Rene Benedetto

Rene is a Managing Director of Certares. Prior to joining Certares, she spent ten years as a Managing Director of Trivergance, a private equity firm focused on the travel, business and consumer services, digital media and technology sectors. Prior to joining Trivergance, she was a Principal at Halyard Capital, a private equity firm focused on digital marketing, business services, media and communications. Prior to joining Halyard Capital, Rene served as a General Partner of Impact Venture Partners, a technology-focused venture capital firm. Rene also held positions at CIBC Capital Partners, Bain & Company, NationsBank and Dell.

Rene received her Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of Business of The University of Pennsylvania and her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance, summa cum laude, from The University of Texas at Austin.