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.

On joining the company, Anna brought with her more than a decade of experience from the payments and fintech industries, where she worked in both the B2B and B2C sectors across start-ups, SMEs and complex matrix organisations. With a strong background in management consulting and venture capital industries, Anna has an international profile having worked for global, multi-cultural companies in a string of senior roles across analytics, delivery, commercial , M&A and strategy. As Head of CEO Office, Strategy & Transformation at HBX Group, she is responsible for setting and leading the strategic direction of the company, focusing on key priorities in terms of markets, suppliers and distributors as well as the on-going development of our value propositions for the different segments the company operates in. The role of Head of the CEO Office is instrumental in ensuring fast, transparent and cross-functional decision-making to complement the speed of the ever-changing market.

Andrés is a well-known and respected CFO having been recognised as one of the top 100 Finance Directors in Spain on several occasions since 2009, and named by Expansión as one of the most innovative finance professionals in the region. He began his professional career at PwC in 1988 as an auditor before joining Allied Domecq in 1995 and moving on to hold numerous senior finance management positions in Spain, the US and UK before joining Hotelbeds in 2004. Leveraging his extensive experience, knowledge and networks, Andrés has been a key player in the company’s international expansion, focusing on and driving both organic and M&A growth as well as playing a leading role in the development of Hotelbeds as one of the world’s leading bedbanks, not least of all during the challenging pandemic period where he helped safe-guard the strong and stable financial performance of the company.

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.

Sagrario Fernández joined Hotelbeds in July 2023 as General Counsel, bringing almost 30 years of legal and compliance expertise to her role. With a distinguished career encompassing senior positions in leading Spanish multinational corporations, Sagrario’s experience includes a number of senior legal and compliance positions at DIA Group, Indra, El Corte Inglés Group, and Prosegur as well as serving as legal counsel in three publicly-listed firms. She also has a wealth of experience in M&A transactions, capital markets, and IPO processes. As General Counsel, Sagrario reinforces Hotelbeds’ governance and internal control systems, ensuring adherence to industry-leading standards. Her appointment strengthens the company’s strategic direction and commitment to excellence. Sagrario holds a Law degree from Universidad Complutense in Madrid, a Master’s in Digital Business from ISDI and a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence from the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Spain.

José María joined Hotelbeds in March 2020 as interim HR Director leading the design and implementation of the People Plan – particularly challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic - and now leads the High Performing Office transversally across the company. He has extensive experience in transformational processes in the digital environment and in business integrations, with a strong track record in designing high performing organisations and deploying new business cultures in a range of sectors and geographies. His knowledge covers a wide number of economic sectors including telecommunications, bioscience, audiovisual and CRM / BPO, having held senior roles in companies including Telefónica (Movistar+, Telefónica Digital and Atento), Sanofi, Dun & Bradstreet and UPS prior to joining Hotelbeds. José María also has wide international experience gained in a variety of multicultural environments and he has led corporate and local teams in Africa, Middle East, Latin America and Europe.

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.

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.