Amin Ismail is a Managing Director of Certares with nearly 30 years of investment and banking experience.  He worked in mergers and acquisitions at American Express Global Business Travel. Amin has served in several executive management positions including as the CEO of Palestine Investment Fund’s real estate and hospitality investment company Amaar Group. He started his career working in leveraged finance for Bank of America and Abn Amro Bank. Amin previously served on the Boards of Directors of Nirvana Travel & Tourism and a tourism investment joint venture with Dubai Holdings.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the University of Nebraska, and a Master of Business Administration from University of Miami.