David Rohrsheim - Uber

Born and raised in Adelaide as a teenage geek who worked as a network engineer to pay my way through IT Engineering and Finance degrees at Adelaide Uni. After graduation I worked as a Management Consultant with Bain in Sydney, Melbourne and London. I then scored a dream job in Silicon Valley, working for DFJ, a venture capital fund investing in world-changing entreprenuers. I stayed for two more years to complete an MBA at Stanford, before returning to Sydney to launch Uber in Australia.

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Judith Crompton – Virgin Australia

Judith Crompton has more than 30 years’ experience in the aviation and travel industry, gained with some of the largest companies in Australia, the United Kingdom and the Middle East.

In her role as Chief Commercial Officer at Virgin Australia, she has responsibility for Alliances, Network, Revenue Management and Sales, covering Virgin Australia’s domestic and international network.

Prior to joining Virgin Australia in 2012, Ms Crompton held the position of Head of Global Corporate Sales at Etihad Airways. She was responsible for the overall strategic direction and implementation of commercial sales for the airline globally, as well as representing Etihad to various stakeholders and the public. She has previously held senior sales and general management positions with Qantas in Australia, as well as with other major global travel companies including TQ3 Navigant and Flight Centre Ltd.

Ms Crompton served on numerous industry bodies and advisory boards throughout her career.

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Sue Hollis - TravelEdge

TravelEdge is a dynamic, energetic independently owned company that provides a portfolio of travel services to corporate Australia. It was started 13 years ago by the two Directors – Grant Wilson andSue Hollis, and in that time has grown to become one of the most successful travel businesses in the industry.

Grant has an investment banking background and has held senior executive roles both in Australia and overseas for Barclays Bank. Before TravelEdge he managed Mergers and Acquisitions at Qantas, before taking responsibility for Qantas Retail. He holds an MBA from Wharton. Sue has an extensive airline industry background having held senior roles in London and Australia for British Airways. Prior to starting TravelEdge she was the Regional General Manager Sales for Qantas in Australia.

The TravelEdge Group comprises of TravelEdge Corporate which provides corporate travel to many blue chip companies such as Bain, McDonald’s and Allianz, AbsoluteEdge which delivers Event, Incentive and Conference Management, TravelEdge Holidays which provides holidays and travel to our corporate clients, Granted Worldwide which is involved in developing and delivering travel prizing, and Communico Services which creates new travel management models for high profile clients looking for a very different approach – clients that include CBA and Leighton.
We’re a business led very much by our values which are Excellence, Innovation, People and Passion – which ensure we are continually focused on delivering smart people, new ideas, creative solutions, and above all excellence in delivery to all our clients.

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