and transparency and has been a key leader in the company’s journey over the last years going through the GTA and TH integration, redefining the distribution strategy, weathering the pandemic, reinventing customer service and bringing the first genAI interventions into production.
 

As COO he manages the company’s global operations across brands and products, ensuring a seamless delivery of high-quality services to HBX Group partners worldwide. His expertise and extensive experience in transforming operations and leading large global teams will be instrumental in HBX Group’s mission to offer friction-less and efficient services and achieve sustainable growth.