Dato’ Seri Bashir Ahmad, aged 58 and a Malaysian is the Managing Director and CEO of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad since June 2003. Malaysia Airports is a public listed company and operates KL International Airport and 38 other airports in Malaysia. Dato’ Seri Bashir is a graduate of University Malaya with a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Honours) majoring in International Relations. He started his career with Malaysia Airlines (“MAS”), the National carrier of Malaysia. He has held various senior positions in Malaysia Airlines during the 29 years of service in the said organization. He started as a Management trainee in 1972 and rose up to the position of sales manager and marketing manager by 1982. He was promoted to the position of International Relations Manager in 1982 and rose up the ranks to become Deputy Director of International Relations in 1991. In that capacity his primary function was to acquire traffic rights for the expansion of MAS network to 79 destinations. He became the Director of Corporate Planning in 1992 and was the Senior Vice-President of Commercial until 1997. He was then appointed as the Executive Vice-President of the airline. As the Executive Vice-President he was responsible for the achievement of airline revenue budget and operational efficiency, covering the areas of planning, marketing, distribution, flight operations and cabin crew, customer services and ground operations. Dato’ Seri Bashir was appointed as the Aviation Advisor of the Ministry of Transport Malaysia in 2001 and he held the position until he became the Chief Executive Officer of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad in 2003. As the CEO in Malaysia Airports, he sets the direction of the company and manages the overall performance of the company which includes the airports and several aviation as well as non-aviation related subsidiaries, such as the hotel and plantation subsidiaries. Apart from the Malaysia Airports Main Board, Dato’ Seri Bashir Ahmad also sits on the Board of Finance and Investment Committee, Board Risk Management Committee and Board Planning and Development Committee of MAHB as well as some of the subsidiary Boards. Dato’ Seri Bashir, in his course of work has been a member of Industry Affairs Committee of IATA, Committee member of Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, Board member of ASEAN Tourism Association, member of British/Malaysia Business Council, Board member of Malaysian Tourism Promotion Board and Vice president of Malaysian Hockey Federation. He sits in the Asia-Pacific ACI (Airports Council International) Board and the World Governing Board of ACI.

Ali has graduated from the University of Technology in Baghdad, he continued his education in the UK gaining Master in Engineering Design from South Bank University, and completed his second Master in Computer Based Information Systems from Sunderland University in the UK. Ali has over 17 years experience in the information technology and project management where he worked in the UK for world class employers and clients such as British Airways, Sun Microsystems, Logica, and United Bank of Switzerland. He is one of the first people to join Air Arabia and part of the airline start-up team.

Mike Barclay was appointed Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific for International Air Transport Association (IATA) in May 2007 and he is responsible for its activities across the Asia Pacific region. Mike is also Chairman of the commercial company IATA India Pte Ltd. Mike has worked for 16 years in the aviation and tourism industry. Prior to joining IATA, Mike was the Chief Executive Officer of SilkAir, Singapore Airlines wholly-owned subsidiary airline, and a Non-executive Director of Tradewinds, the Singapore-based tour operator. In addition, he has held various senior management positions for Singapore Airlines Limited in Singapore and Europe.

Mr. Bautista is a certified public accountant. In PAL, he has held the positions of Senior Vice President-Finance, later as Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. Thereafter, he became Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman from April 1999 until his election as President & COO in August 2004 when he was also elected as a member of the Board of Directors. Among the other positions currently held by Mr. Bautista are: Chairman & President—Basic Capital Investments Corp (since June 2001); President—Cube Factor Holdings, Inc. (since March 1992); President and Member of the Board of Trustees—University of the East (since July 2002). Among the directorships Mr. Bautista holds are those of MacroAsia Corp. (since August 1997) and Eton Properties Philippines (since November 1998). He was President and CEO of Air Philippines from March to August 2004.

Raphael Bejar spent 15 years in the airline industry studying finance and purchasing methodology before creating Airsavings in 2001. Having worked previously with Jet Finance, Credit Foncier, and SH&E, he had the experience and vision to apply group purchasing business models familiar in other industries to both the cost reduction and ancillary services area of airline operations. Through his company, Mr. Bejar has created cost saving opportunities for low cost and mid sized airlines, otherwise unattainable except by industry giants. Three years ago, Mr. Bejar combined his innovative group buying technique with burgeoning web services technology to provide ancillary revenue solutions to those airlines as well. Mr. Bejar holds a degree in aeronautical engineering from the ESTACA in Paris and a postgraduate degree in Banking and Finance from Paris University.

Alexander J. Blake (Alex) is Regional Vice President, Asia Pacific, of AIG's Travel Insurance Division, based in Singapore. Alex has held several marketing, management and sales positions with AIG's travel insurance division, including e-business development for the Continental Europe region of AIG based in Paris, as well as overseeing the worldwide travel insurance e-business strategy based in New York. He has been overseeing AIG's travel insurance portfolio and operations in Southeast Asia since 2003.

