Darren Huston

Darren Richard Huston is a businessperson who founded Blackpines Capital Partners and who has been the head of 8 different companies. Mr. Huston holds the position of Executive Chairman for Operto Guest Technologies, Non-Executive Chairman for Allegro.eu SA and Chief Executive Officer of Blackpines Capital Partners. He is also on the board of Allegro.pl Sp zoo and Ceneo.pl Sp zoo. In his past career Mr. Huston held the position of President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Booking Holdings, Inc. and Chief Executive Officer for Booking.com BV (a subsidiary of Booking Holdings, Inc.), Chief Executive Officer at Blackpines Global Advisors, Vice President-Small & Mid Market Solutions at Microsoft Corp. and President & Chief Executive Officer for Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp.), Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Co., Inc., Senior Vice President of Starbucks Corp., Vice President-Global Consumer & Online at Microsoft Corp. and President & Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Microsoft Corp.) and Chairman at X.commerce, Inc. He received an undergraduate degree from Trent University, a graduate degree from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from Harvard University.