| Mr Allan Leibowitz Founder ‘talking business’ Allan Leibowitz is a business journalist who edited Business Travel Monthly/Management for more than a decade and also transformed Procurement Professional into a leading resource in the Australasian market. His business travel reporting career included several visits to Singapore to interview industry leaders and attend conferences. He now leads ‘talking business’, a content marketing and events consultancy which specialises in procurement and business-process issues and is a regular contributor to CAPA. | |
| Mr Atanas Christov Founder & CEO Affinity Capital Exchange Inc. Mr Christov is President and CEO of Affinity Capital Exchange – a member of Affinial Group of companies fostering new approach spanning loyalty finance and strategy. Mr Christov has over 15 years of experience addressing some of the airline industry’s most pressing challenges in compelling, innovative and sustainable ways. Under
the leadership of Mr Christov, the team at Affinity Capital Exchange is
revolutionising how airlines, banks and retailers leverage loyalty programmes to
unlock paths to cash and investment never seen before.
Prior
to founding Affinity Capital Exchange, Mr Christov served as CEO and Member of
the Board of Vayant Travel Technologies and prior to that he was a Principal
Corporate Restructuring at American International Group (AIG). He was directly involved
with the sale of ILFC and other hallmark assets of the previously troubled
insurer.
Mr
Christov began his professional career at McKinsey & Company in New York where
he spent almost a decade serving marquee clientele across travel, banking and finance
whilst building out McKinsey’s European presence.
Mr
Christov is a Bulgarian who calls New York his home. He holds academic degrees from
Amsterdam University, UK’s Chartered Institute of Marketing, and an MBA from
the Harvard Business School.
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| Mr Tetsuya Nozaki Member of Board Trustee AIRLINK Tetsuya "Ted" Nozaki began his career in aircraft leasing and financing in 1989 at ITOCHU Corporation in Tokyo. In 1996, he relocated to Greenwich, Connecticut, accepting an assignment at ITOCHU AirLease, Inc , a US subsidiary of ITOCHU, as General Manager. Ted joined Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) in 2002 to strengthen their aircraft leasing business. In 2004, MC Aircraft Management International Inc. (predecessor of MC Aviation Partners America Inc - MCAP) was established in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Ted accepted an assignment as General Manager. MCAP owns and manages more than 125 aircraft as of July 2014. Ted is currently the Senior Vice President – Sales & Marketing at MCAM. Ted also has been helping Airlink, a non-profit organization, as a volunteer, from its inception in 2009. Airlink works with airlines worldwide to provide non-governmental organizations with passenger seats and cargo space for free or at discounted rates so that such non-governmental organizations can transport emergency rescue/medical personnel and humanitarian goods in case of natural and manmade disasters. Ted was appointed as a board of trustee of Airlink in 2013. Ted graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in engineering (naval architecture). He is a certified rugby referee in California and runs fields over the weekend. Ted speaks English and Japanese fluently. Ted also can communicate in Spanish and Portuguese. Ted resides in Irvine, California with his wife, daughter, age 16, and son, age 14. | |
| Mr Christian Baillet Regional Director, Airline IT Sales Amadeus As Regional Director for Airline IT Sales in Asia Pacific since April of 2010, Christian Baillet is leading and developing the regional airline IT sales team, with the objective to grow the market penetration and revenues generated by the Amadeus airline IT solutions in the region. Before coming to Asia, Christian was Regional Director for GCIS in Latin America, leading a team managing the relationships between Amadeus and all multinational travel agencies, TMCs and online players trading in Latin America. Prior to this Christian was Global Account Manager for HRG and ITP, managing all aspects of the commercial partnership between Amadeus and these major global TMCs. Christian joined Amadeus in the year 2001 as Market Manager for France, Scandinavia and Germany, three of Amadeus’ major markets. Prior to joining the company, Christian developed his international marketing and sales experience in the oil and automotive industries. Christian holds a Master in Management from ESCP Europe, Paris. He is French native, and speaks fluently French, Spanish, English and German. | |
| Mr Frederic Saunier Head of Corporate IT Amadeus Asia Pacific Based in Singapore, Frederic Saunier has joined Amadeus Asia Pacific organization in September 2015 as Head of Corporate IT for Asia Pacific. Prior to Amadeus Singapore, Frederic spent two and a half years in Amadeus France as Sales Director in charge of Distribution and Corporations. Frederic transferred in April 2013 from Air France-KLM where he held various positions in France and the UK, the last one being Head of Global Strategic Corporate Accounts. With 400+ billion USD business travel spend, Asia Pacific is the largest and fastest growing region for the travel industry and as such for Amadeus. Frederic’s responsibility is to build upon the great team and network Amadeus has established in the region over the last years and manage the overall commercial operations to further grow this strategic segment in Asia-Pacific. | |
