Dhiren Fonseca
Partner @ Certares
Seattle, United States
Dhiren Fonseca is a startup investor at Certares in Seattle. Dhiren Fonseca is the Chief Commercial Officer of Expedia, Inc., the world's largest online travel company. In this role, Fonseca is responsible for building and managing corporate-level supply and commercial relationships between each of the businesses within the Expedia, Inc. portfolio and some of the travel industry's most notablesupplier brands. He also acts as a principle advisor to the Chairman and CEO on the strategic initiatives of Expedia, Inc. and its portfolio of travel brands.Previously, Fonseca served as the co-President of Expedia's global supply organization, where he led the company's global supply strategy and the team responsible for managing the company's relationships with nearly 150,000 hotels, hundreds of airlines and thousands of other travel suppliers worldwide. Prior to assuming this role in 2009, Fonseca served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development, focusing on corporate strategy and worldwide mergers and acquisitions. During his corporate development tenure, he led the acquisition and integration of 15 companies by Expedia, and drove the company's long-term corporate strategy.Prior to Expedia, Fonseca was a longtime Microsoft employee, helping found Expedia.com as part of the management team at Microsoft that brought the company to life in 1995.
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About Certares
Certares is a group of seasoned private equity and operating executives with extensive industry, investment, transaction, and management experience. Certares investment activities are concentrated in several key sectors, including travel and tourism, hospitality, business and consumer services.
Certares Contacts
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Dhiren Fonseca
Partner
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Amy C. Stuart
Managing Director & Head of Capital Formation
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Colin Farmer
Senior Managing Director and Head of Management Committee
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Jennifer Zhao
Director, Capital Formation
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Michael Gregory O’Hara
Founder and a Senior Managing Director
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