Frédéric Lalonde

Frédéric Lalonde has been the Chief Executive Officer of Hopper Inc., a technology company that commercializes a travel booking app, since he co-founded it in 2008. Mr. Lalonde previously co-founded Newtrade Technologies, which was acquired by Expedia in 2002. As a VP at Expedia, Frederic was responsible for developing the Direct Connect product strategy and signing up over 10,000 hotels to the Expedia platform, including major hotel brands. He later moved on to participate in various Expedia M&A activities.

Mr. Lalonde has extensive experience in leadership and succession planning, as well as talent mapping of integrated companies and all other aspects of talent management. At Hopper Inc., he has adopted many corporate policies including but not limited to flexible paid time off, hybrid work policies, global mobility policies and universal parental leave. In addition, from 2007 to 2016, Mr. Lalonde served on the board of MakeMyTrip.com, a NASDAQ listed online travel company catering to the Indian market. Mr. Lalonde has also served on the compensation committee of the board of MakeMyTrip.com.