CAPA LCCs in North Asia 2017

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	Patti Chau Regional Director ACI Asia Pacific Mrs. Patti Chau is the Regional Director of Airports Council International (ACI), Asia-Pacific based in Hong Kong. She has been with the association since 2004. Airports Council International (ACI) is the trade association for world’s airports, representing 95% of total traffic worldwide.ACI advances the collective interests of, and acts as the voice of the world’s airports and the communities they serve, and promotes professional excellence in airport management and operations.ACI Asia-Pacific is one of five regions of ACI that includes Asia and Australia/New Zealand and the Middle East. Mrs. Chau is responsible for developing and leading the ACI Asia-Pacific region’s efforts to enhance member services and grow membership while maintaining the mission of promoting the interests of 102 airport members from 48 countries, operating over 575 airports in the region. Prior to joining ACI, she was with Vancouver Airport Services (now known as Vantage Airport Group) and oversaw the internal auditing and financial activities of the Canadian and international operations. Patti is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).

	Jong-Gu Choi CEO Eastar Jet Mr. Choi was born in Yeosu, South Korea in 1964, graduated from Sun-cheon high school and Han-yang University. After serving as Managing Director of KIC in 2008, he served as a vice-president of Eastar Jet in February 2013. Until recently, he has served as the representative of the airport passenger service company, Eastar-port, which is a subsidiary of the Eastar Jet.

	Ken Choi Chief Executive Officer Jeju Air Mr. Choi, was appointed as the CEO of Jeju Air in 2012. Under his leadership, airline revenue have grown over 20% each year to USD$600 million with over 7 million annual passengers, positioning Jeju Air for a successful IPO in November 2015. Prior to Jeju Air, Mr. Choi demonstrated successful investment track record at global financial institutions and venture capital companies including Citigroup, Sit/Kim International and East Gate Capital Management. Mr. Choi also brings a strong government connection, having served as the President of the Korea Game Industry Agency, governing and promoting the digital media industry in Korea. Mr. Choi is a CFA, and earned Master’s degree in Engineering Management from Stanford University and a B.S. in Engineering from Seoul National University.

	Cuong Viet Chu Member Board of Management Vietjet Air The member of Board of Managment, Mr. Chu Viet Cuong is a senior expert in the banking and finance field. His domestic experience is strengthened by two years of working abroad at the Southeast Asian Strategy Institute in Singapore, which was established by the former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Mr. Cuong also held multiple key positions at large corporations: he worked at Marubeni (a leading Japanese corporation), was the director of ANZ Bank Vietnam, and was the general director of the joint-venture GPS between BNP Paribas Bank and Prévoir Vietnam. Most recently, Mr. Cuong was a member of Prudential Vietnam's management board

	Andrew Cowen Chief Executive Officer HK Express Andrew, now at his 7th low cost airline, is a specialist in start-up/early stage, high growth LCCs having focused on the sector for the past 16 years. Most recently, from Mar 2013 to date, Andrew has been working at HK Express (www.hkexpress.com) driving its transformation into a low cost carrier (LCC). Operating a fleet A320s growing to over 30 aircraft by the end of 2017, HKExpress is rapidly growing its route network across Asia. Recognition: 1. One of the top 10 safest LCC’s in the world, 2. Offering the second lowest fares per kilometre for all international carriers 3. The leading OTP amongst all Hong Kong base carriers since launch as an LCC 4. Consistently high customer service scores and low complain rates 2015 marked the move into sustained profitability achieved through continued cost reduction and business expansion. Moving into 2016, HKExpress led the founding of the world’s first LCC alliance U-Fly Alliance (www.uflyalliance.com), laying a platform for further market penetration and business growth. This was followed in April 2016 with the launch of reward-U, HKExpress’ innovative guest loyalty programme, which is already demonstrating its popularity with frequent travellers. Andrew has previously held C-level management and/or advisory positions at a number of LCCs including VietJet Air, Peach, AirPhil Express, Jazeera, Sama, Silverjet, Go. Andrew started his career with British Airways.

	Chris Eite VP Business Management, Passenger Solution Line, Asia Pacific SITA Chris Eite, as SITA’s VP for Business Management is responsible for SITA’s Passenger Management business in Asia Pacific. Chris brings over 35 years of technology experience to SITA where he has worked for the last six years with one year in his present role. During the past 20 years he has lived in Singapore working for SITA and previously with the IBM and Unisys Transportation Practices across a wide range of roles including sales, consulting, program management and systems architecture. Recent focus has been on distribution trends including e-commerce. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Imperial College London and is an Associate of the City and Guilds of London Institute.

	Ulv Elbirk Director Asia Route Development Oslo Airport, Avinor Ulv Elbirk has been working for almost a decade for capital airports in Scandinavia with route development and regional stakeholder management. He is currently working for Avinor, which manages 45 airports in Norway, as the Director of Asia Route Development focusing on establishing more direct connections between Asia and Norway, particularly the capital of Oslo – until now a market that is a bit of a hidden gem in Europe. Having been based in Hong Kong since August 2016, Mr. Elbirk has a strong focus on especially the markets of Northeast Asia.

	Jiawen Fu CFO Lucky Air Mr. Jiawen Fu, as Finance Director of Lucky Air Co., Ltd., provides masterly leadership and strategic direction on professional financial and capital operation management to promote company’s global expansion and low-cost transformation by building up perfect financial monitoring system, carrying out revenue-enhancing and expenditure control measures, setting up investment and financing platform and internationalizing financial standards and talents, etc. Mr. Fu hold a bachelor degree in Finance from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, and dedicated 9 years to HNA Group career. Throughout his tenure, he served as investment manager of HNA Aviation Group 2011-2013, Vice Finance Director of Lucky air 2013-2016, Finance Director of Lucky air to date. Over the years he accumulated rich experiences that provided him an expertise on the project management, process improvement and financial innovation.