| Mr Gianni Pisanello Strategic Marketing Director, Airline Distribution Amadeus IT Group Gianni took the global role of Strategic Marketing Director, Airline Distribution, in 2013 where he oversees the Department’s Strategy, Product Portfolio, Marketing Communications and Knowledge Management teams. Previously, he was Director of Commercial Finance reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer. In this role, he led the department that provides deal, pricing and negotiation support to commercial teams worldwide, across all Business Units. Gianni joined Amadeus in 2005 as Manager in Airline IT Marketing, in charge of defining pricing for Airline IT products such as Amadeus' Altéa suite Passenger Service System solutions, and providing support to commercial deals. Prior to Amadeus, he worked in private equity at Permira, covering technology and telecoms, and in strategy consulting. Gianni is of British-Italian descent, born in Hong-Kong and brought up in France. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, and a Master of Engineering in Aeronautics from Imperial College London. | |
| Mr Andrew Wong Regional Director, Flights APAC TripAdvisor Based in Singapore, Andrew Wong is Regional Director, Flights at TripAdvisor. Responsible for the APAC region, Andrew works with airlines, low-cost carriers and online travel agencies to provide the widest range of travel options, prices and itineraries to TripAdvisor’s Flight meta search users. His specialty is airline distribution, online travel media and monetization of traffic. Andrew was previously based in London where he expanded TripAdvisor’s flight business to Europe, Brazil and Russia. Andrew also worked on TripAdvisor’s core hotel side of the business, engaging with tour operators, online travel agencies and hoteliers across Europe. Before TripAdvisor, Andrew worked for Travelport in London where he negotiated complex Full Content agreements with airlines. Andrew also worked to take over distributor operations and set-up direct offices in Senegal, Cameroon, Latvia and Romania for Galileo International. Prior to this, Andrew worked for a short-lived Canadian low-cost carrier. Andrew is from Toronto, Canada and holds a Masters degree in Air Transport from Cranfield University, United Kingdom. | |
| Mr Andrew Herdman Director General Association of Asia Pacific Airlines Mr. Andrew Herdman is Director General of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr. Herdman is committed to expanding the role of the Association as the leading trade organisation for international airlines based in the Asia-Pacific region, addressing a wide range of both regional and global policy issues affecting the industry. AAPA works closely with regulators and other industry associations with the aim of fostering the sustainable growth of international civil aviation. Mr. Herdman previously held a number of senior positions with the Swire Group, Cathay Pacific Airways and other aviation related companies based in the Asia Pacific region. He is a graduate of Oxford University. | |
| Mr Benson Tang Regional Director, Asia Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) Benson Tang, has been for the past four years “ACTE Regional Director, Asia” based in Hong Kong. Before joining the team, he worked in Goldman Sachs Asia LLC for the past 11 years, responsible for the corporate travel program for the whole Asia region. He worked in various different travel industry leadership positions before joining the corporate travel industry including Cathay Pacific Airways, The Hong Kong Tourism Board and Farrington American Express Travel. Benson is currently a part-time student for his Doctoral Degree in Hotel and Tourism Management in The School of Hotel and Tourism Management in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his Master degree at The University of Birmingham in UK. He was the first ever 1st class honour graduate in Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Management in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. | |
| Mr Peter Wiesner Senior Vice President – Network Management Bangkok Airways Mr.Peter Wiesner has a long experience in the airlines industry. He worked in various management functions more than 30 years with Swissair. He has worked in 10 different countries on 4 continents. In May 2000, he was asked to work for Bangkok Airways as a Vice President – Marketing after retirement from Swiss Air. At Bangkok Airways, Peter has contributed his extensive airline marketing knowledge and experience in establishing a number of marketing strategies particularly setting up Pricing Organization, which plays a major role in implementing and developing e-ticket distribution channels with all available GDS. At the beginning of year 2010,Peter Wiesner has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Network Management. It includes Network Planning,Code share and alliances , Traffic & Schedule Planning , Market Research , Product Management , Tariff & Pricing , and Revenue Management. | |
| Mr Robert Martin Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer BOC Aviation Mr Robert Martin has more than 25 years of experience in the aircraft finance and leasing business. He joined the Company in 1998 and has led the organisation through a successful expansion programme which has seen it emerge as a consistently profitable and leading player in the global aircraft leasing business. Under his leadership, the Company was assigned investment grade corporate credit ratings of A- from Fitch and BBB from Standard and Poor’s in June 2012. Mr Martin is now one of the longest serving CEOs of the same company in the aircraft leasing industry. Mr Martin began his career in aircraft financing in London with Bank of America in 1987. He subsequently held senior positions in both London and Singapore with The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. before moving to HSBC Investment Bank in Hong Kong where he held the position of Aircraft Finance Director. In addition to his role as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Mr Martin holds a seat on the Board. Mr Martin holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics from Cambridge University. | |
| 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. | |
| Mr Berthold Trenkel Executive Vice President, Traveler Services Carlson Wagonlit Travel Berthold Trenkel leads CWT's Traveler Services globally. CWT's 13000 travel professionals process over 60 million offline and online transactions annually. | |
