John Swainson

As the Executive Chairman of Travelport since 2019, John Swainson brings more than 40 years of industry experience as an innovative technology leader.

He is an Executive Partner at Siris Capital, where he provides strategic oversight and drives value creation across the portfolio. Most recently, John was the President of the Dell Software group, where he created and ran the company’s enterprise software division.

Prior to that, he was the CEO and Director of CA, Inc. (formerly Computer Associates), a Fortune 500 enterprise software company. The majority of John’s illustrious career was spent working for IBM, where he held various senior executive positions in both the United States and Canada over a 26 year span. He currently sits on the boards of Equiniti, Ercot and Schneider National, Inc. and is on the advisory board of the Midis Group.