	Otto Gergye VP Asia Pacific Inmarsat Aviation Otto is the Vice President Airline Market Development Asia Pacific. In this role, Otto is responsible for connectivity sales to airlines and relationships across the region for Inmarsat Aviation. Otto has over 20 years of airline and travel experience having held a number of senior positions around the globe ranging from Executive General Manager Fiji Airways, Senior Vice President Global Sales & Distribution at Air Berlin to Director of Sales China with the Flight Centre group. He was also Chief Commercial Officer & Deputy CEO at MALEV. Otto has worked for Amadeus in Spain as well as KLM in his native Australia. He holds an MBA from the OUBS in the UK.

	Vinoop Goel Regional Director, Airport, Passenger, Cargo & Security IATA Asia Pacific Vinoop Goel is the Asia-Pacific Regional Director of Airport, Passenger, Cargo & Security Department for IATA. He is based at their Asia Pacific regional office in Singapore. Vinoop leads a team that is responsible for all IATA's activities in the Asia-Pacific region relating to Airports, Passenger Experience, Baggage, Ground handling, Cargo Supply chain, Security and Facilitation. Vinoop has a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT, Delhi in India. He has more than 25 years of aviation industry experience including a 15 year stint in Japan and has been with IATA since 2005.

	Shinya Hanaoka Associate Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology Shinya Hanaoka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, School of Environment and Society at the Tokyo Institute of Technology from 2007. He obtained Ph.D in Tohoku University in 1999. He has worked as a researcher in the Institute for Transport Policy Studies at Tokyo (1999–2003), an Assistant Professor in the Asian Institute of Technology at Bangkok (2003–07), a visiting researcher in the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds (2002). His research interest includes air transport, transport logistics and transport infrastructure management. He has authored numerous publications on subjects: air and maritime transport and transport logistics. He has been engaged in many advisory positions on air transport policy in Japan.

	Masanori Hashimoto Director General, Airport Planning Bureau Fukuoka Prefectural Government Mr. Masanori Hashimoto, Director-General of Airport Planning Bureau, Fukuoka Prefectural Government, is in charge of promoting the Fukuoka airport privatization project from the standpoint of prefectural administration since 2015. He joined the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) in 1992, has mainly worked in the field of air transport and tourism administration. He also has experience of working for the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok, and working at Kyushu region in Japan, where Fukuoka prefecture is located, prior to his current position, as the Senior Superintendent of Miyazaki Prefectural Police Headquarters and as the Director of Planning and Tourism Department, Kyushu District Transport Bureau of MLIT.

	Philip Herbert Director Strategy & Regulatory Affairs Hong Kong Express Philip Herbert is Director Strategy and Regulatory Affairs at HK Express. HK Express is Hong Kong’s first and only LCC, and has an extensive regional network with a key focus on Japan and South Korea. Philip joined HK Express in March 2014, shortly after the carrier’s transition to become an LCC in late 2013. Since that time, HK Express has grown significantly, and has transformed the market for value travel in the HKSAR. Prior to HK Express, Philip worked with the Swire group for over 20 years (mainly with Cathay Pacific, with service in Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, India, the UAE, and Australia). A graduate of Oxford University, Philip also served as an infantry officer in the British Army for 5 years.

	Jonathan Hutt Vice President Spring Airlines With over 20 years marketing and communication experience in the North-Asia region, Jonathan Hutt currently serves as Deputy General Manager (Strategy) and Social Marketing Director at Spring Airlines, China’s first Low Cost Carrier. Since joining Spring in 2010, Jonathan has devised and lead the company’s international expansion strategy resulting in the airline’s successful entry into the Japanese, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South East Asian markets. Furthermore, he was instrumental in creating a new Social Marketing Center. Combining the company’s Communications, Branding and Social Media teams, this Center focuses on creating new sales and distribution channels that within eighteen months have become responsible for over 5% of company revenues. Prior to joining Spring, Jonathan worked as a consultant providing business development and market entry strategies, product positioning reports, market segmentation and consumer behavior analysis for a number of international brands including Harley Davidson, Tesco, LVMH and Coca-Cola Amatil. Jonathan holds a PhD in East Asian Studies frm the Australian National University. He is also serves on the Board of Directors at GV Art, a London gallery whose exhibitions seek to foster discourse and collaboration between the international artistic and scientific communities.

	Masahiko Ichie President & Representative Director Skymark Airlines Mr.Ichie was appointed as the President of Skymark Airlines Inc. in 2015. He has a Bachelor of Law from Tokyo University and had worked for Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) for 31 years having experienced the restructuring of AIRDO, Japan Airlines and other companies as a professional banker. Under his leadership,Skymark has accomplished a quick turnaround, completed the civil rehabilitation proceedings in March 2016 and announced the new company policy and the mid-term business plan of “New Skymark”. The Airline has carried over 6.7 million passengers and achieved the high LF of more than 80% in fiscal year 2016. To further attract the passengers, the Airline is focusing on building the relationships with various entities through some collaboration projects.

	Benyamin Ismail CEO AirAsia X Berhad Benyamin Ismail was appointed as AirAsia X Berhad Chief Executive Officer effective 30 January 2015. Benyamin joined AirAsia Berhad in March 2010, most recently playing the role Group Head of Corporate Development, Implementation and Investor Relations. He led the group in corporate development, finding strategic opportunities to complement AirAsia’s airline and non-airline businesses through Mergers and Acquisitions, investments and special projects. He also managed regional IR, communicating the AirAsia Group strategy, growth and outlook to the investor community. Prior to joining AirAsia, Benyamin had an illustrious eight-year career in the Investment Banking industry with firms such as CIMB Investment Bank, Maybank Investment Bank and Affin Investment Bank, giving him a wide understanding of the overall financial industry. Benyamin played a pivotal role in enhancing AirAsia’s growth to become one of the most attractive companies on the Bursa Stock Exchange in Malaysia in terms of transparency, investor returns and Corporate Governance. Under his leadership, AirAsia became one of the most covered stocks by domestic and international brokerage houses and was awarded the Best Investor Relation Company four years in a row by Corporate Governance Asia. Benyamin received the award of Best IR Professional in 2011 and 2012 by Bursa’s Malaysian Investor Relation Association. As well as the ‘Best Investor Relation Professional’ award four consecutive times. Benyamin holds a degree in Bachelor of Commerce (Banking & Finance) from Curtin University of Technology, Australia and a Masters in Electronic Commerce from Edith Cowan University, Australia. He represented Western Australia in the Rowing Nationals in his first two years of University and is currently active in football, basketball and Muay Thai.