| Mr Michael Valkevich Senior Director, Global Program Management, Asia Pacific Carlson Wagonlit Travel Michael is responsible for leading and developing a team of global program managers based in Singapore and Hong Kong to deliver outstanding service to CWT’s global commercial clients. He has a broad and in-depth understanding of the corporate travel space across America, Europe and Asia having previously spent several years working for Amadeus’ and their global business travel and airline customers in Boston, Chicago, Madrid and Singapore. Michael has also served as an Allied member of the GBTA Technology Committee, an adjunct professor for Instituto de Empresa Business School (Madrid), and as an expert blogger on business travel for Fast Company Magazine. | |
| Mr Timothy Ross Managing Director Credit Suisse Credit Suisse AG, Managing Director – Head of Transport Research, APAC, Head of Global Transport Research. Manage a team of 18 in APAC, Europe and the US, with personal coverage of 22 stocks across Asia-Pacific. Previously, ran APAC transportation research at Samsung Securities, transport and infrastructure investment banking for Asia at UBS, was board and executive team member at AirAsia and prior to that led UBS' global transport research team. MA in English literature and Finance Diploma, both from University of Auckland. | |
| Mr Steven Yeow Indirect Procurement Director, Asia Pacific + Greater China Ecolab Pte Ltd Steven has over 15 years of MNC procurement experience across various diverse industry sectors including FMCG, specialty chemicals manufacturing and financial institution across Asia Pacific. A business leader who has found his calling in procurement transformation. He is passionate about lifelong learning, developing people and procurement excellence. | |
| Mr James Marshall Vice President Transport Asia Pacific Expedia James Marshall serves as Vice President Transport Asia Pacific for Expedia, which operates more than 150 travel booking sites in more than 70 countries worldwide across its portfolio of online travel brands including Expedia, Hotels.com, Hotwire, Egencia, Venere, AirAsia Go and Wotif Group. The Global Tour & Transport group at Expedia is the organization responsible for creating global, integrated strategies for air, car, package, rail, cruise and insurance lines of business. In his role, James leads an experienced team of account managers who are directly responsible for managing key brand relationships with airline supply partners throughout the Asia-Pacific region, all while supporting the marketing and distribution of airlines and holiday packages on Expedia group sites worldwide. James joined Expedia in June 2010 after ten years in a variety of roles with Amadeus, where he served most recently as regional director of airline distribution sales for Asia Pacific. James holds an MBA from INSEAD. He also graduated from ESCP Europe where he earned a master’s degree in international management. James maintains triple citizenship from Spain, France and the UK and has lived in Asia for more than 20 years. He currently resides in Singapore alongside his wife and two daughters. | |
| Mr Bertrand Saillet General Manager FCm Travel Solutions Singapore Bertrand is the General Manager for FCm Travel Solutions Singapore, responsible for the South East Asia region. As a veteran in the travel and technology industry, Bertrand brings with him a wealth of extensive knowledge and experience. Bertrand is tasked to take FCm to the 3.0 travel management sphere – making sure the company delivers amazing travel experience and meeting the needs of all travellers across all generations. Prior to joining the FCm family, Bertrand held various management positions with Amadeus and in the aeronautical and telecom industry. | |
| Mr Otto Gergye Executive General Manager Sales & Marketing Fiji Airways Otto has over 19 years of airline and travel experience having held senior positions around the globe ranging from Senior Vice President Global Sales at Air Berlin to Director of Sales China with the Flight Centre group. He was also Chief Commercial Officer 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. | |
| Mr Joni Sundelin SVP Network Sales & Marketing Finavia Mr. Joni Sundelin, M.Sc.(Econ), has worked at Finavia as the Senior Vice President, Director of airport network, Sales & Marketing and Ground Handling business since 2012. His main competences are to restructure & develop businesses and working structures, to build up new business models in the customer interface both in b-b and b-c business environment, service business management and development in general. These competences are complemented from the vast experiences in executing mergers and acquisitions, creating joint ventures and other modes of collaboration. Further to these, internationalizing of service businesses could be described as one of the core experiences, both organic and nonorganic. Prior to his appointment at Finavia he worked in various business director responsibilities both in the Logistics Business and in pharmaceutical distribution and wholesaling in Finland and other northern European countries . His training comprises M:Sc. in Economics and Management & Leadership courses at IMD. Joni Sundelin has served in various positions of trust. Currently he acts as a Board Member of Finavia Group companies. | |
