Boriana Tchobanova

Boriana Tchobanova is Senior Vice President and Chief Transformation Officer for American Express Global Business Travel (GBT), working directly with CEO Paul Abbot to lead business transformation, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) integration, and strategic projects.

After starting her career in marketing and business development with the energy industry, Boriana has spent the last 14 years at American Express in New York holding various roles, including Chief Operating Officer for the company’s digital group and Head of M&A Integration. During her tenure at American Express, Boriana successfully led multiple business transformation functions and championed some of the company’s largest enterprise-wide change initiatives, including the creation of global shared services and centers of excellence.

Having been raised between Europe and Africa, Boriana is well traveled, multilingual and highly passionate about diversity in ideas, innovation, and talent development. Outside of work, Boriana supports various non-profit causes through board service, fundraising, and strategic consultation.

Boriana studied law at Loyola University and earned her MBA from the University of New Orleans.