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Director, Southern Airports Operations Affairs, Domestic Airports,
General Authority of Civil Aviation
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General Manager,
Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council
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Mr Mohammed Yousuf Al Budoor, Aerospace and Academic Studies Principal,
Emirates Aviation College
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Director, Marketing and Communications,
Abu Dhabi Airports Company
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Managing Director,
Bahrain Air
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Deputy Managing Director,
Kuwait Airways
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H.E. Khalifa Al Mazrouei, Chairman,
Abu Dhabi Airports Company
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H.E. Mohamed Hareb , Al Yousef, Executive Director,
Department of Transport
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Mr Mohammed Humaidan Al Zaabi, General Manager,
Horizon International Flight Academy
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Chief Executive Officer,
Air Arabia
Adel Ali, together with the management team has been given credit for setting up the Middle East and North Africa’s first low-cost carrier (LCC), Air Arabia. Adel has brought over 25 years of strategic aviation, tourism and marketing experience to Air Arabia since the company commenced operations in October 2003. Adel’s distinctive leadership style, vision, skilful management combined with his charisma and zeal, makes him an inspiration to his team and has made Air Arabia one of the top 50 most admired companies in the Arab world.
Adel previously served as Vice President (Commercial and Customer Service) for Gulf Air, where he played a central role in the airline’s recovery. Before that, he spent over 20 years with British Airways where he also held senior management positions, including General Manager (Middle East and Africa).
In addition, Adel has served as a Director and a Senior Board Member for a number of companies in the Middle East and Europe. He has been recognised within the industry as a Middle East airline expert and has received awards for his contribution to air transport and tourism in the Middle East and Africa.
Adel innovative achievements has been globally recognized on creating a successful low cost business model in the Middle East customised as per region’s needs, marking Air Arabia as the first low-cost airline in the MENA region. Adel drove Air Arabia’s growth to become the largest low cost carrier in the Middle East as well as the first publicly owned airline in the Arab World with in a span of only five years.
Adel holds an MBA degree from Marlhurst University, Oregon, USA. He bagged ‘British Airways Award for Excellence’ and ‘Middle East Tourism Contribution Award’. In 1983 and 1991, he received ‘British Airways Customer Services Award’. In 2007, Adel has been awarded the ‘Airline CEO of the year’ by Aviation Business Magazine. He has been named world’s best LCC CEO during the World LCC Congress 2008. Adel is also the Chairman of Sharjah Information Systems Associates (ISA) and Alpha Sharjah catering.
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Captain Abdulkhaled Al-Kadi, Chairman,
Yemenia
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Captain Mohammed Al-Khashman, President,
Jordan Aviation
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Head of Global Airport System Integration,
SITA
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President & CEO,
Middle East Business Aviation Association
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CEO,
Mihin Lanka Airlines
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CEO,
Oman Airport Management Authority
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General Partner,
Ithmar Capital
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Chairman & CEO,
Jazeera Airways
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Director General,
Civil Aviation Lebanon
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Senior Program Manager,
Lockheed Martin Transportation & Security Solutions
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CEO,
Queen Alia International Airport, Amman, Jordan
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Executive Chairman,
Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
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.
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Head, Business Aircraft Practice Group,
Vedder Price PC
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Following an approach from the Government of Oman, he was delighted to take up the post of CEO Oman Air and is now busily working on creating a world class airline based in Muscat, focused upon developing a network of sustainable air services that will promote the Sultanate’s growing leisure and business travel markets
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Vice President Marketing & Corporate Communications,
Dubai Airports
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Director Policy and Regulation,
Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi
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Marketing Director,
Abu Dhabi Airports Company
Peter Hoslin has over 20 years experience in airlines and airports from around the world, commencing his career with Laker Airways in the UK. He has worked with airlines in Canada, Nigeria, Syria and Europe, before moving to Australia, where, after many operational and commercial roles he led the marketing for Sydney 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 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. The ADAC Marketing team is equally focused on promoting the speed and efficiency of Abu Dhabi’s airports to the traveling public in the UAE.
Abu Dhabi Airports Company owns and operates the gateway Abu Dhabi International Airport and the regional cargo and low cost carrier focused international airport of Al Ain which is located just a 60 minute drive from both Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
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Managing Director,
Planely Spoken
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.
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General Manager Marketing,
Dubai Airports
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General Manager Airport Infrastructure & Services,
Kingfisher Airlines
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CEO,Indian Subcontinent,
Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
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Born in 1959, Mr. Kotil graduated from Aeronautical Engineering Department at Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 1983. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1991. After founding and managing the Aviation and Advanced Composite Laboratories of ITU, he also served as chair and associate dean of Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering.
He served as the Head of Research Planning and Coordination Department in Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul.
Going to US for a second time in 2001, he served as guest professor in the University of Illinois, followed by a position of Research Engineer in Advanced Innovative Technologies Inc, in Troy, New York, between 2002 and 2003.
Dr. Kotil started his career with Turkish Airlines in 2003, as the Deputy General Manager in Turkish Technic, Inc. He became the CEO of Turkish Airlines in 2005. Dr. Kotil has served on the Board of Governors of IATA since 2006.
Mr. Kotil, married with 4 children, has many articles and publications in the aeronautical science journals, and papers in seminars and conferences.
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CEO,
Airport Co-ordination Australia
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Partner,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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Vice President Airport Solutions,
SITA
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Founder & CEO,
SimpliFlying
Shashank Nigam is a well respected airline marketing and branding strategist referred to by branding gurus as “a future business leader to watch”. He authors an award-winning blog on airline branding at SimpliFlying.com. His seminal 6X airline branding model was First published by Interbrand’s Brandchannel.com. He is currently building the world’s First global Airline Brand Index based on this model. Shashank has been sharing his pioneering methodologies through global publications and speaking engagements. He is also the contributing author of two highly acclaimed books on branding published by Wiley. Visit SimpliFlying.com to learn more.
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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.
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In October 2004, Stefan Pichler joined Virgin Blue as Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for Virgin Blue’s network and revenue management, sales and e-commerce, 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 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 in 1997.
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 corporations including Deutsche Bank and Steigenberger Hotels in Germany, Grupo Iberostar in Spain and Thomas Cook in India.
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.
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Manager, e-Commerce,
Qatar Airways
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CEO,
Istithmar World Aviation Holdings
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Regional Vice President, Middle East & North Africa,
IATA
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General Manager,
Delhi International Airport
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Senior Vice President,
SH&E
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Director, Learning & Development Centre,
Kingfisher Airlines
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Director,
Australian Wings Academy
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Chief Commercial Officer,
Cairo Airport Company
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Professor & Chairman, Department of Avation,
Ohio State Uniersity
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Chief Strategy Officer,
Gulf Air
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Secretary General,
Arab Air Carriers Organisation
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Vice President Treasury,
Etihad
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CEO,
Abu Dhabi Airports Company
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