Warwick Brady joined Mandala Airlines as CEO on July 2007. His focus is improving Flight Safety and creating the foundation of a first class operation. In 3 short months, Warwick and his team have brought Mandala Airlines into Category 1 for Safety and Airworthiness by the DGCA. This is excellent progress as this makes Mandala the only other scheduled operator to join Garuda in Category 1. His main goal is to transform Mandala, a 38 year old legacy carrier, into a well-known, profitable, modern, well run, safe and reliable low fare airline offering excellent customer service. Mandala is well positioned, with strong investors and strong management, to be Indonesia No 1 Airline in the next few years and will transform "Mandala" into Asia's Ultra Low Fare Airline. For the past two years, Warwick has served as Chief Operating Officer of Air Deccan - India's second largest airline, with a fleet of 42 aircraft, operating 350 flights per day to 65 destinations. Warwick turned the oepration into India's most efficient, lowest cost airline with the best on-time performance in India, whilst simultaneously growing the business at 1 aircraft per month. Prior to joining Deccan, Warwick worked at Ryanair, Europe's most successful low fares carrier, where he held several senior management positions including the Deputy Ops Director and Deputy CEO position for Buzz Airline, a 100% owned subsidiary. Warwick now has extensive experience in developing and growing a new generation airlines in the very competitive India and Western European markets and has significant exposure to airline strategy, marketing, government and industry affairs. Warwick Brady holds a MBA and a Diploma in Business Management from Henley Management College. He is also a Qualified Pilot of B737, B757, B767.

Bruce, as GGM Commercial, is responsible for Network, Marketing, Pricing, Revenue Management, Distribution, Government Relations, Scheduling, Fleet, Business Development and Commercial Systems. Bruce has been involved in Jetstar since July 2003 developing the business case, launching the brand and driving revenue performance that resulted in ongoing profitable operations for the airline since start-up – previously not achieved by any low fares carrier established by a full service parent airline. Jetstar is a low fares airline with a fresh and open approach to air travel. The carrier commenced operations on 25 May 2004 with domestic services to 14 destinations along the Australian east coast. Jetstar has since expanded its domestic operations and now operates over 1,000 short haul services each week to 20 Australian destinations, some short haul international services to Christchurch in New Zealand and a daily Singapore-Darwin-Cairns return service. Jetstar has over 14 per cent share of the Australian domestic market. Jetstar successfully commenced value based long haul international flights in November 2006, and now directly serves 6 international markets from either Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. Existing overseas markets include Bangkok, Phuket, Ho Chi Minh City, Bali, Honolulu and Osaka and in the future Nagoya and Kuala Lumpur. Prior to joining Jetstar, Bruce worked for The Boston Consulting Group where he was a core member of there Travel and Tourism practice area. Bruce has worked for various airlines within Australia, Asia and United States in a wide range of areas including sales, distribution, pricing, revenue management, marketing, airline loyalty programs, customer relationship management, finance, treasury, business strategy and supply chain. Bruce has a Civil Engineering Degree from The University of New South Wales, and a Master of Business Administration from The Australian Graduate School of Management and the Anderson School at UCLA.

Ms Chong Phit Lian, Chief Executive Officer of Jetstar Asia/Valuair, has over 28 years of management experience in the lifestyle, leisure, tourism, manufacturing and engineering industries. Chong holds Engineering and Business Administration qualifications and also attended post experience management courses sponsored by her employer. Chong started her career in the 1970’s as Engineering Assistant. She later rose through the ranks to Engineering Workshop Management, taking charge of a local Multi National Corporation’s independent business. Chong joined Singapore Technologies Corp (later restructured to be part of SembCorp Industries) in 1986 as Business Development manager and subsequently became Director of Business Development. She was then promoted to lead Singapore Precision Industries and Singapore Mint as President and Chief Executive Officer. During her 16 years as President and CEO of Singapore Precision Industries and The Singapore Mint, Chong was also Chief Executive (Group General Manager) of Safe Enterprises Group till she completed the restructuring and divestment of companies under the Group. Chong was on the Board of several companies during her time with Singapore Technologies and the SembCorp Group. Some of her Board memberships included : - Chairman of Tianjin Everbest Gear Manufacturing Company (China). - Director of Singapore Precision Industries - Chairman of Singapore Mint Pte. Ltd - Director of ST Anda Logistic (China) - Executive Director of SemHotel Group (Hotels in China, Bintan, Vietnam) - Director of Safe Enterprises Group (Consumer retail, Travel, Entertainment, Restaurants, Avis Car Rental , Resorts in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia) In March 2006, Chong joined Jetstar Asia Airways and is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of OrangeStar Pte Ltd, Jetstar Asia Airways and Valuair.

Cameron has a strong vertical knowledge of the aviation industry accumulated from over 17 years experience working with a number IT and Consulting Services firms specialising in the aviation and transportation sectors. Cameron joined Accenture in February 2005 after a 9 year tenure with Sabre Inc. culminating in the role of Regional Vice President Asia/Pac, responsible for sales, account management and support functions of Sabre’s Airline Solutions business in the region. Prior to Sabre Cameron spend a 5 year stint with Unisys as Account Executive managing aviation clients including Australian Air Express and Qantas Airways. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce-IT major degree from the University of Queensland, Australia and a post Graduate Management qualification at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas USA.

