Clive Wratten was appointed to the position of Chief Executive of The Business Travel Association on September 2nd, 2019. Clive joined The BTA from the private equity backed travel partnership company Amber Road, where he was Chief Executive Officer. Before joining Amber Road, Clive was General Manager UK at Etihad Airways. Clive joined Etihad Airways from HRG, where he held the position, Head of International Business Group. Before joining HRG, Clive was the UK General Manager for Gulf Air. Clive has also held senior positions with Qantas Airways and British Airways.
Clive has spent almost his entire career within the corporate travel sector, has a passion for the value and professionalism the business travel supply chain delivers to industry and the economy. Clive’s work within the business travel sector has been recognised with several awards including the Business Travel Awards Europe, Outstanding Contribution award 2021, the Business Travel Peoples Awards, Industry contribution Award 2020 & 2021. He was included in the Business Travel News most influential people within travel list 2020, the BTN Europe Hotlist 2021 & 2022, and Travel Daily News 5 most influential people within travel 2021.