| Mr Arif Wibowo President & CEO Garuda Indonesia M. Arif Wibowo starts his tenure as the President & CEO of Garuda Indonesia on the 12th of December 2015. Mr. Wibowo is an example of Garuda’s owned-bred talent. He started his career in Garuda Indonesia right after he finished his Mechanical Engineering degree at The Institute of Technology Sepuluh November (ITS) Surabaya, Indonesia. In his early years, Mr. Wibowo worked as an engineer at the maintenance shop. Since then, his career blossomed and he spent the majority of his career in the marketing and sales department which include director international relations, director marketing alliance, general manager for Fukuoka, Japan, Senior General Manager for Japan, Korea, China & USA, and EVP Marketing & Sales. Mr. Wibowo was the President & CEO of Citilink, a low cost subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia, when the extraordinary shareholder meeting appointed him as the President & CEO of Garuda Indonesia. Under Mr. Wibowo’s leadership, Citilink has been growing significantly. From 9 aircraft in 2012 when he assumed the top position, Citilink business has evolved and in December 2014, Citilink was operating 32 aircraft. In terms of routes, Citilink has grown from 10 routes in 2012 to 36 routes by the end of 2014. Recognizing the improvements that Citilink has been going through, Indonesia Travel and Tourism Association awarded Citilink as the Indonesia Leading Low Cost Airline in 2012, 2013, and 2014. Citilink was also awarded the Service to Care Award in 2012 and 2013 by MarkPlus Insight. Apart from his engineering degree, Mr. Wibowo is a graduate of Master of Management in Air Transportation from the University of Indonesia in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also holds a professional certification from Asia Marketing Federation (AMF) as the Certified Professional Marketer (CPM Asia). Mr. Wibowo is the current chairman of Indonesia National Air Carriers Association (INACA) and also the chairman of Indonesia Marketing Association (IMA). He also actively involves in Indonesia’s chamber of commerce (KADIN) and is serving as the Head of Permanent Committee on the Air Transportation Sector. Moreover, Mr. Wibowo has recently assumed the position of the Chairman of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). Mr. Wibowo is a keen cyclist. On his free time, he cycles at a variety of terrains and as such, owns a number of bikes including road and mountain bikes. | |
| Mr Con Korfiatis Partner Heidrick and Struggles Con’s focus is across the industrial space and specifically around aviation, transportation and logistics. He also leads work in Indonesia where he has conducted searches in multiple industries including FMCG, Life Sciences , Manufacturing and Logistics. With over 20 years experience in a number of industries and airlines, his aviation experience covers executive management, finance, strategy, commercial, brand and marketing, network, government affairs, alliances and airline operations. This experience has been across a variety of Asia- Pacific countries. Con gained his experience in some of the region's most successful airline groups, including Qantas and Singapore Airlines and was responsible for the establishment of Jetstar Asia as its founding CEO. He was also the CEO of a major Indonesian airline and a start-up Chinese airline. Outside aviation, Con has been a Consultant at Ernst & Young, and more recently a Senior Partner in consulting firm, Flight Ideas Consulting, undertaking Board Level advisory on best practice, growth and funding strategies for the airline and aviation industry and run his own consultancy business in Indonesia which focused on the same in the hotel, logistics and health sector. Con holds a degree in Economics and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. | |
| Mr Andrew Cowen Deputy CEO HK Express Andrew Cowen is Deputy Chief Executive Officer for HK Express, Hong Kong’s one-and-only low-fare airline. Andrew has 25 years’ experience in the aviation industry, including leadership roles at low-cost carriers (LCCs) in the UK, Middle East, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Japan. Prior to his appointment at HK Express in 2013, Andrew worked with VietjetAir guiding them through their early growth phase into profitability. The shareholders that founded Peach, based in Osaka, Japan used Andrew’s LCC expertise to ensure set-up in accordance with the LCC business model. Before working at Peach, Andrew developed an LCC transformation plan to convert Air Philippines into what is now PAL Express. From 2005 – 2008 he was CEO of Saudi Arabian LCC Sama Airlines, leading the start-up through initial concept development to funding, licence acquisition and launch. In 2009 Andrew acted as the CEO of Jazeera Airlines, based in Kuwait. Andrew started his aviation career in 1989 in the finance department of British Airways. He eventually went on to manage the airline’s financial affairs for its American business unit, before taking on the role of Director of Finance and Strategy for BA’s LCC, Go. In this capacity he played a key role in the MBO of Go from British Airways and the subsequent trade sale to EasyJet Plc. As Deputy CEO of HK Express, Andrew is shaping the future direction of the airline, leading the team through the transformation from full service carrier to an LCC, and rapid growth phase. With a targeted fleet number of 30 by end of 2018, Andrew is applying his skills and experience gained at 7 LCCs across the world to guide HKExpress’ development into a leading Asian LCC. Fluent in English, Andrew graduated from City University, London in 1989 and qualified as a Chartered Management Accountant in 1992. | |
| Mr Michael Burke Assistant Director, Commercial Hong Kong Airlines A highly respected aviation professional, Michael has two decades of senior level experience in the aviation industry, with the majority of the last decade spent in Asia. With an extensive commercial background, he has a proven track record in sales and marketing, network planning, revenue management and alliances, consistently over-delivering aggressive revenue targets internationally in tough business environments. He has also had oversight for Finance, Reservations and Airport functions during his career. He is currently directing all commercial revenue strategy and activities for Hong Kong Airline’s aggressive growth in China and South East Asia and its’ future global ambitions, balancing conceptualizing high level and highly complex problems with detailed analytical delivery skills. Previously he built, led and managed strong, high performance teams in the UK, US, India and China over a 16 year career with Virgin Atlantic, with