Tony Davis was appointed to his current position in January 2005. An aviation professional with over 20 years experience in both full service and low cost airlines, Mr Davis has been responsible for the rapid expansion of Tiger Airways from a fledgling airline into one of Asia’s leading low fare carriers. Since Mr Davis’ appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer, Tiger Airways has achieved a number of major milestones. These include expanding from just 3 destinations to 16 destinations in 7 countries; moving to Singapore’s Budget Terminal and carrying over 2 million passengers. The airline’s achievements and innovation have been recognized through its winning the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation’s “Best Low Cost Airline” Award in 2006. Prior to joining Tiger Airways, Tony was the founding Managing Director of bmibaby, the successful British low fares carrier, where he led the development of the airline in the very competitive Western European market. At bmibaby, Tony was responsible for growing the business from its initial business plan to a fleet of 14 aircraft serving 26 destinations in the UK, Ireland and continental Europe. Besides the low fares airline sector, Tony has broad experience in formulating and implementing international airline strategies, airline operations, corporate affairs, marketing and revenue management, and in representing airlines in negotiations with government and regulatory agencies, in the UK, the United States and other major countries. Prior to the launch of bmibaby, Tony worked at British Midland Airways from 1999 through 2001 as Director of Corporate Affairs, and from 1997 through 1999 as General Manager, Industry Affairs and Pricing. Before that, Mr Davis worked in the Middle East at Gulf Air in Bahrain and for the first nine years of his career he worked at British Airways in various management capacities including marketing and strategic alliances, while stationed in London and New York. In January 2007, Mr Davis was appointed as a Director of the Singapore Tourism Board. Mr Davis holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from Lancaster University, is a Fellow of the Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturing and Communications and a Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He is 41 years old.

Philippe Fonta joined Airbus in 1992, working in the Flight Operations Support and Services department, particularly in charge of producing the performance data and analysis for A320 Family operational documentation (Flight Crew Operating Manual, Load and Trim Sheets…). He was also ensuring the follow up of performance software, including the installation and initial training for airlines. In 1997, Philippe joined the Marketing Division of Airbus where he started computing performance and economic analysis to support the route studies in the frame of sales campaigns. With the increasing awareness and workload associated to environmental matters, he contributed to the creation of a position of environmental manager inside the marketing division of Airbus, position that he occupied for two years (1999-2000). In 2001, when Airbus became a single corporate entity, the company established a centralized coordinating team in charge of environmental affairs and Philippe naturally joined that team. He is then in charge of all economic and communication-related issues: he is responsible for the production of the Airbus environmental report, published every two years, and to ensure a proper internal communication in order to establish and maintain a real environmental culture within Airbus. Since 2004, he is also handling all communication aspects of the implementation of the ISO 14001 management system within Airbus. Since 1999, Philippe is representing Airbus in the FESG (Forecasting and Economic analysis Support Group) of ICAO, a group in charge of defining for ICAO the forecast in terms of traffic growth and fleet composition over the next twenty years and evaluating the economic impact for the air transport sector of any new environmental stringency recommendation. He is also participating as an observer in the activities of the IATA Environmental Task Force (ENTAF) that became an Environmental Committee (ENCOM) last year. Philippe is graduated from the French Civil Aviation School (Toulouse – France) as an aeronautical engineer, and he followed a 16-day additional qualification on environment and sustainable development in 2005 from the “Collège of the High Studies on Environment and Sustainable Development” (Paris) Philippe is 40 years old; he is married and has three children. Philippe is a former rugby player; he still occasionally plays rugby with the Airbus leisure rugby team.

Michael Garvens is the Chairman of the Management Board of Flughafen Köln/Bonn GmbH. The 47 year-old business administration graduate has been head of the company since February 1, 2002. Michael Garvens was previously the Managing Director of Globe Ground Berlin GmbH, a joint venture of the Berlin airport company and Lufthansa. Globe Ground Berlin is the largest service company at the Berlin airports, providing the entire spectrum of ground services. Michael Garvens was a member of the Lufthansa Corporation for more than ten years where he held various positions, including Ex-ecutive Manager of Lufthansa Airport and Ground Services at Frie-drichshafen and Leipzig. After completing his business management studies at the Wirtschaft-sakademie Hamburg in 1984, Michael Garvens gained his first ex-perience in the aviation industry working from 1986 as Controller of Hapag Lloyd Fluggesellschaft in Hanover, changing then in 1990 to the Lufthansa Corporation. In January 2005 Michael Garvens was elected Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce in Cologne.

Mr Brett Godfrey 44, is the Chief Executive and co-founder of Virgin Blue Airlines Limited which comprises Australian domestic carrier Virgin Blue, international airline Pacific Blue, Polynesian Blue, a joint venture airline with the Government of Samoa, and Australia’s newest international airline, V Australia, set launch services between Australia and the United States of America from late 2008, subject to regulatory approvals. Together the airlines currently operate over 2200 flights a week to 22 Australian and eight international destinations. Prior to conceptualising and launching Australia's Virgin Blue Airlines in August 2000, Brett had a 12 year career in aviation and finance which included appointments as Chief Financial Officer of Belgium based Virgin Express; Finance Manager of Virgin Atlantic based in London and Group Financial Controller of Sherrard/National Jet, in Melbourne. He started his career as a chartered accountant with accountancy firm Touche Ross. Mr. Godfrey holds a business degree from Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia and is an award winning leader recognised internationally for services to aviation, customer service, tourism and business. Brett is also a Director of the Board of WestJet, Canada's leading low-fare airline offering scheduled services to 33 cities in North America. Virgin Blue of course burst onto the Australian scene as a groundbreaking model stimulating historic change launching low cost air fares for high quality airline services and permanently changing the face and cost of air travel in Australia. Since launching Virgin Blue with two aircraft and 200 staff Brett has steered the airline company through seven years of profitable growth. Virgin Blue continues to hold approximately 32 percent of the Australian domestic market, operates a fleet of 53 Boeing aircraft and, via sister carriers Pacific Blue and Polynesian Blue, operates flights to and from New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, Tonga, and the Cook Islands. More recently Virgin Blue has made a dramatic change in strategic direction - embarking on accelerated evolution under the airline's New World Carrier strategy which combines the best of both worlds - the low cost carrier principles combined with expanded appeal to the business sector and leading product innovations. At the seven year mark under Brett's leadership, all of the Virgin Blue Group's acclaimed airlines are successful, profitable and poised for their next phase of development which includes the arrival of 20 new Embraer E-Jet aircraft to the Virgin Blue fleet. This major new investment will enhance Virgin Blue’s ability to better serve the market be more accurately matching seat capacity and frequency to traveler demand and allow the airline Group to further expand its network.