	Takuya Iwai President Sendai International Airport Takuya Iwai is President and Representative Director of Sendai International Airport Co., Ltd. since November 2015 when it was established as the operating company of Sendai Airport, Japan’s first privatized-airport formerly operated by the central government. Mr. Iwai joined Tokyu Corporation, a leading private railway and city-scale development company, in 1985 and has experience of various real estate business in almost thirty years. He became Executive Officer at Tokyu Real Estate Investment Management Inc., which is an asset management company of REIT in 2002, and General Manager for Shibuya Development Headquarter at Tokyu Corporation in 2009. Most recently, he played a significant role as General Manager, PFI/PPP Project Division at Tokyu Corporation in 2015 and was responsible for the bid for the privatization of Sendai Airport, located in North East Japan. For the first case of airport concession bid in Japan, he successfully organized and led a consortium, which consists of Tokyu Group, Maeda Corporation, and Toyota Tsusho Corporation. After winning the bid, Takuya became President and Representative Director of Sendai International Airport.

	Gregory Jamet Corporate Executive Vice President/Chief Commercial Officer (Aeronautical) Kansai Airports Gregory JAMET is a senior executive with 20 years of experience in Airline, Airport and Tourism industry with a strong managerial background in international and complex environment. He started his career at Marseille Provence International Airport as Product Manager in 1996 followed by his main expertise, Network (design, development and restructuring), Pricing, Revenue Management, business planning (design and execution) at Swissair Group and Air France. From 2007 until December 2015, Gregory was acting as SVP Strategy and Business development at Transavia France (Executive committee member Transavia France, Management Committee member of the Transavia Group). Gregory is Corporate Executive Vice President/Chief Commercial Officer (Aeronautical) of Kansai Airports since April 2016 and also Economic Committee Member of ACI Asia-Pacific.

	Masaru Kataoka Chairman & Representative Director Jetstar Japan Masaru Kataoka was appointed Chairman and Representative Director of Jetstar Japan in April 2015. Masaru joined Jetstar Airways in August 2006 where he worked as Jetstar Group’s Regional General Manager for Japan. In this role, he was in charge of the overall sales strategy of Jetstar Airways, Jetstar Asia Airways, and Jetstar Japan, including pricing, revenue management, marketing and public relations. In March 2007, Masaru launched Jetstar Airways’ first KIX-Brisbane-Sydney service, Japan’s first-ever international route by a low-cost carrier. In April 2010, he became the representative of Jetstar Asia Airways, where he focused on expanding the network between Japan and countries in the Asia Pacific region. Masaru has more than 27 years of experience in the aviation industry, having worked for Air New Zealand as District Sales Manager Western Japan before joining Jetstar Airways. Prior to this, he spent seven years as Reservation Manager and Sales Manager Japan at Ansett Australia Airlines. Between 1988 and 1993, he worked for Singapore Airlines as Customer Service Officer. Born in Kyoto in June 1963, Masaru graduated from National University of Shinshu in 1986 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

	Ken'ichi Katayama President & CEO Kitakyusyu Air Terminal Co Ltd Mr.Katayama is the president and CEO of Kitakyusyu Air Terminal Co., Ltd since 2013. Kitakyushu Airport is the only one airport running 24 hours in Kyushu area. He took part of constructing this airport as a Kitakyushu city officer. Especially, he contributed to establish Star Flyer (SFJ), the airline which started to their flights at the same time of opening the airport. SFJ is a hybrid airline that differs from usual LCC, but they put importance to the hospitality. Black and white color is painted and written “City of Kitakyushu” on their airplanes. That helps out to change the impressions of this region. He received his bachelor’s degree in engineering at Tohoku University, and he studied city planning. After his graduation, he entered Kitakyushu city government, started to work for city planning department and involved the sightseeing projects which is connected to transportation facilities. These experiences inspired him to work as a specially appointed professor of graduated school of management of Kitakyushu University.

	Hyung-Yi Kim Managing VP T'way Airlines Hyung Yi Kim was appointed as VP, Business & Management of T’way Air in 2013. Prior to this, Hyung Yi Kim has been COO of T’way Holdings which is the major shareholder of T’way Air. He contributed himself when T’way Holdings took over T’way Air in 2013. Since then, T’way Air has grown as the most dynamic and fastest-growing carriers in Korea. T’way Air is now recognized as the number one airlines for its exceptional service quality with the most affordable fares. Today, T’way Air serves the total of 24 cities; including Korea, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. Mr. Kim is a graduate of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

	Yokio Kojima Regional Director Marketing, Japan Boeing Yukio Kojima is Regional Director Marketing in Japan since 2004, and is responsible for Boeing marketing efforts at various Japanese airlines. He joined Boeing Commercial Airplanes in June 1990 as a structural dynamics engineer on the 777 Program after graduating with an Aeronautical Engineering degree from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.After development of the 777 Program concluded, he moved to a Customer Engineering role where he was responsible for various Japanese and Asian airlines, doing configuration development of aircraft to the airline’s specification, and also served as the technical interface between Boeing and the airline.He also has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington, and enjoys running, skiing and hiking.