a strong focus on operational excellence, quality of service delivery and employee engagement while developing new and profitable revenue streams by successfully managing all key relationships with partners and suppliers, overcoming any cross-cultural boundaries in the process. He has thus developed a keen understanding of diverse cultures and the unique challenges of doing business in a dynamic global marketplace. The high-profile nature of being the Chief Representative for the Virgin brand in the two key emerging markets of India and China afforded him a wide exposure to many top-level CEO’s and visiting dignitaries such as Government Ministers & Trade Delegations and enabled him to build strong relationships with local Chambers of Commerce, Tourism Authorities and Trade bodies in the region. During his time in Shanghai he served as both the Chairperson of the European Chamber of Commerce’s Aviation Working Group as well as being an Executive Committee member of the British Chamber of Commerce and these both gave him wide exposure to local Government departments. He graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Transport from the University of Plymouth, UK in 1995 and has attended Harvard Business School’s Global Strategic Management program due to his acute interest in geopolitical matters and business’s place within them. He currently serves as an Industrial Advisor to the Hang Seng Management College’s BBA in Supply Chain Management Program in Hong Kong and has a growing command of both spoken and written Putonghua. | |
| Mr Todd W. Arthur Managing Director - SE APAC HRS Todd is the Asia Pacific (APAC) Managing Director for HRS. His core responsibilities include setting the business direction, driving organic growth with new and existing customers across APAC markets, establishing strategic partnerships, and talent development. Currently, Todd leads the team based in the regional headquarter at Singapore, as well as overseeing the local operations in Thailand, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, India and Australia. Todd is on the Board of Directors of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE), representing Asia. Prior to HRS, he served as Vice President of sales and account management for Asia Pacific at BCD Travel, where he headed up strategic growth and account development across 17 markets. Todd has more than 20 years of travel industry experience, including airline sales, management and consulting in both North America and Asia. Prior to joining BCD Travel in 2007, he directed air and hotel sourcing projects, contract management and strategic travel management for clients at Advito, the independently operated consulting subsidiary of BCD Travel. Previously, Todd was the General Manger (South China) for Finnair, responsible for strategic corporate contracts, revenue & yield and sales strategy. Prior to joining Finnair, Todd served as sales manager for Malaysia Airlines on their North American commercial team. | |
| Mr Steve Hui Founder & Chief Executive iFLYflat Steve Hui is the Founder and Chief Executive of iFLYflat. For 17 years he solved complex problems in senior finance roles in corporations including Macquarie Bank. iFLYflat is the world’s first points-optimisation consultancy. A combination of a financial planner and a travel agent for points. They seek to prevent businesses from missing out on their rewards, in order to fly business class for cheaper than economy. Steve believes everyone can experience the true joy of flying flat (ie: in first/business class). He shares how to unlock the secret value hidden in your points. For more info: www.iflyflat.com.au | |
| Mr Grant Strudwick Regional Security Director – Asia Pacific International SOS and Control Risks Grant is the Regional Security Director – Asia Pacific for the Travel Security joint venture between International SOS and Control Risks and is responsible for the delivery of travel security assistance in the region. Prior to this position Grant was the Head of Security Assistance for the Joint Venture in London where he was responsible for the functional delivery of travel security services globally. Grant’s expertise in travel risk mitigation and 10 years of consulting experience in the areas of crisis management and business continuity is underpinned by a 22 year career in the Australian Army. Grant has overseen crisis team deployments and mass assistance operations for emergencies in Egypt, Syria, Mali, Israel, Algeria, South Sudan, Iraq, Libya and Ebola affected West Africa. In previous roles Grant has advised client crisis teams in managing product contamination incidents, illegal detention of employees, and post tsunami relief operations in Japan. Grant assumed his current role in October 2014. | |
| Mr Barathan Pasupathi Chief Executive Officer Jetstar Asia Barathan Pasupathi (Bara), CEO Jetstar Asia and Valuair is also a Director on the Board of Jetstar Asia, Valuair and Newstar. Bara has more than 20 years’ experience in senior roles across the aviation and energy sectors and was a founding executive of Jetstar Asia, serving as its Chief Financial Officer from 2004 to 2007. His key achievements at Jetstar include helping to establish the airline in 2004, seeing through its merger with Valuair, fleet procurement and fuel hedging. Jetstar Asia has since become the largest and most profitable low fares airline in Singapore. Having held several leadership positions in Singapore, Europe and the Middle East, Bara has extensive exposure in oil market risk management, aircraft finance and leasing, and supply chain management.
Bara expanded his aviation and finance experience as Chief Financial Officer for Middle East-based Jazeera Airways, during which the airline was successfully listed on the Kuwati Stock Exchange. He also played a key role in the establishment of Sahaab Aircraft leasing in Kuwait.
Prior to being appointed CEO of Jetstar Asia, Bara was the Managing Director of Mabanaft Singapore Pte Ltd, a leading independent German oil trading group based in Singapore.
