Ekert to Take Sabre CEO Reins in April

Sabre Corp. president Kurt Ekert will add CEO to his title subsequent month, succeeding CEO and chair Sean Menke, who will stay Sabre’s govt chair, the corporate introduced.

Ekert, the previous president and CEO of CWT, joined Sabre as president in early 2022 as a part of Sabre’s “long-term succession plans” as the corporate separated the CEO and president roles. Since then, Ekert’s accomplishments have included reorganizing Sabre’s Journey Options enterprise and placing a “refined management staff in place,” the corporate mentioned.

Menke, a former airline govt whose resumé features a stint as CEO of Frontier Airways, has been Sabre’s CEO since 2016, having joined Sabre the prior 12 months as president of Sabre Journey Community. Sabre board of administrators unbiased lead director Gregg Saretsky in a press release mentioned Menke “has been an extremely robust and profitable chief during the last eight years, particularly in these unprecedented moments through the international pandemic. He leaves behind an incredible legacy, together with an formidable multi-year technique that the management staff will proceed to maneuver ahead.”

The transition take impact April 27, the day after Sabre’s annual assembly. Ekert additionally has been nominated as a director for the election at that annual assembly.