Deborah Short
About Deborah Short
PROFILE An accomplished strategic Global Travel Manager in procurement and operations, developing and setting global strategies and polices, while influencing senior stakeholders across all geographical regions. Effect multimillion dollar global travel spends to achieve value, compliance and mitigate risk to organisations. A strong focus on leadership, change and stakeholder management, with extensive experience in leading high level negotiations and managing global vendor programmes to drive operational excellence, while lowering the bottom line expense. An active member of the ‘Association of Corporate Travel Executive’, speaking at conferences and travel forums. Also a judge on the annual industry ‘People Awards’ and the ‘Business Travel Awards’. Specialties: Global Travel Management - Strategy, Procurement & Operations Stakeholder Managment - All levels in a multinational organisation Project Management - Planning, Organisational, Change and Risk Change Managament - Planning and implementation on a global basis