Bara is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce as well as a Masters in Business Administration. In 2013, Bara was recognised as Distinguished Alumni of Murdoch University WA. | |
| Mr Emre Mangir COO Mozio As COO at Mozio, Emre helps connect travel brands and their customers with the best local options for ground transportation. He is focused on enabling leading travel brands to use Mozio's technology to increase both customer engagement and profits while avoiding costly mistakes seen in typical approaches to ground transportation. Prior to joining Mozio, he worked as a consultant to over a dozen leading global technology companies to identify and achieve over a hundred million dollars in profit and revenue improvements by optimizing commercial activities. Emre earned dual degrees in Applied Mathematics and Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. | |
| Mr Martin Warner Principal MW Travel Consultancy Limited Martin Warner is Principal in MW Travel Consultancy Limited; a UK based global consultancy and strategic advisor to the travel industry. He is also a Founder Partner and Chief Innovation Officer at Travel Innovation Partners (Mar 2013-‐present), London, UK. Travel Innovation Partners is a General Sales & Services Agency that serves the software and services needs of the travel and airline industries. Prior to this Mr. Warner was Executive Vice President, Market Strategy & Segmentation at Carlson Wagonlit Travel (Aug 2011 -‐ Dec 2012). Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) is a global leader specializing in business travel management. As the Executive VP, Mr. Warner was responsible for devising and implementing the Marketing Strategy of all the arms of the business including Corporate Travel, which was focused on creating value based travel management solutions for corporate customers. In the period 2008 to 2011, Mr. Warner was
Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific at Carlson Wagonlit Travel (Jan
2008-‐Aug 2011). Here he was responsible for all the Asia Pacific Operations
of the business. Mr. Warner served as a member of CWT's Executive Team for 10
years, reporting to the President / CEO. He also served in non-‐Executive
board positions in the companies Jt-‐ Ventures in China, Japan, India,
Indonesia & South Africa, as well as Executive board member of subsidiaries
in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Before 2008 (from 2003) he served as EVP of
Global Account Solutions at CWT responsible for the companies top 100
multinational client business, a US$4Bn top line business unit serving many
Fortune 500 members.
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| Dr Alan Khee-Jin Tan Professor of Aviation Law National University of Singapore (NUS) Dr Alan Tan is Professor of Aviation Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Law School. Born in Penang, Malaysia and educated at the NUS and Yale Law Schools, Alan teaches aviation law, shipping law and environmental law. He has been a Justices’ Law Clerk in the Supreme Court of Singapore and heads the Air Law & Policy programme at the NUS Centre for International Law. He is an instructor at the Singapore Aviation Academy (SAA) and course trainer for the IATA Training and Development Institute. In 2009, Alan was appointed a Hauser Global Visiting Professor at the New York University (NYU) School of Law, where he taught a course on Global Aviation Law and Policy. He has also been a frequent speaker at the annual IATA Legal Symposium. Alan’s research interests lie in the liberalization of the aviation industry in Asia. He has been a consultant to the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on aviation liberalization in Asia. He has been a consultant with CAPA Consulting on a landmark study for the ASEAN Secretariat on the prospects for a single aviation market in Southeast Asia (“Developing ASEAN’s Single Aviation Market and Regional Air Services Agreements with Dialogue Partners”). He has also served as consultant to the ASEAN Air Carriers Association on the interpretation of fifth and seventh freedom rights in the ASEAN multilateral agreements for air transport liberalization. On the governmental side, Alan has worked with and presented at the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (on the Damascus Agreement) and the Indonesian Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (on “open skies” in Indonesia). He has also spoken at various industry seminars, including for IATA and Embraer. Alan has published extensively on aviation issues in leading journals such as the Annals of Air and Space Law (Canada), the Journal of Air Law & Commerce (U.S.A.), the Journal of Air Transport Management (Netherlands) and Air & Space Law (Netherlands). In 2006, his article “Liberalizing Aviation in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Impact of the E.U. Horizontal Mandate” was published in the Air and Space Law journal and won the Diederiks-Verschoor Prize for Best Publication in Air and Space Law, awarded by Kluwer Law International. Alan has also authored opinion pieces on Asian aviation in industry publications such as CAPA’s Airline Leader, Airline Business and in broadsheets such as the Straits Times. He is currently working on antitrust issues relating to airline alliances and joint ventures in Asia, particularly in Singapore and China. | |
| Mr John Aitken Head of Asia Pacific Product Navitaire John leads Navitaire’s regional product team, supporting the company’s product direction tailored to the Asia-Pacific market. John brings more than 15 years of experience working with Navitaire products as well as with or for Navitaire clients. Over this period, he has experienced the transformation of a number of LCC airlines and witnessed how Navitaire PSS solutions that have helped spur and support their growth and development. Many of these clients have become market leaders in the region and the world. In his role at Navitaire, John works with clients across the region.. Using this insight and experience, he has helped shape the Navitaire reservations platform to support advanced capabilities to power the diverse landscape of business models, including new entrants, high growth hybrids, plus new subsidiary and JV carriers. John holds a degree in Law from the University of Canterbury and a MBA from Auckland University. | |
