Leigh Bochicchio named President at Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives has named Leigh Bochicchio its next president, effective 1 January 2018. Bochicchio, VP of Business Process Improvement, PME at Mastercard, will be ACTE’s senior volunteer leader, serving at the order of the Board of Directors. The position runs for two years and follows Leigh’s second term on the Board. Bochicchio has chaired the ACTE Board’s Nominations Committee and has led the development of improved succession planning and board director sourcing and selection. At Mastercard, which she joined in 2006, she manages the company’s product lifecycle discipline globally. She’s also worked in Mastercard’s global learning and talent development organization and commercial product organization. Previously, Leigh ran sales and account management for two critical components of Galileo International’s travel distribution on-line strategy and held a number of leadership positions at American Express Travel Related Services. She will be president-elect through the end of the year. Her appointment was announced today at ACTE’s Global Conference in New York City. The President chairs both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. The President has general supervision of all business and affairs of the Association and helps formulate the Association's philosophy, mission, strategy and goals.
