Speakers

Ismail Fahmi Abdul Rahman is the First Vice President of Human Resources for FireFly who aims to ensure that the airline has the right leadership qualities on board and that they adopt appropriate talent management practices at a time of great uncertainty and rapid change.After studying Business...

Shakeel Adam is Managing Director of Germany-based international aviation consultancy Aviado Partners which assists airlines across a range of issues including M&A, start-ups and turnarounds as well specific topics such as network & fleet planning, alliances and partnerships, and revenue...

Raheel Ahmed is the Senior General Manager-Human Resources in Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).PIA was established in 1955 as a state run airline of Pakistan.  It has served as a nursery for some renowned airlines and continues to follow its tradition of being a provider of trained human...

Edwin Aisake is General Manager Inflight Service Delivery of Fiji Airways and he leads all aspects of inflight service delivery and strategic leadership for the Cabin Crew team. Edwin joined Fiji Airways in 2009 and served as the airline’s GM Human Resources prior to his current role. He commenced...

Rashid Al-Ghailani is the Chief Officer HR of Oman Air. Joining Oman Air was more of a transfer between 2 government entities rather than changing career. He reports to the CEO and shares the responsibility of decision making and formulating company’s strategy. Monitoring company’s performance and...

H. Sammy Aramaki is the Vice President - Innovation & IT Strategy for All Nippon Airways (ANA), the Japanese leading 5-star airline, for 3 years. Before that he served ANA for 24 years in various management positions. During his tenure as the VP of Innovation & IT Strategy with the...

Atty. Tanjuatco has worked extensively in the private and public sector as a lawyer and former politician. He is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), a former US airport facility and is now one of the fastest growing airports...

Chris Au Young currently leads a number of technological innovation projects and development at the Hong Kong International Airport to enhance passenger experience and operational efficiency. He is active in the engagement with airlines, IATA, solution providers, universities, and research &...

As Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at the Winnipeg Airports Authority, Mr. Bélanger oversees all commercial activities at the airport, including Air Service Development, Air Cargo, Marketing & Sales, Real Estate, as well Communications & Public Relations. He has a proven record...

Mr. Black, Director of the office of airport planning and programming. He oversees airport and system planning, environmental processing and financial assistance programs, including both the AIP and PFC program.Prior to his appointment to FAA Headquarters, Mr. Black worked in the FAA Great Lakes...

Fiona has been leading the airline's product and service future development for the last six years for Thomson Airways and previously for ten years in British Airways.Over the last six years she transformed the Thomson airline experience from being a regular charter airline into a leading...

After training with British Airways Chris joined Virgin Atlantic in 1990 as an engineer, but moved into marketing in 1993.  When he left in 2000 he was General Manager Product Development responsible for innovation across the entire passenger experience from aircraft...

Ian serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Rentalcars.com, the world's largest car rental service. With customers in over 167 countries, Rentalcars.com's global customer base is supported in over 42 languages online and in 24/7 contact centres. Rentalcars.com is in turn part of Priceline ...

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...

Jags Burhm is the Vice President, Sales for Asia Pacific at GEE, where he is responsible for the company’s Connectivity services within the Asia-Pacific region. Before his current position, he was head of Product Strategy at AeroMobile. Jags brings over 20 years of experience in architecting...

A highly respected and high-energy 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 in both network planning & alliances and sales & marketing...

Paul Byrne is Senior Vice President of Development at OpenJaw Technologies, where he oversees OpenJaw’s product planning, product roadmap and strategic partnerships. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of The Open Travel Alliance, which supports an interoperable infrastructure for all...

Robert is a Partner in McKinsey’s Jakarta Office.  Since joining, Robert has focused on the Travel, Transport and Logistics practice, working with more than 15 airlines globally (as well as other travel industry players).  Robert works across topics with these companies, from strategy, to...

Seth Cassel is the President of EveryMundo, the performance marketing technology and services company specializing in airline eCommerce and multilingual online customer acquisition. The company’s areas of expertise include Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Analytics, and...

William Cavendish is Vice President Distribution Strategy - Global Sales at Emirates Airlines, where he leads Emirates’s distribution systems strategy and channel mix in support of Emirates’s overall business objectives to ensure revenue maximisation and value for money including effective...

Rowan has over 25 years’ experience in a variety of operational airline and airport roles and began his career with British Airways before joining American Airlines in 1989. After 18 years with American leading airport operations in Stockholm, London, Paris, New York and Toronto, he joined Virgin...

Junior Cho was appointed CEO to head Tune Protect Group with oversight of the operations of Tune Protect and its subsidiaries as well as associate companies in the region and beyond. He graduated with a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University and then later obtained a Certificate in ...