| Mr Mark Clarkson Business Development Director, Asia Pacific OAG Mark Clarkson is Business Development Director ASPAC, OAG. Mark has responsibility for the Asia Pacific operations, with the core focus to lead, develop and implement strategy to deliver revenue growth and the expansion of the business in the ASPAC region. Previously, Mark served as Commercial Director, OAG where he was responsible for all commercial activities including customer relationship management, new product development and strategic partnerships. Prior to joining OAG in 2012, Mark was vice president, consulting services with Airport Strategy and Marketing (ASM), where he was responsible for delivering client projects including new route development and network strategies. Mark delivered a range of successful projects with clients in the Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia assisting airports and Tourism Authorities to implement successful strategies in building sustainable air services. | |
| Mr Shinichi Inoue Representative Director and CEO Peach Aviation Limitied Prior to joining Peach Aviation, Inoue spent eight years at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. before joining All Nippon Airways Co.,Ltd. in September 1990. From 1990 to 2010, he held various positions as manager in personnel, sales and marketing sectors, and then joined the Beijing office as a director of administration. In 2008, Inoue became the director of corporate affairs for Asia, and in 2010, took on the role of director for the LCC joint venture project team. Inoue was named CEO of A&F Aviation in February 2011, where was renamed Peach Aviation in May 2011. Inoue was born in May 26th, 1958and graduated from Waseda University after studying law. | |
| Mr Albert Burhan CEO PT. Citilink "Albert Burhan is born in Bandung, Indonesia in 1967, married with 2 children. He graduated in Civil Engineering and obtained MBA, both from ITB Bandung. He has 20 years of experience in the industry, served in several Planning, Operation and Finance position within Garuda Indonesia, before serving as VP Treasury Management (Corporate Treasurer) of Garuda since 2005 until August 2012. In August 2012, he and 2 other board members created & started operation of Citilink Indonesia as new entity. Since then until recently he serves as CFO of Citilink, which is now a low cost airline with 33 new A320 fleet, based in Indonesia, 100% owned by Garuda Indonesia. He is now the President & CEO of Citilink. He is also a Board member of Pan Asia Pacific (PAPAS,) a ground handling company based in Hongkong, since 2006 until now. He has done many aircraft leases, aircraft financing deal, corporate & debt restructuring, and IPO during his career, including the successful turn-around of Garuda Indonesia." | |
| Mr Richard Edwards Director & Managing Consultant Revidio Limited Richard has more than 20 years in the Top Management teams of Amadeus and Abacus holding IT, Commercial and Strategy positions. His wide range of expertise is reflected in recent consulting missions covering airline distribution strategy, e-commerce retail technology and strategy, Airline IT Architecture, and PSS Supply. And last year, he led a Nyras team commissioned by IATA to assess the transformation of the ‘customer order to settlement’ process as part of their NDC ‘Simplifying the Business’ initiative. Richard runs his own Strategy consulting company and is a senior associate at Nyras Capital. He is a graduate of Oxford University and has worked in Europe, Asia and the USA. | |
| Mr Michael T. Molloy Category Leader - Travel and Expense Management Procurement Global Business Services Rio Tinto Based in Singapore, Mike overseas all aspects of the procurement and service delivery of the Travel & Expense Category for leading resources company, Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto ranks in the top 75 of global T&E spends globally. Reporting to the Global GM Procurement of Services for Rio Tinto, Mike coordinates the strategy for the category with more than a half billion dollars in annual spend. The category remit includes airline, accommodation, cards, expense systems and cars including charter aircraft and specialized vehicle rentals as well as purchasing cards, travel agency operations and technology offerings. Prior to joining Rio Tinto in 2013, Mike spent about 15 years in the banking firms Credit Suisse and Citigroup in pan-regional roles across Asia and EMEA. He has lived and worked in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, the United States and Hungary. | |
| Mr Dermot Mannion Deputy Chairman Royal Brunei Airlines Dermot Mannion joined Royal Brunei Airlines (RB) on 4111 November 2010 and has since spearheaded R B's corporate restructuring and rebranding. In addition to his responsibilities at RB, Mr Mannion has recently completed a three year term on the Board of Abacus International Limited in Singapore. Abacus is the largest GDS in Asia and has recently been acquired by Sabre Corporation. Mr Mannion, a former Chief Executive Officer with Aer Lingus, has over 27 years of experience in the aviation industry. He initially joined Emirates in 1987, rising to the position of President Group Support Services. Mr Mannion also represented Emirates on the Board of their then partner, Sri Lanka Airlines for more than four years. In 2005, Mr Mannion left Emirates to become CEO of Aer Lingus. During his four year term of office, Mr Mannion oversaw the challenging but ultimately successful IPO of the company. He also successfully led the defense of Aer Lingus against two hostile takeover bids from a major competitor. Mr Mannion holds a degree from the Business School at Trinity College, Dublin. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. | |
| Mr Richard Nuttall CCO Royal Jordanian Richard Nuttall is currently Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer with Royal Jordanian where he led the project team which developed and implemented the airline’s turnaround plan, returning the airline to profitability against a background of regional instability and falling tourism numbers. Prior to Royal Jordanian he was CEO of Bahrain Air. Richard has 25 years of experience in the Airline Industry spanning 5 continents and covering multiple airline models. After 12 years in various roles with Cathay Pacific Airways, he held positions as Commercial Head for Philippine Airlines and Kenya Airways, and Regional VP for the Americas with Polar Air Cargo. He has a Mathematics degree from Oxford University and a Sloan Masters degree from London Business School. | |