	Jae Woon (June) Lee Assistant Professor Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Asia Dr. Jae Woon (June) Lee is an international aviation law and policy expert. He teaches aviation law and airline management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Asia as an Assistant Professor. Having studied in Seoul, Montreal, and Singapore, Dr. Lee has 7 years of work experience in the airline industry. Since 2012, he has been a legal consultant to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea on aviation law issues. He has attended the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Legal Committee in 2012, 2013, 2015 and the Diplomatic Conference in 2014 as a legal advisor to the Korean delegation. He has published many articles in international journals, including Annals of Air & Space Law, Air & Space Law, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Issues in Aviation Law and Policy, Journal of East Asia and International Law, and Hong Kong Law Journal. His book was published in August 2016 (Regional Liberalization in International Air Transport: Towards Northeast Asian Open Skies).

	Kwang Lee Managing Vice President, Corporate Strategy Division Jin Air Kwang Lee, Managing Vice President and one of the executives of Jin Air, is leading the airline's Corporate Strategy Division. Kwang Lee received his B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from Sogang University. In 1992, Kwang embarked on his business career by joining Korean Air and working in various departments including passenger marketing and sales, revenue management, airline alliance and corporate communication throughout the years. From 2007 to 2011, he worked in Atlanta as the regional manager of all Korean Air operations in the southeastern United States region. In 2013, Kwang moved to Jin Air as the vice president of sales and human resources. Today, he directs corporate strategy, in addition to customer service improvement and IT at Jin Air.

	Dr Shaoxuan Liu Director and Professor MIT SCALE-NSCIIC Dr. Shaoxuan Liu is the Director and Professor of Ningbo Supply Chain Innovation Institute China (NSCIIC). He is responsible for the strategic planning, budget and resource allocation and management for the center. NSCIIC is a joint initiative between the government of Ningbo, China and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It is the newest member of MIT's Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network. Prior to joining NSCIIC, Dr. Shaoxuan Liu was a faculty member at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where he also served several academic and executive positions. He received his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of California, Irvine, and his BS degree in Applied Mathematics fromSun Yat-sen University. Dr. Liu’s research expertise is in the areas of Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Operations Strategy. Over the years, he has provided consulting and training services to a large number of enterprises such as Dell, Apple, Amazon, SAIC, Cisco, Honeywell, Esquel and Nike.

	Hiroki Matsumoto Assistant Vice-Minister for International Aviation Minister’s Secretariat Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Mr. Hiroki Matsumoto began his carrier in 1987 at the Ministry of Transport (MOT) where he held a number of positions such as Deputy Director of International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Prime Minister’s Office, Deputy Director of Air Traffic Service System Planning Division, Air Traffic Services Department, Civil Aviation Bureau, MOT and Director of Transportation Planning Division, Planning and Development Department, Kumamoto Prefecture Government. Since 2001, he began to develop his career at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and tourism (MLIT). Details are as follows; Deputy Director, Environment and Ocean Division, Policy Bureau (Apr. 2001-Nov.2002), Director for Global Environmental Protection, Environment and Ocean Division, Policy Bureau (Nov. 2002-Jul. 2003), Director for Cargo Transportation Policy Planning, Office of Director-General for Policy Planning (Jul. 2003-Apr. 2004), Counselor (Transportation), Embassy of Japan in the U.S.A(May 2004-Jun.2007), Director, Office for Promotion of Regional Revitalization, Cabinet Secretariat (Jul. 2007- Jul. 2009), Director, International Affairs, Road Transport Bureau (Jul. 2011-Jul.2012), Director, International Policy Division, Policy Bureau (Aug. 2012-Jul. 2014), and Director, Aviation Safety and Security Planning Division, Civil Aviation Bureau (Jul. 2014-Jun.2016). In Jun. 2016, he was appointed Assistant Vice-Minister for International Aviation, Minister’s Secretariat, MLIT. Mr. Hiroki Matsumoto holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Tokyo and Master of public Administration from Cornell University.

	Emmanuel Menanteau Co-CEO Kansai Airports Emmanuel MENANTEAU began his career in 1993 at French Multinational Company Sextant Avionique where he held a number of positions, first as Sales and Marketing Manager then as the Head of the company’s office in India. In 2001, he joined France’s Thales, a world leading company for Defense, Transport and Aerospace systems as Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, based in Singapore (2004-2010) then in China (2010). In 2011, Emmanuel MENANTEAU joined Vinci Group as Chief Executive Officer of Cambodia Airports, a subsidiary of VINCI Airports holding the concession of the country’s network of international airports. He was also in charge of VINCI Airports development activities in South East Asia. In 2012, Emmanuel was appointed ACI Asia Pacific Board member, then in 2014 he joined ACI Asia Pacific excom as Treasurer and ACI world board. In April 2016, Emmanuel MENANTEAU was appointed CO-CEO of Kansai Airports holding the concession of Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport. Emmanuel MENANTEAU is a graduate of the Paris based School of International Relations and Commerce. He is also a French Trade Advisor in Japan.

	Dr Chikage Miyoshi Lecturer in Air Transport Economics Cranfield University Dr Chikage Miyoshi features a unique background as an academic member equipped with an extensive industry track record. After completing her PhD at Cranfield University about air transport liberalisation in Japan, Chika stayed on to become a lecturer, reading ‘Air transport market analysis and demand forecasting’ as well as ‘Cost and Benefit analysis’.Prior to Cranfield University, she worked in various roles for a number of airlines including All Nippon Airways and Lufthansa, while she also formed part of the core start-up team of Skymark Airlines. In addition, she has extensive consulting experience in the areas of air transport market analysis, route selection, demand forecasting for airports, due diligence for airport privatisation, as well as feasibility studies and business plans for start-up airlines. Dr Miyoshi‘s main research interests span the fields of demand forecasting, network connectivity, passenger profiling, travel mode choice modelling, cost benefit analysis, and aviation and the environment. Chikage holds a BA from Osaka University, an MBA from Waseda University and a PhD from Cranfield University.

