Published mark
Global Business Travel Group, Inc.
NYSE: GBTG. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063
- SEC CIK
- 1820872
- Record version
- vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 14, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Apr 2, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- Paul AbbotSince Apr 2, 2026
- Chair
- M. Gregory O'Hara
- Independent
- Not published8 directors published
- Published claims
- 372 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 60 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 2 distinct sources and 6 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
CFO CHANGED
Kevin Williams executive of Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2026-04-02.
EffectiveEffective Apr 2, 2026E4
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Financial Officer | Kevin Williams | Apr 2026 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Chief Executive Officer | Paul Abbot | Apr 2026 | current | Source reportedE5 |
| President | Andrew Crawley | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE2 |
| Chief Legal Officer, Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Compliance and Corporate Secretary | Eric J. Bock | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE2 |
| Chief Technology Officer | John David Thompson | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE2 |
| Chief Financial Officer | Karen Williams | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE2 |
| Chief Executive Officer | Paul Abbott | Not captured | unknown | Source reportedE2 |
Board of directors
Evidence8 directors published. Independence determinations are not published for every director.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Drummond | Independence not published | 2024 | Risk Management & Compliance Committee | Source reportedE3 |
| Eric Hart | Independence not published | 2022 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Faisal Bin Saoud Al-Thani | Independence not published | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE3 |
| Itai Wallach | Independence not published | 2022 | COMPENSATION COMMITTEE | Source reportedE3 |
| James Bush | Independence not published | 2022 | Audit & Finance CommitteeCOMPENSATION COMMITTEE, chairNominating & Corporate Governance Committee | Source reportedE3 |
| Kathleen Winters | Independence not published | 2022 | Audit & Finance CommitteeRisk Management & Compliance Committee, chair | Source reportedE3 |
| Susan Ward | Independence not published | 2022 | Audit & Finance Committee, chairRisk Management & Compliance Committee | Source reportedE3 |
| Ugo Arzani | Independence not published | 2025 | Nominating & Corporate Governance CommitteeRisk Management & Compliance Committee | Source reportedE3 |
| M. Gregory O'Hara | Not independentChair | Not published | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Paul Abbott | Not independent | Not published | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Raymond Donald Joabar | Independent | Not published | None published | Source reportedE2 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit & Finance Committee | Susan Ward | Susan Ward, James Bush, Kathleen Winters | financial |
| COMPENSATION COMMITTEE | James Bush | James Bush, Itai Wallach | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee | Not published | James Bush, Ugo Arzani | Not described in the published record |
| Risk Management & Compliance Committee | Kathleen Winters | Kathleen Winters, Alexander Drummond, Susan Ward, Ugo Arzani | regulatory |
Committee RecordAudit & Finance Committee: Chair Susan Ward; Members Susan Ward (Chair); James Bush; Kathleen Winters
Committee AppointmentSusan Ward: chair, Audit & Finance Committee
Committee AppointmentJames Bush: member, Audit & Finance Committee
Committee AppointmentKathleen Winters: member, Audit & Finance Committee
Committee RecordCOMPENSATION COMMITTEE: Chair James Bush; Members James Bush (Chair); Itai Wallach
Committee AppointmentJames Bush: chair, COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Committee AppointmentItai Wallach: member, COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Committee RecordNominating & Corporate Governance Committee: Chair not stated; Members James Bush; Ugo Arzani
Committee AppointmentJames Bush: member, Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
Committee AppointmentUgo Arzani: member, Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee
Committee RecordRisk Management & Compliance Committee: Chair Kathleen Winters; Members Kathleen Winters (Chair); Alexander Drummond; Susan Ward; Ugo Arzani
Committee AppointmentKathleen Winters: chair, Risk Management & Compliance Committee
Committee AppointmentAlexander Drummond: member, Risk Management & Compliance Committee
Committee AppointmentSusan Ward: member, Risk Management & Compliance Committee
Committee AppointmentUgo Arzani: member, Risk Management & Compliance Committee
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerPaul Abbot, Chief Executive Officer, from Apr 2, 2026
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceSecurity ListingGBTG (NYSE)
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 17, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameGlobal Business Travel Group, Inc.
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Published FactUS
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- Kevin WilliamsChief Financial Officercompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:20
- Paul AbbotChief Executive Officercompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:21
- Andrew CrawleyPresidentcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:16
- Eric J. BockChief Legal Officer, Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Compliance and Corporate Secretarycompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:17
- John David ThompsonChief Technology Officercompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:18
- Karen WilliamsChief Financial Officercompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:19
- Paul AbbottChief Executive Officer; Chief Executive Officer and Directorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:22, company:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:12
- Alexander DrummondDirectorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:6
- Eric HartDirectorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:7
- Faisal Bin Saoud Al-ThaniDirectorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:8
- Itai WallachDirectorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:9
- James BushDirectorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:10
- Kathleen WintersDirectorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:11
- Susan WardDirectorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:14
- Ugo ArzaniDirectorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:15
- M. Gregory O'HaraChair of the Boardcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:5
- Raymond Donald JoabarDirectorcompany:76dc4947-5f0c-41ce-9d22-f7a0613b8063:leadership_role:13
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 6 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 14, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
- E2sec def 14a. Published Apr 2, 2026. Retrieved Sep 6, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
- E3sec proxy. Published Apr 2, 2026. Retrieved Sep 2, 2026. Cited by 8 Claims.
- E4sec filing. Published Apr 2, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Apr 2, 2026. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6governance_people_committees. sec proxy. Cited by 15 Claims.
What changed in version public-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 14, 2026- Kevin Williams executive of Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2026-04-02.
- Paul Abbot executive of Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2026-04-02.
- Faisal Bin Saoud Al-Thani seat on Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2025-01-01.
- Ugo Arzani seat on Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2025-01-01.
- Alexander Drummond seat on Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2024-01-01.
- Eric Hart seat on Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2022-01-01.
- Itai Wallach seat on Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2022-01-01.
- James Bush seat on Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2022-01-01.
- Kathleen Winters seat on Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2022-01-01.
- Susan Ward seat on Global Business Travel Group, Inc., effective 2022-01-01.