MATHIEU DUTRISAC TAKES OVER AS NEW AMADEUS GM FOR EASTERN AFRICA
(Posted 19th May 2017)
Mathieu Dutrisac was earlier this week appointed as General Manager for the East Africa region which covers 13 countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Djibouti, Eritrea, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Burundi, South Sudan, Somalia, Malawi, Comoros and Seychelles.
Mathieu will be based at Amadeus’ head office in Nairobi, Kenya taking over from Juan Torres as General Manager from the 1st of July. To ensure a smooth transition and succession, Juan will continue managing the region until that date, whilst Mathieu will spend some time in Amadeus IT Group head offices (in Madrid, Nice and other African Hubs) as part of his induction program in Amadeus.
Mathieu will be responsible for overseeing business strategies across all travel channels in corporate and leisure travel agents, leading Amadeus’ initiatives to grow in East Africa whilst driving technological innovation.
Paul de Villiers, Vice President Amadeus Africa, said: ‘I am delighted to welcome Mathieu to the Amadeus East Africa team. His B2B experience and customer oriented mindset will be a huge asset to Amadeus, its partners and customers. Also his expertise in launching Payments and Mobile solutions in Africa will contribute to Amadeus’ focus in these two areas as part of our business diversification. These are exciting times for Amadeus as we build on the significant gains achieved by Amadeus East Africa in the last years. I’d like to thank Juan Torres for his dedication during the last 5 years and I’m sure that his vast experience in Amadeus will contribute greatly to his new position in the company‘.
Mathieu is a senior Telecoms and IT Commercial leader with 8 years of experience in East and Central Africa. Prior to joining Amadeus, he was Chief Operating Officer of Airtel Congo Brazzaville; Chief Commercial Officer of Tigo in DR Congo and Head of Products & Marketing in Rwanda. Earlier in his career Mathieu worked as a developer in large IT groups Nortel, Marconi and Texas Instruments. Mathieu holds a Bachelor in Computer Engineering from Ecole de Technologie Superieure in Montreal and an MBA from IE Business School in Madrid.