	Takeaki Mori Deputy CEO & COO Peach Aviation Joined All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. in April 1987. Joined A&F Aviation (renamed as Peach Aviation) in April 2011 and is serving in his current role as of April 2017

	Yoshihiro Morii CCO & Exec VP Commercial Peach Aviation Joined a major advertising agency in April 1989 and assumed key roles in sales and marketing. Made a career move to the biggest restaurant chain in the food industry in November 2014 where he was appointed director/executive officer and general manager of marketing. Joined Peach Aviation Limited in August 2016 where he took on his current role.

	Yasushi Muto Chief Operating Officer Intermodal Mr. Muto serves as Chief Operating Officer of Intermodal Inc. provides professional consultation and business review in aviation industry including playing as a columnist at Mynavi web news. Mr. Muto started his career with All Nippon Airways (ANA) in 1976 and served the company for over 20 years covering strategic corporate planning, aircraft/engine purchasing and human resources management. In 2002, Mr. Muto then started building a high line new concept airline Star Flyer as a co-founder. In the years leading up to July 2009 of his resignation from the board after leading the airline to the black figure, he has been taking major critical management roles including fund raising, government-related negotiation in landing slot allocation and business rights, marketing & sales and remarkable branding. In 2010, Mr. Muto joined Etihad Airways Japan taking in charge of airline alliances, and government affairs until he started his own consultation in 2013 as Managing Director of Classic Time Inc. with his long-time partner & specialists. Mr. Muto is graduated from Hitotsubashi University with B.A. in Social Economics & Science, and received Master of Public Administrations from Harvard University, J.F. Kennedy School of Government.

	Peter Negline Head of Strategy and Market Research BOC Aviation Mr. Negline joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Structured Finance in 2008 and was appointed Head of Strategy & Market Research in 2010. In this current role, he is responsible for advising the Chief Executive Officer on all factors external to the company, including the macro-economy, financing markets, airline industry performance, aircraft manufacturers and competition in the leasing markets. Prior to joining the airline industry, Mr. Negline was the Chief Financial Officer of an Asian-based low cost carrier. He was also a research analyst covering the Asia-Pacific Transportation sector in Hong Kong for 12 years. Before moving to Asia, he worked for 10 years with a number of investment banks in Australia, including working on the Qantas initial public offering in 1995. Mr. Negline graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, and holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University in Australia. He is the founder of the Asia-Pacific Aviation and Aerospace Forum (APAAF), an industry group of professional researchers and forecasters.

	Katsuhiko Okazaki Chief Commercial Officer Sendai International Airport Katsuhiko Okazaki is Chief Commercial Officer of Sendai International Airport Co., Ltd. since November 2015 when it was established as the operating company of Sendai Airport, Japan’s first privatized-airport formerly operated by the central government. Mr. Okazaki joined Japan Bank for International Cooperation(JBIC) formerly known as the Export-Import Bank of Japan, which is a Japanese public financial institution to promote overseas business of Japanese industries in 1983, and has experience of various financial business mainly in infrastructure field in almost thirty years. In 2011, he joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation and played a significant role as General Manager, Energy Infrastructure Project Department. He was responsible for the bid for the privatization of Sendai Airport. For the first case of airport concession bid in Japan, he successfully organized and led a consortium, which consists of Tokyu Group, Maeda Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation. After winning the bid, Mr. Okazaki became Chief Commercial Officer of Sendai International Airport Co., Ltd.

	José Oller Executive VP Operations Peach Aviation José is Executive Vice President, Operations for Peach Aviation Limited in Osaka, Japan. José joined Peach during the pre-start-up phase of the Company in 2011 and has overall responsibility for all airports and ground services as well as flight dispatch and schedule management. Immediately prior to joining the Peach Aviation Limited team, José was Director of Airport Development, Products and Services at Star Alliance GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. In this role, he was directly responsible for the Alliance's worldwide "Move under one Roof" airport co-location initiatives, global alliance airport teams, and Star Alliance lounges.

	Futoshi Osada Executive Vice President Narita International Airport Corporation Mr. Futoshi Osada is the Executive Vice President of Narita International Airport Corporation in charge of corporate and international strategies, IT development and corporate affiliate activities. He is originally from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and has worked for many years for the Civil Aviation Bureau (CAB). While at the CAB, he worked towards the commissioning of the second runway at Narita Airport in 2002 as the divisional head in charge. Subsequently, he went on to assume responsibility of air traffic control and of overseeing airline companies, before being appointed as Director-General of the Civil Aviation Bureau, the highest post in aviation administration. During his time in office, he promoted an open skies policy and also handled the re-internationalization of Haneda Airport. After stepping down as Director-General of the Civil Aviation Bureau, Mr. Osada offered his expertise as an adviser to the Prime Minister and his office in his role as the Director-General of the Headquarters for Ocean Policy within the Cabinet Secretariat, administering the maritime policies of Japan in general. He retired from MLIT in February 2014 and has been at Narita International Airport Corporation since June 2015. Mr. Osada joined the Ministry of Transport, the predecessor of MLIT, in 1978. He is thoroughly acquainted, not only with aviation, but also rail, automobile and maritime policies. For a year after retiring from MLIT, he worked as an adviser for Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd., a major Japanese consulting corporation. Mr. Osada graduated from the Faculty of Law at Kyoto University. He was born in Osaka and is married with two sons.