Gordon's career started in 1972 at Luton Airport (UK) working in airside operations progressing through supervisory roles. In 1980 he moved to the New Jeddah Airport in Saudi Arabia as Airfield Duty Manager, commissioning the airside infrastructure thereafter responsible for airside operations and the training and development of Saudi nationals over a 4-year period. He returned to Luton Airport as Airport Duty Manager progressing to Passenger Services Manager. He left to join Liverpool Airport (UK) as Operations Director for 2 years moving to Manchester Airport (UK) for 11 years. During his time, he undertook the following roles: Airfield Operations Manager, Head of Airport Security, Head of Terminals, Head of Cargo, Operational Commissioning Manager T3 and finally as Customer Services Director at one the company's subsidiary airports. He moved to Gloucestershire Airport (UK) a General Aviation airport as Managing Director, developing the airport to profitability in 2 years and then recruited by the BAA London Heathrow (UK) to perform as Head of Airside Delivery, responsible for Airside Operations, Airside Security and Airside Transport. He was then asked to join BAA's International Division and formed part of the team that undertook the due diligence that witnessed Budapest Airport (HUNGARY) forming part of the BAA airports. He was asked to remain as Customer Services Director leaving following the take over and sale of the airport by Ferrovia. His background has always been associated with airport authorities, in his new role this provides him with the experience and understanding of issues that is constantly being addressed by airport authorities. This enables him to ensure that IATA member airlines within the Asia Pacific region are fully briefed on all airport development proposals, ensuring what is being presented by the airport authority is fully debated and agreed through a common appreciation by operating airlines, and seeking to establish the best provision of customer services to the traveling public at a unified cost"

Peter established the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, the region’s leading specialist aviation consultancy and research practice, in 1990. Over the past 15 years he has been involved in a wide range of consulting assignments, focused in the Asia Pacific region. These include airport and airline privatisation, passenger and freight airport marketing, advice to governments and governmental organisations on policy, bilateral and multilateral issues, airline startup business planning, traffic forecasting and airline management education. Peter worked with IATA in Geneva for 10 years and was until recently, Chairman of IATA’s World Aviation Regulatory Monitor Group. Peter is the immediate past President of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand. He is Managing Director of a tourism development company and sits on a number of industry committees providing advice on tourism and aviation policy. He is a law graduate of London and Melbourne Universities, with an LLM from McGill University’s Institute of Air and Space Law.

Karen joined Skywest Airlines in June 2007 as Chief Financial Officer. With over 13 years experience in accounting and business services, Karen started her career in the mining industry working for WesTrac Equipment before moving to Schlumberger Oilfields Australia where she held the position of Finance Centre Manager for the Australia/New Zealand region. Most recently she held a senior finance position at Murdoch University. Karen holds a Bachelor of Business majoring in Accounting from Curtin University and is a member of CPA Australia.

Andrew Herdman has held the position of Director General of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) since November 2004. In this role he is committed to expanding the role of the Association as the leading trade organization 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. Prior to joining the AAPA, Andrew held a number of senior positions with the Swire Group, the parent company of Cathay Pacific Airways, with other diverse interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, trading and industrial sectors, predominantly based in the Greater China region, most recently as Director Corporate Affairs at Swire Pacific and a Director of the parent holding company, John Swire & Sons. Mr. Herdman spent much of his earlier career in a variety of senior aviation-related roles with Cathay Pacific Airways and its associated companies, including: Managing Director, Cathay Pacific Catering Services, Managing Director of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd (HAECO), Chairman of Xiamen-based TAECO; Cathay Pacific General Manager Cargo; Director and General Manager of ABACUS, and a board member of Worldspan. Mr. Herdman is a graduate of Oxford University, with BA (Hons) and a post-graduate BPhil in management studies. Married with two daughters, he also enjoys tennis, sailing and hiking.

As Vice President, Airline Business Group Asia Pacific, Damian is responsible for managing the growth of Amadeus business which includes Amadeus' Altéa suite of airline IT solutions. Damian joined Amadeus in 2005. In addition, he is responsible for securing airline distribution contracts and overseeing the development of Amadeus' successful value-based pricing initiative in the region. Damian is based at Amadeus’ Asia Pacific headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand. Prior to joining Amadeus, Damian held senior management positions at Datalex PLC and Westinghouse. Joining Datalex in 1998 as Vice President Sales (Americas), he became General Manager for Asia Pacific, and subsequently Senior Vice President (Commercial), managing global sales and marketing functions of the company, including multi-channel partners, product management and corporate communications. During his time as Regional Director for Europe, Africa and Middle East for Westinghouse, he was responsible for reengineering the region and leading it to its most profitable period. Damian’s previous positions also include Regional Manager Asia Pacific for the Airline Technology division of Westinghouse based in Singapore, as well as Internet Product Manager at Northrop Grumman Canada (now part of SITA).