Michael Chock has been the Senior Director of Alliances and Airline Partnerships at Hawaiian Airlines since January 2013.  He is responsible primarily for developing strategic and tactical business relationships with codeshare and interline partners that will help enable Hawaiian to expand its...

Kevin started his professional career in the design of communication systems for military aviation in the mid-80s, working on UK projects for Tornado and Nimrod AEW. This was followed by several years in applied research into structured coding techniques for high performance hardware devices.Kevin...

Conrad Clifford is the Regional Vice President for Asia Pacific at the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Conrad is responsible for IATA’s activities across the Asia Pacific region, focusing on serving the regions airline members’ and stakeholders’ needs. He will place a key priority...

Will is a Principal in McKinsey & Company’s Dallas office and a leader of the Revenue Management Service Line for the Travel, Transportation, and Logistics practice. Since joining McKinsey in 2007, Will has served travel clients on a broad set of functional areas including pricing and revenue...

Andrew Cowen is Chief Executive Officer for HK Express, Hong Kong’s one-and-only low-fare airline. Andrew provides strategic direction for the airline, leading and growing the team through the transition from full service carrier to a low-cost carrier (LCC).  With a targeted fleet number of 30 by...

Tina DiCicco is a marketing, brand and communications professional with more than 20 years of leadership experience across airlines, hotels, and technology in Asia-Pacific. She has a track record of building innovative, pioneering and disruptive businesses for early-stage companies as well as for...

Vinay Dube is senior vice president – Asia Pacific for Delta Air Lines. Vinay has overall responsibility for Delta within the Asia-Pacific region.Since 2010 Delta has profitably expanded its Asia-Pacific business by more than 60 percent, entering new markets in Japan, China, Hong Kong and...

Eric joined Vayant in 2010 as COO and since 2012 as CEO. Eric’s career in technology industry spreads across California, France, Japan, Eastern-Europe and multi-type of B2B and B2C businesses in various positions from Head of Technology to General Management and Operations. Since joining...

Shreyansh Durgesh (SD) is an experienced eCommerce payment professional and has worked for over 12 years in technology consulting and financial services industry across geographies - US, UK and Asia. In his role as Director for Business Development at Bitnet Singapore, he is instrumental in driving ...

Muhammed Emiroglu is Sales Director for Hitit Computer Services which is a provider of new generation airline, airport and travel industry software products and services. Muhammed is working with Hitit to deliver solutions that improve the critical business processes of the players in the aviation...

Patrick Fennell is a seasoned airline industry executive with over 20 years of operational expertise gained around the globe. He has a wide-ranging skill-set developed at almost a dozen airlines in every business model from LCC to 'legacy', and charter to cargo and VIP.To-date, he has been...

Andy George has in-depth experience as a commercial leader in the mobile technology industry, having worked for and led sales teams for Cisco, Huawei and most recently IBM - helping large enterprises transform into mobile enterprises. With over 20 years experience in mobile and mobile-related...

Otto brings over 18 years of airline and travel experience to Fiji Airways, having held senior positions around the globe ranging from Senior Vice President Sales at Air Berlin to Director of Sales Greater China with the Flight Centre group.  He was also the Chief Commercial Officer of...

Eric Gnock Fah is the co-founder of Klook Travel, Asia’s leading platform for travelers to explore and book all sorts of fun attractions, activities, sightseeing tours and local transfers - all verified and vetted by Klook’s team of travel curators and made easily bookable online and on mobile at...

Goh has a strong business acumen and has experience in running a 50-man technology centre to do R&D, and bringing technology to commercialization. His dream is to build a travel-planning tool that can help him to plan, book and record his travel experiences easily, save time and save cost.

Steven has 18 years of airline and consultancy experience, 10 of these with Low Cost Carriers, primarily in senior Commercial roles. Having worked across the world with start-ups, turnarounds and established leading airlines, Steven’s specialist areas include sales and distribution, revenue...

Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, has appointed Dr. Jassim Haji as the Director of Information Technology Division since August 2011. Dr Haji has been instrumental in implementing some key innovations at Gulf Air’s IT systems and processes in recent times, most notably, the...

Andrew has worked in the Air Transportation (Airports) industry for the last 26 years in 12 airports globally and has gained considerable experience in Airport Operations, Airport Development and Airport Privatization at a senior leadership level. His key expertise today is in the development of...

Dentsu Möbius is the brandchild of James Hawkins. With over 12 years of experience in digital marketing – half in Asia – he saw the opportunity in the region for a more progressive agency that, simply put, delivers. After 12 months of business planning and a whole lot of passion, James successfully ...

Andrew Herdman has held the position of Director General of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) since 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...

