Daniel Batchelor

Vice President Corporate Marketing, Communications and Social Responsibility at Amadeus

20+ years of experience leading strategic, integrated B2B and corporate marketing and communications campaigns, both client and agency-side, for private start-ups through to global publicly-listed corporations. Expert at building relationships including finding, managing & developing outstanding, high-performing talent. Specialist in ‘thought leadership’, narrative creation & storytelling, crisis communications, M&A, public speaking, and media relations for the technology and travel sectors. Also highly experienced in brand value creation, driving high class events and an early adopter of social and digital marketing channels, including compelling content creation. Strong track record in CSR program delivery and storytelling to engage and inform. Extremely comfortable working at C-level and with too many experiences to list in terms of dealing with the media, be it trade, business, financial or consumer press; across 100+ markets, especially in sensitive, crisis situations and managing high-value acquisitions. Both a trained journalist and public relations professional, with a strong commercial understanding derived from over five years spent as a Board Director at an award-winning PR and communications agency in London. Regular public speaker at industry events and panels and guest lecturer at the University of Surrey on technology, travel and the media. Sectors worked in to-date include: Technology Travel Advertising Food & drink Politics Business Third sector/charity Between 2010 and 2012 spent time living and working in Madrid, Spain for a $35 billion market cap publicly-listed, global technology company that works in the travel space. Now re-located to London but still with a centrally-reporting senior marketing and communications role as VP of Corporate Marketing, Communications and Social Responsibility.