Supervisory Board
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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 Corporate Secretary since March 2018 and as its Chief People Officer since October 2025. Mr. Dzielak joined Expedia in April 2006 and oversaw Expedia Group’s worldwide litigation portfolio through October 2011 when he was appointed General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, assuming responsibility for Expedia Group’ global legal and government affairs functions. 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.
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Eric M. Hart
Eric M. Hart currently serves as Chair of the Supervisory Board of trivago and as Chief Strategy, Business, and Corporate Development Officer of Expedia Group. He most recently served as the Chief Financial Officer of Plaid Inc, where he played a key role in scaling operations and driving innovation. From April 2020 until October 2022, Mr. Hart served as Chief Financial Officer of Expedia Group, overseeing its 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.
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Mieke De Schepper
Mieke De Schepper most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of Sunweb Group. She was previously 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 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 was previously a member of our supervisory board from 2016-2018, before rejoining it in March 2022. She served as a member of the Supervisory Board of JustEat Takeaway.com N.V. Mieke holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc in Industrial Design Engineering from the Delft University of Technology.
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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.
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Hari Nair
Hari Nair is serving as Expedia Group’s Senior Vice President and General Manager of Hotels.com since August 2024. Prior to that, he has served as 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.
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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), at Saltchuk, a large privately held company with operations through North America and the Caribbean, and at Neutron Holdings, Inc. (doing business under the name Lime), a private company engaged in the business of “micro mobility”. 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.
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