| Mr Angelo Contreras Global Product Marketing SabreSonic Angelo is an international business professional with significant technology, product marketing, product management, sales enablement and travel industry experiences. Angelo is currently responsible Product Marketing for SabreSonic. In this role, he manages product positioning, defining the go-to-market strategy for new market launches, oversees the value selling and ROI analysis for SabreSonic, represents the company’s global product vision and drives innovation to support the Sabre hosted airline community. Angelo has over 10 years’ experience in the airline industry with product marketing, product management, project management and sales and customer service roles in Reservations Sales, In-Flight, Inventory & Revenue Management, and Product Merchandising. Prior to Product Marketing, Angelo managed SabreSonic Product Merchandising and Inventory solutions where he was responsible for defining Sabre’s product strategies and roadmaps for Product Merchandising and Inventory. In this role his main focus was defining the product vision and strategy for Ancillary Services, Miscellaneous Sales Services, EMD, and seat and ancillary inventory. Angelo started his international career at LSG Sky Chefs in Irving Texas, where he managed the implementation of Sabre AirVision In-Flight solution to a global customer base; providing project management, change management and transition support. Angelo was part of the core team who launched The House; In-flight Agency for Virgin Atlantic Airways. Angelo also worked 3 years at Trase Miller Technologies/American Airlines Vacations where he provided sales and customer support to Spanish and English speaking clients. Angelo holds a Bachelors of Science in International Business & Language from Tulsa University. Angelo is fluent in English and Spanish. He resides in Panama City, Panama with his wife Graciela, daughter Zofia, and son Milo. | |
| Mr John McCulloch Senior Principal Seabury Aviation & Aerospace John McCulloch was Managing Partner of the oneworld airline alliance from 2003 – 2010, which he joined at the establishment of the alliance headquarters in Vancouver in June 2000 as VP Marketing & Customer Experience. Prior to oneworld he was Head of Group Marketing for the banking giant HSBC, based out of London. Before that he spent 15 years with the Swire Group in Hong Kong and Japan, working primarily in the airline industry with Cathay Pacific Airways in a variety of management positions. He has a law degree from Cambridge University, and has lived or worked in most countries in the Asia Pacific region, travelling extensively particularly for his work with oneworld, and latterly with the Seabury. He now runs his own consulting and business advisory business working in various sectors related to the travel industry, and is a Senior Principal for Seabury Consulting and Aerospace. | |
| Mr Shinya Hanaoka Associate Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology Shinya Hanaoka is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Development Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology from 2007. He obtained Doctor of Information Sciences 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) and a visiting professor in Kobe University (from 2009). 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. | |
| Mr Ian Heywood Global Head of Product & Marketing, Air Commerce Travelport Ian has recently been appointed to the new role heading up Product and Marketing for the Air Commerce line of business. This role involves owning the overall responsibility and being fully accountable for end-to-end product life cycle management for all Air line of business products, from Conception (including customer research, commercial team input, R&D work and competitive analysis), Launch and Adoption (including customer operations and ongoing marketing/positioning), Ongoing growth and Product retirement/sunset. Ian joined Travelport 3.5 years ago where a key part of Ian’s work has been the launch of the Travelport Merchandising Platform with ‘Aggregated Shopping’ ‘Ancillary Services’ and ‘Rich Content and Branding’ which enables airlines to adapt their business models to whichever competitive/economic environment they operate in and for travel agents to access enhanced airline content in their normal workflow. Prior to Travelport, Ian spent the majority of his working life at British Airways, where he joined as an apprentice and held a number of commercial roles in the UK and overseas. He has also worked for Qatar Airways as SVP Global Sales and Distribution. | |
| Mr Damian Hickey Vice President Asia Pacific, Air Commerce Travelport Damian Hickey joined Travelport in October 2012 as the Vice President of Distribution Sales and Services for the Asia Pacific region. Based in Singapore, Damian has overall responsibility for travel content provider relationships in the region such as airlines and rail companies, which use Travelport’s capabilities to distribute their products and services. With over 20 years of management experience, Damian possesses in-depth knowledge of the travel and transport industries in America, Europe and Asia, and is a well-respected thought leader and a recognised contributor to the industry’s future direction. Prior to joining Travelport, Damian held the position of Regional Vice President – South Asia & India for SITA where he was accountable for SITA’s airlines, airport, government and air transport industry customers. Amongst his many achievements during this time, Damian successfully grew annual revenues and secured SITA’s largest ever Passenger Services Systems (PSS) deal. Prior to SITA, Damian held senior-level management positions with Amadeus and Datalex. | |
| Mr Mark Rademaker MD Emerging Markets UATP Mark Rademaker is Managing Director, Emerging Markets for UATP and is responsible for driving growth and steering UATP’s strategy in the region. Based in Singapore, he also forges close ties with existing issuers to develop strategy, to stimulate growth, and to consult on various technical and operational issues. Prior to joining UATP in 2006, Rademaker previously worked several years in the airline industry in various commercial roles at Continental Airlines and more recently at Northwest Airlines based in Tokyo. Rademaker holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Embry-Riddle University and received an MBA from Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. | |
| Mr Tomonori Ishii Representative Director, President Vanilla Air Inc. Mr Ishii has 41 years-experience in the aviation industry, starting his career in All Nippon Airways Co.,Ltd. in 1974. He first took his role in Osaka Airport Office, extending his career in sales and marketing departments related to opening ANA’s international flight operation until 1989. He assumed Vice President, General manager of headquarter and regional offices: Bangkok, Washington D.C., MASTA, and Los Angeles. In 2010, Mr Ishii took up the post of Senior Vice President of Marketing Sales Headquarter of AIRDO Co.,Ltd. He has been the president of Vanilla Air since Dec 20, 2013. Mr Ishii graduated from Waseda University after studying Commerce. | |
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