Amadeus has announced that Ángel Gallego has been appointed executive vice president of the Corporations segment in Travel Channels, effective immediately.

With the corporate segment identified as one of Travel Channels’ strategic priorities, Gallego’s mission will be to help corporations around the globe power smarter business travel.

Recently, Gallego was an advisor to Aerticket, the Berlin-based ticket wholesaler as it pursued an international expansion strategy.

In addition, he served as an advisory board member to Daka90, the leading online travel agent and mobile travel retailer in Israel.

He also held a number of advisory and board member roles in other companies spanning the eCommerce, biotechnology, energy and fashion industries.

Gallego, who previously spent 15 years at Amadeus, held different leadership roles such as president of Asia Pacific, vice president of distribution in WEMEA and director in Latin America.

During that time, he developed an intimate knowledge of Amadeus, which will be key to his new role.

Gallego said: “I’m really excited to re-join Amadeus and work with our 16,000-plus corporate customers to power smarter business travel.

“Helping corporations better manage business travel and expense and improve traveller journeys is a key priority for my team and for Amadeus.”