Peter Hoslin has over 20 years experience in airlines and airports from around the world, starting his career with Laker Airways in the UK. He worked for airlines in Canada, Nigeria and Syria, before moving to Australia and joining Qantas Eastern Airlines. In 1991 Peter joined Sydney Airport where, after many operational and commercial roles he headed up marketing for the Airport. Peter is currently responsible for the marketing and route development of the airports of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Peter and his marketing team at Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) are demonstrating the globally strategic location of Abu Dhabi, and the profit potential of the Middle East, to airlines in key target markets around the world. ADAC owns and operates the gateway Abu Dhabi International Airport and the regional cargo and low cost carrier international airport of Al Ain, which is located just a 60 minute drive from both Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

With nearly 20 years in the transport and travel industry, David brings a wealth of experience to airlines and the companies that serve them. He was one of the three original officers at the founding of Virgin Blue, holding executive management positions including Head of Commercial and Head of Strategy & Communication during its period of high growth from its formation in 1999 to 2005. He also led the airline's search for new commercial opportunities in Asia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Prior to his tenure at Virgin Blue, David served as Deputy Director of Sales and Marketing for Virgin Express, the Brussels based European LCC of the Virgin Group. He also has extensive experience in the fuel industry and was a former US licensed travel agent. Today, David consults for a number of key clients focused on the LCC sector in both emerging and established markets. In 2006, he was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Vueling, a LCC based in Barcelona, Spain. He holds a BA of International Relations from Brown University in the United States and an MBA from INSEAD in France. Originally from the US state of Colorado, David has lived in eight countries and traveled to over 90 others.

Dr Anurag Jain heads the Pricing & Revenue Management Function at Air Deccan, India’s pioneering Low Cost Carrier. He has been with the company almost from the beginning, and was mandated by the founder Capt Gopinath to set up the Revenue Management function at the carrier. Operating in one of the most dynamic markets, the challenges of managing a fast-growing carrier's Revenue Management demanded a key role from him in subscribing to new technologies and going in for newer distibution channels. While the capacity in the industry grew by leaps and bounds, the Revenue Management team under his leadership at Deccan introduced pricing innovations to the Indian market over the last 3 years, enabling the carrier to garner market share hugely. A keen aviation enthusiast, Dr Jain joined Air Deccan immediately after finishing a doctorate in Management from IIM Bangalore. Prior to PhD, he worked in the Chemical Process industry, including with blue-chip companies such as Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd, and India Glycols Ltd. He has been a speaker at various Revenue Management conferences, and has taught at prestigious business schools.

Alan Joyce was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Jetstar in October 2003. Under his leadership of the fully owned Qantas subsidiary, Jetstar successfully launched in the Australian market in May 2004, with the airline achieving profitability within its first six months of operations. In over 3 years of flying, Jetstar has carried 18 million customers, successfully introduced a new fleet of 23 Airbus A320 aircraft and grown its short haul Australian domestic and some international trans Tasman and Singapore services to 22 destinations. In November 2006 under his leadership and within one year’s implementation, Jetstar successfully introduced one of the world’s first – and now largest – value based long haul international airline operations. The carrier now serves 8 international long haul destinations from Australia with a fleet of 6 Airbus A330-200s offering two classes of service. From August 2008, Jetstar international will begin to transition to a fleet of 15 Boeing 787s to support the brand’s continued expansion into Asia, Europe and predicted future North American services direct from Australia. Jetstar will be the first airline in the Qantas Group to accept the B787 Dreamliner, the world’s fastest selling commercial jet aircraft. With the growth of both narrow and wide body fleets over the next three years Jetstar will become ten times its original operational size by 2010/11. Jetstar has generated profitable returns for the Qantas Group since its inception and in the 2007 financial year ending 30 June 2007 the carrier delivered a record profit before tax result of AUD $87.3 million after international start-up costs along with a strong return on capital. Alan has 18 years’ experience in the airline industry, principally in fleet and network planning and business improvement. Prior to heading Jetstar he worked for Qantas Airways as Group General Manager Network, responsible for Network Strategy, Network Analysis, Schedules Planning and Schedules Variation. Before his commencement with the Qantas Group, he worked at Ansett Airlines in a variety of roles including Vice President / General Manager Network and Schedules Planning and Route Development Manager. As Vice President at Ansett, Alan oversaw Network Planning, Schedules Planning, Fleet Planning, Demand Forecasting and Route Economics. Alan spent nine years at Aer Lingus working in a variety of roles that covered network planning, business improvements and fleet planning. He also played a key role in devising Aer Lingus’ low cost strategy. In January 2006 Alan was appointed a Director of Orange Star. He holds a Master of Science degree from Trinity College, Dublin.

Garry Kingshott an Australian national has been working in India for two years with Jet Airways (India) Ltd. In April 2007, when Jet Airways acquired competitor, Air Sahara, he was asked to take over the business and transform the airline into a Value Based Carrier, now re branded as Jet Lite. With more than 30 years experience in business including 15 years in Aviation, Garry Kingshott has led many business transformation teams in a wide variety of industries, including aviation, financial services, travel services and FMCG, across diverse geographies.

