Datalex is a market leader in digital commerce for travel retail. The Datalex product portfolio provides airlines
with a unique solution to drive revenue and profit as digital retailers.
Today, Datalex enables a travel marketplace of over one billion shoppers covering every corner of the globe,
driven by some of the world’s most innovative airline retail brands.
Datalex is an IATA Strategic Partner.
Sean was appointed as Non-Executive Director and Interim Chief Executive Officer of Datalex in April 2019 and was subsequently appointed as the permanent CEO in October 2019. He also served as Acting Chairman between June and November 2019. Sean is a highly experienced executive having held multiple senior positions in the technology industry including; Senior Vice President of Global Operations at Dell Inc; COO at Esat Telecom; Vice President of Global Operations at AST / Samsung and Director of Pacific Operations at Apple Inc. Prior to joining Datalex, Sean was Chairman and CEO at Actavo and he is a non-executive director of a number of private companies.
Niall was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Datalex plc in June 2019. Niall is an expert in financial strategy, transformation, accounting and compliance in high tech industries. Prior to joining Datalex, Niall was Finance Director, EMEA at Google Inc. where he led accounting, financial compliance and controls for the EMEA region. Niall has also led global finance operations and executed complex finance transformation projects for technology PLCs such as Pearson PLC, Vodafone PLC and for corporations such as Oracle and Dell. Within Vodafone, Niall was CFO for Eircell, Vodafone Ireland and Vodafone Portugal prior to leading Global Finance Transformation and Operations for all Vodafone worldwide subsidiaries.
Alison Bell has held senior management roles in technology and business consulting for the airline, hospitality and travel agency sectors, including roles in Mobile Travel Technologies (now Travelport Digital), TravelClick and Travelport.
Ryan has previously held advisory, senior management and board roles in IT start-ups across Europe and the US. He brings with him over 18 years of experience in the software and technology field, including expertise in delivering large, complex and distributed e-commerce products and systems.
Conor has extensive product management and technology leadership experience. Conor has held previous roles as Head of Architecture and Head of engineering and is a thought leader in the airline industry.
Ellen has extensive operations management experience. She has held previous roles as Director of Operations and Process Management in Datalex and Software Development Team Lead roles at Fujitsu.
JJ brings with him significant finance & corporate finance experience from both public & private companies across a diverse range of industries. JJ recently spent 4 years in CRH plc, working in strategy, acquisitions & integration as well as Financial Performance Director for the Asia-Pacific division, based in Singapore. Prior to joining Datalex, JJ was CFO for WaterWipes.
Avril is an experienced HR Leader and active member of the HR Tech community. With proven experience in the tech industry she takes pride in partnering with both employees and Senior Leaders to provide the best HR solutions possible within a fast paced global environment.
Neil brings significant legal and management experience having held a number of leadership roles in public and private companies. Prior to joining Datalex, Neil was Chief Operating Officer at Malin Corporation plc and before that spent 10 years at Elan plc where he served as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary.
Andrei has 20 years of diverse international experience in enterprise software development, product management and organizational leadership. He joins Datalex from Aptiv, a global technology company that develops advanced safety and autonomous driving solutions where he was responsible for the global analytics platform. Before that Andrei was Vice-President of Engineering at SAP where he led the development of industry-first AI/ML powered cloud analytics solutions for IoT & digital supply chain in co-innovation with leading brands in automotive and aerospace.
Emma previously worked in management consulting advising public and private sector organisations across a range of industries including infrastructure, aviation, banking and retail. Prior to this, Emma worked in strategy and corporate development and corporate finance.
We are a global team of collaborative, creative and courageous travel commerce experts from over twenty-five nations, in six office locations across three continents.