OAG Appoints Former Google EMEA Travel Leader As Non-Executive Director
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 24 (Bernama) -- OAG, the essential intelligence partner transforming global travel, has announced the appointment of former Google Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Travel leader, David Robles, as a non-executive director.
OAG chief executive officer, Filip Filipov said the company is at an inflection point, with supply data heritage, demand intelligence capabilities and investment to build new solutions for the travel industry.
“David has spent two decades doing exactly what we are now focused on: turning multi-source data into intelligent platforms that reshape how an entire industry operates. His perspective will be invaluable as we accelerate that journey,” said Filipov in a statement.
OAG said Robles will bring more than two decades of leadership in digital platforms, data ecosystems and artificial intelligence (AI) to the company.
He spent 19 years at Google, most recently as business unit leader for EMEA Travel, where he architected and scaled Google's multi-vertical travel marketplace into an AI-driven ecosystem.
The appointment comes at a significant moment in OAG’s evolution. Founded nearly 100 years ago as an aviation schedule data provider, OAG has undergone a strategic transformation, supported by backing from Vitruvian Partners and a new leadership team.
Today, it layers proprietary data sets and AI-driven technology to provide customers across the travel ecosystem with a “one-stop” airline supply and demand intelligence platform.
Under Filipov, an alumnus of Skyscanner appointed in late 2025, OAG’s authoritative data and insights have been channelled to help power the global travel industry’s recent growth in AI-related search and analytics volumes.
-- BERNAMA