Kayak for Business Hires Mary Ellen Hess as Global Head of Sales
Kayak for Business has hired travel management company veteran Mary Ellen Hess to lead its global sales team, the company announced on Tuesday.
Hess joined Kayak for Business on Nov. 2 as the global head of sales, a newly created position for the corporate travel management platform. She will oversee the company's global sales strategy as it expands in the U.S. and Europe, as well as with midmarket buyers, according to the company.
For the past six years, Hess has been with Corporate Travel Management as the executive vice president of business development, where her team consistently secured more than $200 million in new business annually, as stated by Kayak for Business. Her extensive industry experience also includes leadership roles at TMC technology platform Tramada Systems, HRG, American Express Global Business Travel, and BCD Travel, where she co-founded its Advito consulting arm.
"Mary Ellen knows corporate travel inside and out," said Eva Fouquet, SVP of Kayak for Business. "She brings strong commercial leadership, deep industry relationships, and a genuine understanding of buyers, because she's spent her career working with them."
Hess reports to Fouquet in her new role.
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