Ross Veitch

CEO & Co-Founder
Wego Group

Ross Veitch CEO & Co-Founder
Ross is CEO & Co-Founder of the online travel company Wego which operates the largest online travel marketplace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and provides award-winning travel search websites and top-ranked mobile apps. Founded in 2005, Wego is dual-headquartered in Dubai and Singapore and is backed by investors including Tiger Global Management, Crescent Point, Square Peg Capital, Middle East Venture Partners and the MBC Group. In February 2022 Wego announced the acquisition of Cleartrip Middle East and Flyin from Flipkart.

Ross has been an angel investor and advisor to tech companies for more than a decade and he enjoys working with other passionate entrepreneurs. He is a member of XA Network, Ascend Angels, H2 Global Leadership Network, EMIR Corporate Intelligence Network and is a regular public speaker on topics of travel, tourism, aviation, technology and startups. Ross is a veteran of the internet industry having established operations for Yahoo! in Southeast Asia back in 1998 where he led product & engineering teams. Prior to that he worked for Deutsche Bank Capital Markets in London and Tourism Australia in Sydney. He now splits his time between Dubai and Singapore.

Sessions

Wednesday, 17 June 2026
12:15 – 12:40 CET

WiT Europe: Growth, Disruption and the Middle East Travel Test

The Middle East was poised for another phase of travel growth. Now conflict is exposing how quickly momentum can shift and how vulnerable the industry remains to geopolitical shock. With traveler confidence under pressure and the region’s role in global connectivity under scrutiny, this panel examines what the war means for travel in the Middle East, how companies are responding and what the wider industry should take from a crisis that reaches far beyond the region.

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