

Ben Baldanza joined Spirit, the largest Ultra Low Cost Carrier in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, in January 2005 as our President and Chief Operating Officer. In May 2006, Mr. Baldanza was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer at which t…more ›

Mr. Ferri currently serves as Delta Air Lines’ Vice President – Latin America and Caribbean. In this position, Mr. Ferri oversees and directs all of Delta’s commercial activities in the Latin America and Caribbean region, including long-term growth opportunities with …more ›

Leonardo Pereira is GOL’s vice-president in charge of finance, planning, business development and IT. Prior to joining GOL, Pereira served two years as the Director President of Companhia do Vale do Araguaia, a Brazilian commercial foresting company, and six years as th…more ›

As Head of International Flights within Latin America at LAN Airlines, Nicolas is responsible of a +1 Billion revenue business operating in Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and USA (south). Before joining LAN Airlines, Nico…more ›

Mr. Grajales joined Aaerovías del Contienete Americano S.A., Avianca on May 20, 2002 as CFO. He has a B.S. in Business Administration with an M.S. in finance from Baltimore University. He started his professional career as Treasurer for Gillette Colombia in 1992 an…more ›

Mr Rhoads earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University majoring in Economics and Latin American Studies and his Global MBA from Thunderbyrd University and the ITESM (Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey). Nicolás Rhoads was…more ›

Helgi Már was appointed SVP of Marketing & Sales in May 2008. He joined Icelandair in 1999 as Manager Icelandair Holidays USA, later to become Sales Manager Western Region. In 2002 he moved to London to become Sales and Marketing Manager UK & Ireland and in…more ›

José Mario Caprioli, graduated in Business Administration from the Catholic University of Campinas (PUC-Campinas). He specialized in Public Transport Management at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and Capital Markets at Columbia University in New York. He was t…more ›

Barry Biffle has served as our Chief Marketing Officer since February 2005. From 2003 to 2005, Biffle served as Managing Director of Marketing at US Airways, where he was responsible for advertising, direct marketing, the frequent flier program, US Airways Vacations a…more ›

Pete McGlade’s career has evolved from management trainee to executive leadership. Although born in Newry, Co. Down, Ireland, Mr. McGlade grew up in New York City and Yonkers, New York. After earning a BS in General Management from Purdue University in 1975, Mr. McGla…more ›

Duncan Bureau has 20 years of experience working with and managing professionals’ in Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa the United States and over the last 9 years with WestJet, WestJet Vacations and WestJet Cargo. Duncan joined WestJet in April 2001 as a revenue mana…more ›

He was born in 1967, in Argentina and he is married with Jutta Kopp. They have 2 sons. Mr. Campiani has a Master of Science in Industrial Administration. (MBA) at Carnegie Mellon University (1991-1993) Areas of concentration: finance and international business. He obt…more ›

John Rodgerson is Azul's Chief Financial Officer overseeing the areas of Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, and Accounting. Mr. Rodgerson worked on the original business plan for Azul with David Neeleman and was one of the founding members of the team. P…more ›

Daniel Shurz joined Frontier Airlines in June 2009 as Vice President of Strategy and Planning. In November of 2009, following Frontier’s acquisition by Republic Airways Holdings, Inc., he was named vice president of Strategy and Planning for Republic, with responsibilit…more ›

Scott Tapson is the Vice President, Business Development for Jazz Aviation LP, Canada’s largest regional airline and the third largest airline in Canada, based on passengers carried. In addition, Mr. Tapson holds the same position at Jazz’s parent company Chorus Aviati…more ›
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