The Association of Corporate Travel Executives today announced that it has appointed as its executive director industry veteran Ron DiLeo, who will commence his three-year contract on July 1.
DiLeo's more than 30 years' experience as a corporate travel management executive includes 25 years with the former Philadelphia-based travel management company Rosenbluth International, five years with American Express Business Travel as head of its London-based European sales organization and three years as head of independent consulting company In The Black. DiLeo said he would close that business and move to the Washington, D.C., area to head the association's Alexandria, Va.-based headquarters.
AirPlus International president Richard Crum, immediate past president of ACTE, cited DiLeo's "multinational experience, industry tenure and passion to take the association where we want it to go." Crum announced the appointment as his last official act as ACTE president.
New president Chris Crowley, recently promoted to head global accounts for BCD Travel, said he has known DiLeo for many years and that he was the man for the job because of "his energy, his intelligence and his vision."
Greeley Koch, who today ended many years of service on the ACTE board, including a stint as president and most recently as treasurer, said that DiLeo's "meshing of global travel and customer service experience is the perfect match for what we need now and will bring high energy, creativity and innovation."
Also taking office today as ACTE treasurer is Reed Elsevier travel procurement executive Angela Naegele.