Supervisory Board

Joana Breidenbach

Joana Breidenbach is an internet entrepreneur, author and anthropologist. She is a member of the supervisory board of gut.org gAG, co-founder of the donation platform betterplace.org, co-founder of brafe.space, a community of funders and founders, and founder of the think tank betterplace lab. Ms. Breidenbach holds a PhD degree from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
Robert J. Dzielak

Robert J. Dzielak has served as Expedia Group’s Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since March 2018, previously serving as its Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since April 2012. Mr. Dzielak had previously served as Senior Vice President and acting General Counsel since October 2011. Since joining the Company as Assistant General Counsel in April 2006 and through his service as Vice President and Associate General Counsel between February 2007 and October 2011, Mr. Dzielak held primary responsibility for the worldwide litigation portfolio of the Company and its brands. Prior to joining Expedia Group, Mr. Dzielak was a partner at the law firm of Preston, Gates and Ellis, LLP (now K&L Gates LLP), where his practice focused on commercial and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Dzielak received his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School. Mr. Dzielak is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of trivago N.V.
Eric M. Hart

Eric M. Hart currently serves as Chair of the Supervisory Board of trivago and as Chief Financial Officer of Plaid Inc. He most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Expedia Group from April 2020 until October 2022, overseeing Expedia Group’s accounting, financial reporting and analysis, investor relations, treasury, internal audit, tax, and real estate teams. Mr. Hart also served as Expedia Group’s Chief Strategy Officer with responsibility for Expedia Group's strategy and business development, as well as global M&A and investments. Prior to assuming the Chief Strategy Officer position, Mr. Hart served as the General Manager of Expedia Group’s CarRentals.com brand for nearly three years. Prior to that, he oversaw corporate strategy for the Expedia Group, leading some of Expedia Group’s largest acquisitions. Before joining Expedia Group, Mr. Hart spent time in private equity with middle market firm Lake Capital, as a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group, and as a Consultant at Accenture. Mr. Hart holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University and a Master’s in Business Administration from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Mieke De Schepper

Mieke De Schepper currently serves Chief Executive Officer of Sunweb Group. She previously served as Chief Commercial Officer of Trustpilot. She has an extensive travel industry background as she spent time with Amadeus IT Group as Executive Vice President, Online Travel and Managing Director Asia Pacific, and she worked for Expedia Group, where she held the role of Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Egencia and as Vice President of Expedia Group’s Lodging Partner Solutions Asia Pacific. Prior to Expedia Group, she spent 10 years with Phillips Electronics. She started her professional career with McKinsey. Mieke serves as a member of the Supervisory board of trivago N.V. and JustEat Takeaway.com N.V. Mieke holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in Industrial Design Engineering from the Delft University of Technology.
Niklas Östberg

Niklas Östberg is the co-founder of Delivery Hero SE and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since May 2011. He also served as director of the board until its public offering in July 2017. Prior to this, Mr. Östberg was co-founder and chairman of the board of Online Pizza Norden AB from 2008 and May 2011. Mr. Östberg holds a Master's degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.
Hari Nair

Hari Nair has served as Expedia Group’s Senior Vice President, Hotel Market Partnerships since January 2021, overseeing hotel supplier relations and lodging strategy. Mr. Nair served as Senior Vice President, Expedia Group Media Solutions between January 2017 and December 2020, overseeing Expedia Group’s travel advertising platform, and Vice President and General Manager of Orbitz.com and CheapTickets.com beginning in August 2015, overseeing retail operations and profitability, brand strategy, marketing efficiency, and customer lifecycle management. Since joining Expedia Group in 2002, Mr. Nair has served in a variety of other leadership roles, including overseeing Expedia Group’s lodging strategy in North America and EMEA. Prior to joining Expedia, Mr. Nair worked in corporate training and food and beverage operations at Oberoi Hotels, a leading luxury hotel chain that owns and manages luxury hotels and cruisers. Mr. Nair holds a master’s degree in Hotel Management from Cornell University.
Rolf Schrömgens

Rolf Schrömgens is the co-founder of leadership.sprouts, an organization that aims to evolve leadership into the digital age. He also is the co-founder of brafe.space, a movement to create a space for entrepreneurs and activists to evolve themselves and their organizations. Until the end of 2019, Mr. Schrömgens was Chief Executive Officer of trivago. He already served as director of the supervisory board of trivago in 2020 and 2021. Prior to founding trivago GmbH, Mr. Schrömgens was founder and VP at ciao.com, a consumer review website, from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Schrömgens holds a diploma in management from Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL).
Brandon Pedersen

Brandon S. Pedersen currently serves as Board Member and Audit Committee Chair at Expeditors International of Washington (NYSE: EXPD) and at Saltchuk, a large privately held company with operations through North America and the Caribbean. Mr. Pedersen served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, from 2010 to 2020. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of Finance and Controller, having joined the company in 2003 from KPMG LLP, where he was an audit partner. During his 15 years in public accounting, Mr. Pedersen served a diverse range of clients in the retail, transportation and distribution industries. Mr. Pedersen also previously served as a member of the Audit Advisory Committee of the University of Washington (UW) and for six years taught a class on leadership and corporate governance in the Executive MBA program at the UW Foster School of Business. Mr. Pedersen is a Certified Public Accountant.