Gary joined Expedia in 2011 as Vice President and General Manager EMEA, and was appointed Senior Vice
President and Head of Retail Expedia Worldwide in 2013. Based in London, Gary is currently responsible for
managing Brand Expedia’s worldwide P&L, including Brand Marketing, Pricing, Merchandising, Promotions and
Customer Experience across Mobile, Tablet and Desktop Channels.
Gary joined Expedia from Google, where we was the Head of Global Sales Operations for Google’s Online Sales
Channel, responsible for developing and deploying analytical sales and marketing techniques across Google’s
small to medium customer base (circa $12Bn Sales). Prior to this, Gary held several senior management positions
at Motorola’s Mobile Devices division during 2002-7, including Vice President and Head of Product Management
for Motorola’s Smartphone division (2007-8), Vice President & General Manager of the Vodafone business
relationship ($1Bn Sales, 2005-7) and Vice President, World Wide Supply Chain Operations.
Before joining Motorola, Gary co-founded an online frequent flyer based rewards business in the UK, winning
blue chip clients such as the Carphone Warehouse, Virgin Atlantic, Reuters and the BBC. In late 2001, Gary
sold the business to Bertelsmann AG, and was subsequently appointed by GE’s private equity group to
the board of one of their portfolio companies. The move to launch his own business followed 10 years in
corporate development/M&A, consulting and engineering roles at General Electric, Booz Allen & Hamilton
and Schlumberger France respectively. Gary holds an MBA from INSEAD, France and a Master’s Degree in
Engineering (Meng, Distinction) from Leeds University UK