Gemma King, Vice President of Global Corporate Travel at Omnicom, has been named as the new ITM Chair of the Board of Directors.
Taking over in May, she succeeds Nikki Parsons who has served in the role since April 2023 and who has recently left Arcadis to head up global travel for trading firm Jane Street.
King, already a member of the Board of Directors, was instrumental in the conception of the ITM Achievement Awards and re-launched Mentoring Programme.
“I am honoured to take on this role at such an exciting time for the association,” said King. “I look forward to working on building our strong foundation and driving forward our mission. Elevating the capabilities of travel management professionals by inspiring innovation, best practice, insights and development opportunities.”
Scott Davies, ITM CEO, added: “On behalf of all of ITM’s members we are enormously grateful for the time and energy Nikki has generously given to the UK and Ireland’s business travel community during her time as Chair.
“We look forward to welcoming Gemma and strongly feel that her passion, expertise and leadership will support ITM’s efforts to be the UK & Ireland’s go-to business travel association for all corporate travel buyers, suppliers and industry practitioners, providing educational content, knowledge sharing and networking to connect the travel community.”