	Dr Tae Hoon Oum UPS Chair Professor, UBC & Chairman ATRS University of British Columbia Dr. Tae Oum focuses on economics, management strategy and policy analysis in transport/logistics and public utility sectors.He is the Editor-in-Chief, Transport Policy.He serves on Editorial Boards of twelve international journals including having served as an Editor of J. of Transport Economics and Policy,1998-2011. The chair of the ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Task Force project since 2002. He authored/co-authored 36 books, over 130+ refereed journal papers, and numerous reports for international organizations including World Bank, OECD, International Transport Forum, APEC, ICAO, and for many government agencies, regulatory commissions and major corporations (Canada, United States, UK, Netherlands, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Turkey). The honors and distinctions he received include Air Transport News (ATN) Distinguished Career Awards (2013); the Distinguished Career Research Achievement Award from the (US) Transportation Research Forum (TRF, 2006); Overall Best Paper Prize from the US TRF (2009); The Overall Best Paper Prize from The World Conference on Transport Research Society (1998); Killam Research Prize of Canada-Senior Science Category (2002); Killam Research Fellowship (1988);ADistinguished Fellow of the US–Transportation & Public Utilities Group (TPUG) since 2004. He was identified as the most frequently cited author of articles in J. of Transport Economics & Policy in 1975-2006 period.He has been decorated with a Medal of National Order of Merit by the President of Korea (South) in 2005. He delivered 380+ keynote addresses and invited speeches/seminars, executive classes including at major airports around the world, Dutch Ministries of Transport and of Economic Affairs, UK Competition Commission, UK Civil Aviation Authority, UK Rail Regulator, AT&T, Australian Consumer and Competition Commission, Air Canada, United Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Korean air, Qantas, Virgin Blue, Turkish Airways, etc.

	Hyuk Park Head of Development & Fleet Planning Jeju Air Hyuk Park is the head of planning at Jeju Air, based in Seoul, Korea, where he oversees the company's network planning, strategy, partnership, and ancillary revenues. Hyuk has a wealth of consulting experience within the aviation industry, working for airlines, airports, government agencies and financial institutions around the world. Before returning to Seoul and Jeju Air, Hyuk spent over a decade in San Francisco working first as an analyst for Roberts, Roach & Associates, a boutique consulting firm specializing in aviation, and then as a consultant for Unisys' Transportion Management Consulting practice. He has also held positions with American Airlines in Dallas, Texas, and with the Philadelphia International Airport. Hyuk holds a B.S. degree in Aviation Business Administration from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

	Mayur (Mac) Patel Regional Director JAPAC OAG Mayur (Mac) Patel is the Regional Director, JAPAC, at OAG, the leading global provider of digital flight information. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for business development and leading the sales organisation in the region. Prior to joining OAG, Mac was Head of Regional Sales, ASPAC, Middle East and North Africa at Amadeus where he was responsible for their Travel Intelligence business. He spent over seven years at IATA, in a variety of roles focussed on aviation data solutions and services. He holds a Bachelor of Business (tourism management major) from the University of Technology, Sydney.

	David Peller Director of Strategic Partnerships, Asia Pacific Booking.com David Peller was appointed Director of Strategic Partnerships for Asia Pacific at Booking.com in August 2015. Based in Singapore, he oversees the growth and development of strategic partnerships across airlines, financial institutions and other e-commerce businesses in one of the company’s fastest-growing regions. David came to Booking.com from Google, where he had worked for almost four years across Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. There, he held a number of positions including Head of Google Drive for Work and Chrome for Work, and APAC Strategic Partnerships & Business Development for Google+. Before joining Google in 2011, David held the position of Regional Vice President for ITA Software for over 7 years. Based in Boston, USA, David was responsible for international sales leadership and business development. He also oversaw the opening and management of the company’s international office in Amsterdam, where he was based for the later part of his tenure. David was also an entrepreneur, and in 1997, he founded the digital media business Wowgo Limited. Having secured multi-million dollar investment from Unilever and others, David headed the company as CEO for over three years. He qualified and worked as a solicitor in the UK after receiving his Bachelor of Law from King’s College London and his Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the College of Law, London

	Jianming Qiu Director Sales & Marketing, Airline Network 9AIR Mr.Qiu Jianming is the Sales&Marketing Airline Network Director of 9AIR CO.,LTD. . Before 2015, Mr.Qiu served as Marketing Director, Ground Service Director and International Affairs Director for Galileo Asia LLC Shanghai Branch, Shanghai Airlines and Juneyao Airlines with 27-year experience inaviation and GDS field. From 2015, Mr. Qiu takes charge of Sales&Marketing Airline Network of 9AIR CO.,LTD. and 9AIR earned nearly $10 millionin profit in 2016. With intense aviation competition in China, 9AIR is in a unique position with an expanded fleet size. At present, 9AIR airlines already spreads all over China with its base in Guangzhou, Guiyang, Nanjing and will cover countries and regions such as Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and Mid-Asia step by step.Basically, 9AIR has stuck to business philosophy of low cost, efficiency, best service and safe operation, taking the provision of best journey for the customers as its own task.9AIR wishes to strengthen cooperation with every airport and air company to pave a new way for the LCCS' future.

	Chris Ramm Senior Commercial Director – North Asia & Pacific, Air Commerce Travelport In his role as Senior Commercial Director, Chris is responsible for the airline relationships with the carriers located in North Asia and the Pacific. With a focus on delivering value, Chris and his team work closely with the airlines in the region to enhance their sales and marketing proposition and drive profitable growth. Chris joined Travelport in April 2007 and has held several management positions in the Europe, Middle East and Africa Airline group, Finance and Global Strategy functions. Prior to joining Travelport Chris worked for Travelocity and lastminute.com in Europe. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of West England, Bristol. Chris is currently based in Singapore, the company’s regional headquarters, where he lives with his wife and two children.

	Steve Saxon Partner McKinsey & Company Steve Saxon is a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Shanghai office. Steve joined McKinsey in London in 2000, and transferred to Asia in 2005. He is a core member of our transport, infrastructure and logistics practice, focusing on aviation. Steve has worked with 10 carriers globally, with a focus on China and Asia. His work in includes airline strategy, improving frequent flyer schemes, air cargo strategy, improving sales teams and driving online distribution. He has led revenue management and distribution transformations. Steve has published articles on the future of airlines in China given the regulatory shifts, and recently airport congestion.

