Expanded leadership role across multiple corporate disciplines
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In his new role, Bock will manage Travelport's legal, government affairs, communications and compliance teams, as well as lead the Company's corporate strategy development efforts. "The consolidation of these functional areas under Eric's leadership furthers our goal of creating a fully-integrated corporate team focused on communicating and delivering a clearer vision of our strategic initiatives across the Travelport businesses," said
As part of this transition,
Prior to joining Travelport in 2006 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Bock was Executive Vice President, Law and Corporate Secretary for Cendant Corporation, overseeing Cendant's legal practice groups in securities and corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate secretarial and governance matters, executive compensation, travel distribution services and marketing services. He also served on Cendant's business ethics committee, disclosure committee, employee benefits committee and business continuity planning committee.
During his time at Cendant, Bock played a critical role in the growth and restructuring of the company. He managed the legal aspects of Cendant's acquisitions, including Galileo International, Orbitz, CheapTickets, Avis, Budget, Trendwest and the Wyndham Hotel brand, as well as numerous tuck-in acquisitions. Bock also played an integral part in Cendant's strategic realignment in 1999, under which 18 non-core businesses were divested and more than
Prior to joining Cendant, Bock was associated with the corporate group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Bock graduated from
About Travelport
Travelport is one of the world's largest travel conglomerates offering broad based business services to companies operating in the global travel industry. The company is comprised of Travelport GDS, a global distribution system business that includes the Worldspan and Galileo brands; GTA, a group travel and wholesale hotel business; Business Intelligence Services, a data analysis business; and IT Services and Software, which hosts mission critical applications and provides business solutions for major airlines. Travelport also owns approximately 48% of Orbitz Worldwide (NYSE: OWW), a leading global online travel company. With 2007 revenues of
Web site: http://www.travelport.com
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