The 40-year-old communications professional specialising in automated individual communication devoted himself to his interest in the up and coming call center sector following his academic studies at the Institute for Journalism and Communications. The theoretical analysis of this field was soon completed by the practical implementation. Innovative methods, efficient concepts, integration of latest techniques and technologies as well as the foundation of his own analysis-oriented specialist company - Thomas Kloibhofer Telecommunications - was harmoniously rounded off by the founding of the Competence Call Center in late spring 1998. Thomas Kloibhofer is now represented through CCC in Berlin, Bratislava, Bucharest, Leipzig, Linz, Vienna and Zurich with over 1.900 employees. CCC has already been distinguished 14 times for exceptional call center management services, including for the best call center management in the world and for the best European campaign.

Con is an airline executive with over 17 years experience. He was Head of Strategy at Qantas prior to joining Viva Macau and was the founding Chief Executive of Jetstar Asia. He has held a number of senior executive roles in some of the region's well-known airlines, including Marketing and Loyalty Program management at Singapore Airlines; Commercial Director and CFO of Ansett International; and General Manager, Indonesia and Corporate Finance General Manager for Ansett Australia Group. As Commercial Director & CFO of Ansett, Con's team established international operations for the airlines in several Asian countries. Con holds a Bachelor of Economics from Monash University in Melbourne, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Mr Lim, based in Singapore, has been awarded two scholarships by the Singapore Government. The first was to complete an undergraduate Masters degree in electronics engineering in the prestigious French ‘Grande Ecole’ schools of engineering. The second was awarded while he was serving with the Ministry of Defence of Singapore to read a Masters in Public Administration course at the elite ENA of France. After a period of 10 years as a Defense Specialist Engineer, Mr Lim left the Civil Service to start his own businesses. Mr Lim currently has an extensive portfolio of businesses spanning many countries. He is the Chairman of a biomedical company Lynk Biotechnologies Private Limited which has developed a revolutionary platform for transdermal delivery of water-soluble drugs and also Chairman of WooWorld Private Limited which is a supplier of online and mobile games to telcos in China, Japan and South East Asia. Mr Lim is also a Director in a medical supply company specialising in providing advanced medical systems to hospitals.

Mark Lim is the Head of IT and e-Commerce at Tiger Airways, Singapore's true low fare airline. He's been with the company since 2005, and has presided over a period of tremendous infrastructure and technological growth for the young airline. Tiger Airways has since introduced a new online reservation system, a new website, and operates out of two international bases while flying to over 25 destinations in a burgeoning pan-Asian market. Keeping the company's technology reliable, dynamic and nimble while keeping costs down has been a legendary specialty of his department. Before working at Tiger, Mark spent over 10 years in Silicon Valley, where his experience was honed in the entrepreneurial environment of technology start-ups. His work included technologies that would eventually become the core components of Disney's massive go.com network and the Lycos search portal. And in 2002, he established his own systems integration company in San Jose, California. Mark graduated magna cum laude from Santa Clara University with a degree in Management Information Systems. He has never learned to play the tuba, and probably never will.

Andrew is CEO of CAPA Consulting. He was previously Chief Operating Officer of Air New Zealand and is an experienced CEO/Managing Director of substantial organisations in both privately held companies and publicly listed organisations which have been leaders in their fields. His current focus as a consultant is on the development of airline and airports restructuring programmes, including the establishment of more viable and competitive structures. He has extensive knowledge of airline strategy, route systems and service development, particularly in the low cost sector. Andrew’s background covers aviation, airport and high street retail and management consulting, with experience in the US, UK/Europe, Australia and New Zealand. He has been a director of more than 40 companies, and managed operations employing over 16,000 people, revenues of $6 billion and 780 retail stores. He served with Air New Zealand from 1997 to November 2003, and was an architect of the airline’s development of low cost operations in the domestic market and on the Tasman. Prior to his role as COO of Air New Zealand, Andrew occupied senior positions in both Air New Zealand and its then-subsidiary, Ansett Airlines, including CEO of Ansett International and General Manager of Ansett Australia. He was previously President, Oceania of DFS (Duty Free Shoppers), in the early 1990s, following a high level career in retail in the UK.

Elyes M’Rad was appointed Regional Vice President, Sales and Relationship Management (South Asia and India), in mid-2006, as the new single SITA organization came into being. In his current role, Elyes has responsibility in South Asia and India for customer relationships, sales and account management. This covers all SITA products and services provided by its four business units: Airport and Desktop Services (ADS), Passenger and Travel Solutions (PTS), Airline Operations and AIRCOM Services (AOAS), and Communication Services. He heads a team of sales and customer service professionals catering to the airport, airline and government sectors generating annual revenue of $115 million. Prior to this, Elyes was based in Beijing as Regional Vice President, North Asia and China, for the former division, SITA Information Networking Computing (SITA INC) from September 2003, responsible for sales and marketing in Japan, Korea and the Greater China region. He joined SITA in 1999, and served in various senior management positions in Geneva head office. As Senior Director for Commercial Operations Strategy and Planning from January 2002 – April 2003, Elyes spearheaded SITA’s commercial strategy and led various programs to improve SITA’s organization and sales efficiency. Elyes relocated to China in April 2003 when he was appointed Vice President and Managing Director of Infosky Technology Co. Ltd, a joint venture of SITA and TravelSky Technology Ltd. Before joining SITA, Elyes was the Senior Manager of Operations in R.J.Reynolds International, a global tobacco company with high growth in East/Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. He has also held several management positions in the production department of Rolex-Geneva. Elyes has a Masters degree in Business Administration from the Institute of Management Development (IMD) Lausane, Switzerland; and a Master of Science degree in Precision Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland. He speaks French, English, Arabic, Spanish and German.