	Jean-Pierre Stainnack SVP Sales Japan Airbus Jean-Pierre Stainnack joined Airbus in 1987 as a financial analyst. He moved to Airbus North America in 1992 as a Contracts Director covering major US customers of Airbus. He returned to Airbus HQ in late 1996 to head the Contracts team for China, Hong Kong and Australasia. In 2001, he joined the Leasing Markets group as Senior Director – Commercial, running the contracts team and coordinating the activities of leasing companies with Airbus in major campaigns. In 2007 he was promoted to Vice-President Pricing. In 2009, he became Vice President Sales Operations for Africa, Japan, India and South Asia. In 2011, he was promoted to Senior Vice President Sales Japan where, together with the Airbus Japan team, he engineered a major push in the Japanese market, with wins with the LCCs (Peach, Vanilla, Jetstar Japan), Japan Airlines (A350XWB) and ANA (A320/A321NEO and A380). Jean-Pierre holds a MBA from Nicholls State University, a Masters of Economics from the Université des Sciences Sociales in Toulouse and is a graduate of the Toulouse Business School. He is married to Corinne and has two children.

	Hiroyuki Sumita Corporate Officer & Chief Manager Nankai Electric Railway Co Ltd Mr.Hiroyuki Sumita is the Corporate Officer & Chief Manager of Nankai Electric Railway Company in charge of Administrative Planning since July 2016. He is originally from the Ministry of Transport and has worked for many years for railway,bus & taxi bureau. Subsequently, he has worked at Kansai International Airport Company for 20 years since April 1996. While he belonged to the Kansai International Airport Company,he has experienced the Deputy Chief Manager of Administrative Planning Department, General Affairs Department(in charge of public information relations)& Airport Develop Planning Department. After that, he became the Chief Manager of Aviation Sales & Marketing since June 2004. And he made much efforts to draw & eatablish air routes include International & Domestic, Passenger & Cargo, Full Service Carrier & LCC. From June 2012 to June 2016, he appointed Executive Officer(in charge of Aviation Sales & Marketing).

	Kathleen Tan President of China, North Asia AirAsia Group Kathleen Tan, a name synonymous with AirAsia’s amazing growth and success, was appointed as President of China, North Asia in June 2016. The appointment marked her return to AirAsia after a one-year hiatus from the corporate world. In her new role, Tan will provide leadership and strategic direction to AirAsia in Greater China, where she will continue to strengthen the airline’s network and brand presence, establish and maintain relationships with key Chinese government agencies such as the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and travel and tourism bodies to advocate for growth-friendly policies and assist with the establishment of the AirAsia China joint venture. Tan was previously AirAsia Regional Head of Commercial and Senior Vice President of China from 2004 to 2013 before heading to AirAsia Expedia to be Chief Executive Officer. At AirAsia, she championed a wide range of ancillary and partner products, and transformed the brand into one synonymous with travel, fun and cool. Under her watch, fleet size increased from 17 to 143 aircraft, revenue surged 14-fold to over RM5 billion and the airline secured the first of many Skytrax World's Best Low-Cost Airline awards. Hailed as the “Architect of China” by AirAsia Co-Founder and Group CEO Tony Fernandes, Tan was the first to spot China's huge potential when no budget carriers operated to the market and made sure AirAsia was the first low-cost airline to fly to the country. This headstart has allowed AirAsia to become the largest international low-cost carrier group operating into China today, with an extensive network of routes across all first-tier cities as well as many second- and third-tier cities. As an opportunistic marketer and innovative thinker, Tan also spearheaded AirAsia’s social media strategy development and execution to increase brand awareness and amplify the company’s customer service story. She laid the groundwork for the airline's top-ranked presence in Asia Pacific on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms. Respected as a thought leader and advocate for Asia and China, Tan herself commands a huge social media presence and was ranked Top 2000 Most Influential Accounts among some 600 million users on Sina Weibo. During her stint as AirAsia Expedia CEO from 2013 to 2015, she developed the portfolio for both Expedia and AirAsiaGo, expanding their footprint across key markets in Asia Pacific, including Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and ASEAN. Tan successfully turned around the loss-making joint venture within eight months, delivering a net profit of S$20 million in her second year. Her persistence and drive resulted in AirAsia Expedia winning various awards such as Best Asia Pacific Online Travel Agency Website by TravelMole as well as Best Campaign for Tablets in Hong Kong, Gold for the Expedia tablet app, Bronze for Best Use of Social Platform by Expedia Singapore and Best App/Content By A Consumer Brand by AirAsiaGo at the 2015 Mobile Marketing Excellence Awards. Prior to joining AirAsia, Tan was the Regional Marketing Director of Warner Music Asia Pacific and Managing Director of Warner Music Singapore. She was also previously Head of Marketing for Southeast Asia for FJ Benjamin, a multi-label luxury fashion and lifestyle group. Tan has earned numerous accolades and recognition for her work, from Top 10 Most Influential Women Leaders in Travel and Marketer of the Year from WebInTravel to Skift’s Top 50 Marketers in Travel in 2013 and China Finance Summit’s Industry's Most Influential Person the same year. Tan has also been featured in The Apprentice Asia, where she was a judge and acted as “The Advisor” to “The Boss”, Tony Fernandes.

	Cyril Tetaz Airline Account Director for Japan Amadeus IT Group Cyril is currently Airline Account Director for Japan, based in Tokyo where he relocated in November 2013. In this role, Cyril overlooks all commercial activities for airlines in the market. Previously, Cyril spent 5 years managing the Airline Distribution Marketing department, based in Madrid. With teams located in both Madrid and Nice, he oversaw the full marketing mix from pricing, commercial policies, solutions portfolio, marketing communications and knowledge management. He was also directly involved in the development of the Amadeus Business Intelligence offer prior to the creation of the Travel Intelligence Unit. In this role, he led the acquisition and integration of Airconomy - a Business Intelligence company based in Germany, which contributed to enriching Amadeus’ portfolio. Cyril joined Amadeus in May 2004, spending his first four years managing global TMC accounts in the Multinational Customer Group in Madrid. Prior to Amadeus, Cyril worked in management consulting (Bain & Co) and the corporate software space (Concur).

	Darko Todorovic Global Lead Airline Passenger Business Unisys Corporation Darko Todorovic serves as the Airline Passenger Business Lead at Unisys. In this capacity, he is involved in extensive client advisory activities, creation of new industry solutions and execution of the company’s strategic vision for travel and transportation business. He has more than 20 years of multi-faceted experience in the airline industry. Combining technical and airline business knowledge, Darko has successfully advised his clients on distribution strategies (including phased NDC implementation), availability and revenue management optimization, digital business enablement and various passenger services modernization phasing. The list of customers includes full service network carriers, low cost carriers and airlines contemplating hybrid business models. Mr. Todorovic is responsible for identifying social, mobile, analytics and cloud benefits to the travel & transportation business, bringing digital transformation solutions to the travel industry. He oversees the creation of digital platforms that deliver personalization and improvement of customer experience throughout all phases of travel, including customer-centric disruption management by airlines and airports. Darko focuses on digital solutions that remove the barriers within the travel ecosystem, increasing operational efficiencies of both network and low cost carriers. In his previous roles, Darko was in charge of services delivery to airline clients. He oversaw operations, expansion, development and maintenance of a multi-host passenger services platform for a large network carrier and their associated airline clients. Darko played an active role in conceiving and delivering industry firsts for his clients.

	Masanao Tomozoe President & CEO Central Japan International Airport Masanao Tomozoe joined Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) in April 1977 after graduating from Waseda University’s Faculty of Law in March that same year. He was seconded to Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS) in January 2001. In June 2005, he was made a managing officer, and in April 2011, he became a senior managing director and he was appointed Senior vice president of Toyota Motor North America Inc.(TMA) In June 2012, he was appointed president and chief executive officer of Toyota Motor Sales & Marketing Corporation.(TMSM) In May 2015, he was appointed Senior Adviser of Central Japan International Airport Co. , Ltd. And in June 2015, he was appointed president and chief executive officer of Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd,

	Mio Yamamuro Senior Executive VP Vanilla Air After graduating from Aoyama University International Politic and Economic, she joined ANA starting her position in Inflight Services department. Then she moved to Loyalty Marketing department, where she gained expertise in mileage program management. She mainly worked on airline partnership and Star Alliance marketing projects. Then she spent 4 years as Loyalty Manager at Star Alliance GmbH where she further gained expertise in this area. After spending 4 years at Star Alliance GmbH, she has returned to ANA and worked in areas such as Alliance, Product & Services and Corporate Sales, before joining Vanilla Air as of APR 2016.

	Makoto Yamanaka Chairman, National Land and Regional Infrastructure Committee Kansai Economic Federation Mr. Makoto Yamanaka began his carrier in 1965 at Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd, where he held several the positions such as Managing Director, General Manager of Bus Business Division. In June 2001, he was appointed President. In June 2007, he was appointed Chairman and CEO. In June 2015, he was appointed Chairman. Nankai Electric Railway Co., operates railway running between Osaka (Namba) and Kansai International Airport and its group companies operate limousine bus which connects major cities not only in the Kansai region, also in neighboring prefecture with Kansai International Airport. Recent years in his carrier in Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd, in response to the increasing demand of inbound tourists, he has developed a system of receiving them in both facilities and services, such as enhancement of railway access between airport and downtown, introduction of special campaign ticket and install of multilingual information signage in the station and inside a rail car. At the same time, he also appointed Chairman, National Land and Regional Infrastructure Committee (in charge of Kansai International Airport) of Kansai Economic Federation. Mr. Makoto Yamanaka holds a bachelor degree in Economics from Ristumeikan University.

	Yoshiyuki Yamaya CEO Kansai Airports Yoshiyuki Yamaya began his carrier in 1980 at ORIX Corporation where he held a number of the positions such as Head of the Office to the President. Since 2002, he had served as President of 2 subsidiary companies of ORIX Corporation, ORIX Bank Corporation (2002-2004), ORIX Credit Corporation, mainly holding the consumer finance services (2004-2006). In 2006, he moved back to ORIX Corporation as Executive Officer, Head of OQL Headquarters and after in 2009, was appointed Corporate Senior Vice President of ORIX Corporation and President of ORIX Real Estate Corporation as well. In 2015, he was appointed Director & Deputy President of ORIX Corporation. In 2016, Yoshiyuki Yamaya was appointed CEO of Kansai Airports holding the concession of Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport. Yoshiyuki Yamaya holds a bachelor degree in Agriculture from Kobe University. He also completed Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program(AMP170) in 2006.

	Siew Hoon Yeoh Founder and Editor Web in Travel Yeoh Siew Hoon is the founder of WIT (Web In Travel), an Asia-based news platform and events community for anyone passionate about travel and technology. WIT runs conferences in Middle East (Dubai), Indonesia (Jakarta and Bali) and Japan (Tokyo) and its flagship conference in Singapore is APAC’s largest and most diverse gathering of online travel professionals. In 2016, it launched its first WIT Europe in London to bring the Asia story to Europe. A travel journalist by background, she founded WIT in 2005 and sold it to Northstar Travel Media in April 2014. She was awarded Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year by the Singapore Tourism Board in 2014. Post-acquisition, she oversaw the editorial strategy for TravelWeekly Asia as well as Northstar’s other media assets in the region. The Penang-born Siew Hoon is also a published author and she’s written several books, including “One Hour Around Asia: Tales of Condoms, Chillies and Curries” and “The Story of Baitong and Boon” which she co-wrote with 16-year-old Phantila Phataraprasit for the Himmapaan Foundation of Thailand undet its “Buy A Book, Help A Child To Read” initiative. For every book sold, the Foundation donates a book to a child. It is to help spread the love of reading among children, increase English literacy in rural Asia and to raise awareness of the plight of elephants in an increasingly urbanised Asia.