Mr. Nam, PhD in Economics, studied in the former Soviet Union during 1981-1990, joined Vietnam's flag carrier in late 1990. He was Vietnam Airlines' Director Marketing Planning between 1993 and 2004 responsible for network & fleet planning, industry cooperation and alliances, marketing, frequent flyer program. Mr. Nam joined Pacific Airlines as Managing Director on 01 July 2008 and led the company's ownership and business model restructuring program under leadership of Vietnam's Ministry of Finance and State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC). Pacific Airlines made its transformation into LCC on 13 Feb 2007 and sold 30% of its shares to Qantas Airways, the first tranche of which was completed on 30 Jul 2007. With investments from SCIC and Qantas, Pacific Airlines has started its domestic expansion and planned for international expansion from mid 2008.

Mr. Nurjadin is the President and CEO of Cardig International, the largest independent third party aviation and logistics specialist in Indonesia focused on empowering customers’ core business. He joined the Board of Directors of the Company as the Vice President Director of JAS Airport Services in 1998 after serving as a commissioner since 1994. He was previously a Director at Peregrine Securities and a Vice President at Bankers Trust in Singapore. He also previously served as Group CFO at Bimantara Citra, a diversified conglomerate focusing on media and telecommunications. In 2003, when Cardig International was established as the Holding Company of JAS Airport Services and other subsidiaries, Mr. Nurjadin was appointed as the President and CEO. Currently, Cardig International comprises aviation services, logistics, catering and security services represented in 10 subsidiaries. With more than 7000 dedicated professionals of workforce, Cardig International is committed to finding and providing costumer focused solutions and being the partner of choice in air transport and logistics.

In an aviation career spanning almost 20 years, David has held several senior commercial, airline positions, leading teams for Cathay Pacific Airways, Qatar Airways and VLM Airlines in diverse locations such as Indonesia, Singapore, The Maldives, as well as the UK. In 2006 David turned from “poacher to gamekeeper” accepting a role at Australia’s fastest growing regional Airport, Newcastle Airport, as Manager Corporate Affairs.

Azran was recently appointed as Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X, a new airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia focused on providing long-haul low-cost services in 2007. AirAsia X is an associate of AirAsia Berhad, the leading short-haul low-lost carrier in Southeast Asia, carrying 18 million passengers annually across a network of over 70 destinations. Prior to his appointment, Azran was formerly a Senior Director of Business Development of Astro All Asia Networks plc, a leading Asian digital satellite television and radio broadcaster, where he led the start-up and operational launch of Astro’s international investments and joint ventures across Southeast Asia, India and Greater China – having oversight management responsibility for a portfolio of over US$300 million invested in these businesses. He was also responsible for Astro’s corporate and regulatory affairs functions, overseeing management of Astro’s key stakeholders. Prior to ASTRO, Azran led the demutualization exercise of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, transforming it into a for-profit corporation in preparation for its eventual public listing. Azran was formerly an Associate Partner of McKinsey & Company, an international management consultancy, where he co-led its Asia Pacific Corporate Finance & Strategy practice. His client work focused on engineering, technology and services companies, and he was active in the development of the venture capital and technology start-ups in Malaysia. He holds a Masters degree in Management Science and a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, both from Stanford University. He is a competitive ultimate frisbee player.

Brad Paterson joined PayPal in September 2005 to pioneer its Merchant Services team in Australia and grow the acceptance of PayPal everywhere. Strong career accomplishments in the payments and technology sectors throughout the Asia Pacific region have prepared Brad well for his unique role at PayPal. The Merchant Services team currently works with merchants across the world, beyond those on eBay, to provide online payment solutions. Prior to joining PayPal, Brad held a number of regional roles with Visa International, including Director of Consumer & Emerging Products and Merchant Development across the Asia Pacific region. His roles included ongoing liaison with bank and merchant partners to grow the use and distribution of payment products, also leading various projects for the travel industry with a focus on payments solutions for travel partners. Brad has also held roles in the IT industry, as National Business Manager for HP within BCA IT, a major corporate technology reseller. He has experience across numerous industry verticals relating to payments and disruptive technologies in roles ranging from Marketing and Product Development to Business Development. Brad graduated from the University of Newcastle with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is currently undertaking an MBA with the Australian Graduate School of Management.

In October 2004, Stefan Pichler joined Virgin Blue as Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for Virgin Blue’s network management, sales, product and services, marketing and brand management. Formerly the CEO of Thomas Cook where Stefan built the company from a national tour operator to the world’s second largest leisure group, he has also held senior executive and executive board roles with Lufthansa. Joining Lufthansa in 1989 as the Marketing & Sales Manager for France, Stefan was appointed Managing Director of Lufthansa France in 1991. Additional roles included his appointments as Head of Worldwide Sales in 1996 and a member of Lufthansa’s Executive Board in1997. Stefan combines both extensive airline experience with major carriers in Europe with extensive knowledge of brands, including working with leading global brands such as NIKE. He is formerly a non-executive director of major German corporations including Deutsche Bank and Steigenberger Hotels in Germany. A former internationally ranked marathon runner, Stefan started his career as the Head of Sport Promotions at NIKE International in Oregon. He has a Masters Degree in both Economics and Law from Augsburg University.

24 years Revenue Management experience Emirates - Space Control / Yield Management using PROS revenue management system. Qatar Airways – Manager Revenue Optimisation – Setup Revenue Management Department comprising of Yield Management, Central Reservation Control, Pricing and Distribution. Implemented PROS Revenue Management. Team member 5 year planning and fleet acquisition. Projects Managed - Amadeus/Lufthansa reservation system, PROS, AMADEUS NDC. Currently General Manager Revenue Optimisation at Kingfisher Airlines managing Pricing, Yield Management and Central Reservation Control and Distribution . Project Manager Sabre Airmax revenue Management system, Also overseeing Kingfisher Airlines /Air Deccan Revenue Management integration.

Patee Sarasin is the Chief Executive Officer of Nok Air, the truly Thai low fare airline. Patee received his secondary education in England at Kings School, Canterbury, and then spent his college years in the U.S.A., receiving a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from Clark University, in Massachusetts, and a Masters Degree in Mass Communication Film and Video from American University in Washington, D.C. Patee launched his career with advertising agency Lintas in 1983, as a Research Manager, and then took a 2 year break to complete his masters degree, followed by 2 years with NBC, the U.S. television network, on both the creative and production side. Returning to Thailand in 1989, he joined SPA Advertising as Creative Liaison officer and a member of the Management Committee, and in 1991 became General Manager of Multi Media Orbit, a production house of SPA. In 1992 Patee was appointed Managing Director and later CEO of Bates Advertising Thailand, a joint venture between SPA and Bates Worldwide. Under Patee’s management, Bates Thailand became the fastest growing advertising agency in Thailand, and included the famed creation of DTAC and its launch into the market. In early 2004 Patee left Bates to join the new airline that was to become Nok Air as Chief Executive Officer, and has been a driving force behind the success of the airline, utilizing his marketing background and experiences and effectively applying them to Nok Air. Under Patee’s leadership Nok Air has seen continuous growth in terms of revenue, passenger numbers and destinations, as it reaches from its base in Thailand across Asia. Today Nok Air has already recovered the initial investment just after only two years of operation, and she continuously is growing towards a strong, profitable and a healthy company. As his aviation career takes off, he continues to be invited to speak at various international aviation symposiums around the world including those in Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Sydney, New York and Houston. Patee is currently an advisor to Minister of Tourism and Sports of Thailand. He is also an active and consultant to the Thailand Squash Team.

Carly Sommer is General Manager Business Development & Marketing for Queensland Airports Limited, the owners of Gold Coast, Townsville and Mount Isa airports. She is responsible for aeronautical revenue and attracting new airline services to all three airports as well as setting the overall marketing strategy for each airport to sustain existing flights through airline relationships, market research, cooperative marketing campaigns, brand management and leveraging the airports’ sponsorship activities. More recently, Carly’s role has expanded to marketing new subsidiary businesses within the Queensland Airports Limited group (including non airport related business) and managing the development of the groups strategic plan. Mrs Sommer has 10 years experience in market research, commercial aviation development and strategic marketing. Carly’s previous roles included commercial aviation development at Tourism Queensland (a statutory authority of the Queensland Government).

After his post-graduate studies in Socio - Economic Development & Political Sociology, Mr. Teffaha joined AACO as an assistant tariff analyst and rose up in the ranks until becoming Assistant Secretary General in 1992. He was elected Secretary General of the Association in June 1996 and still serves in this capacity. In his career he participated in a large number of international and regional conferences. On the regional level Mr. Teffaha played a key role in developing a new strategy for AACO based on collective power of negotiations in order to achieve better economic results for the Arab Airlines. Joint Projects were quickly launched and include to date Joint Fuel Purchasing, Joint Ground Handling, Joint MIDT Processing, the establishment of Regional Training Center and agreements with Galileo and Amadeus covering almost all the markets of the region, the launch of Joint Network Cooperation under the name of Arabesk and Deployment of E- Tickets. AACO is now working on a joint approach towards the adoption of New Generation Passenger Management systems and better empowerment of E-commerce tools.

Michael Wirth is Head of Information Technology. Michael has a marketing and technology background with a focus on travel and E-Commerce. He is responsible for Oasis Hong Kong Airlines' global I.T. strategy and Enterprise Architecture, information and distribution systems, as well as business process and security management. Michael formerly held the role of CIO at ebookit.com, where he successfully led the integration of the I.T. infrastructure, working with global travel technology suppliers. Before joining ebookit.com, he was Electronic Commerce Development Manager with Bosch and Siemens Home Appliance Group and previously was Marketing Manager responsible for Siemens' marketing. Prior tenures were with Internet travel pioneers HexMac AG of Germany and Media 21 of Singapore.

Having gained a private pilot licence before matriculating to university in 1969, Ian Woods subsequently enjoyed a 21 year career in the Royal Australian Air Force before retiring with the rank of Squadron Leader in 1992. During his 21 years as a military pilot, 14 of which as a member of the Air Force Active Reserve while concurrently employed as an airline pilot, Ian's flying training experience comes from his time as a training captain and instrument rating examiner for No 38 Caribou Squadron based at Richmond outside Sydney NSW. Ian joined Trans Australian Airlines in 1977 to fly Focker F27's and in 1980 joined Qantas as a Second Officer on the B747. Since then, he has completed a degree in Economics, been contracted to Singapore Airlines and Asiana and is currently a B747-400 Captain with Qantas. In addition to his flying endeavours, Ian has been on the Australian and International Pilots Association’s (AIPA) Committee of Management since 1999 and in November 2005 was elected as President of AIPA, the professional association for Qantas Group flight crew.