Mr. Heriyanto Agung Putra joined PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. in 1993 as Asset Management Staff and started his managerial position as a manager of Procurement and General Affairs of Garuda Indonesia. Then he moves up the ladder as General Manager in Cost Controlling, Corporate Service &...

Sebastian initiated and built the Lufthansa Innovation Hub GmbH in Berlin, where he pursues intensive collaboration with startups, develops creative and innovative travel-products and gets things done. The former positions held at Lufthansa include those of the Executive Assistant to the CEO of the ...

Kamal Hingorani currently serves as Sr. Vice President & Head InFlight Services and Customer Experience at SpiceJet. He heads InFlight department, Catering and Customer Experience, the last one entailing all customer touch points across SpiceJet network.Prior to the above role, Kamal has served ...

Mr. Jirapon Hirunrat has 20 years’ experience in Aviation Industry since 1996 with Bangkok Airways PLC. The first role he took was a Flight Dispatch Officer and had been promoted to Station Manager Singapore a few years later.With the knowledge of airline operational function, he had been appointed ...

Rick's association with Cebu Pacific began in mid-2012 when he was engaged for the introduction of the A330-300 and the launch of long haul operations.  Subsequently, he has adopted a broader executive role within Cebu Pacific, dealing with a variety of functions from Ground...

Yanik joined IATA in May 2011 where he was accountable for leading and coordinating the development of new solutions and new Industry services  He has over 25 year’s airline experience, most of which at British Airways where he began as Senior Manager Revenue Management in 1996. From 1999 to...

Steve Hui is the Founder and Chief Executive of iFLYflat. iFLYflat.com.au is the premier points management company based in Australia.A specialist in the loyalty industry, the company offers (1) tailored points strategy (maximising points earning from all sources and considering the best ways to...

APPLE IGNACIO is Director, Guest Experience and Innovation of Cebu Pacific Air.  She joined the airline in 1999, where she held various positions in the Commercial Division.  She started her airline journey with the Advertising Group then moved to Product and Route Development.  In 2005, she was...

Khairul Nisa Ismail is the Head of Enrich & Loyalty for Malaysia Airlines Berhad. Having held this post since December 2013, she has been entrusted to transform Enrich into a leading-edge loyalty program.As Head of Loyalty for the airline, Nisa calls upon her extensive knowledge of the aviation ...

A sales professional with a Chemical background, Edward has been with Callington for over 6 years, more recently focussing on developing products and markets in Asia and Africa.

Juha has 17 years aviation experience with positions in passenger commercial operations, airport operations, customer fulfillment centre services as well as cargo. After 14 years with Scandinavian SAS Group in London, Helsinki, Tallinn and Stockholm, he managed the Finnair Cargo subsidiary as...

Managing Director Sirinun Jiradilok leads the 35 IT and Payment Solutions team. In this role, Sirinun has overall responsibility for the team's accomplishment in IT initiatives for the Nok Airline including technical integration; applications development for; Reservation...

Iman Khalid Al Marzouqi joined Abu Dhabi Airports in 2013, bringing with her over twenty years of experience in human resources management, development strategies and processes. She then became SVP Human Resources and Acting Chief Human Resources, in 2015.In her current role, she is responsible for ...

Vytautas Kaikaris is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of a European leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines. Since its creation in 2008 Small Planet Airlines has expanded to the largest European markets as well as South East Asia and now has offices in Poland, Germany and Thailand with...

Pradeepa Kekulawala is a senior human resource development professional in the corporate sector with over 2 decades of managerial experience behind him. He has been holding key management positions in the disciplines of project management, general management, marketing and business development...

Following a career with SITA and American Express Travel, Nicholas set up 15below with fellow co-founder, John Clynes.  Bringing over 18 years’ experience in travel tech and a drive to improve efficiency and service across the industry, Nicholas has built the company to become a globally recognised ...

Matthias Koch, VP Business Development & Commercial Partnerships Air France KLM, has been working in the airline industry for over twenty years. He has a strong background in the areas of Customer Experience, Marketing, Sales, Revenue Management, Pricing and Ground Services with a particular...

Mark Kramer is Director Customer Relations and Interactions for Air France KLM.Mark is a result-driven marketer with the ability to take an outside-in perspective in managing the customer experience. A self-starter and enabler: able to create a vision and to bring it to solutions with a team of...

Began aviation career as a pilot with the Republic of Singapore Air Force. Flew multi-engine turboprop and jet aircraft. Was Chairman of the Flying Control Committee of Asian Aerospace 2002. Prior to current position, was Head of Operations at Jetstar Asia and Viva Macau. Was COO of Jetstar...

Nik is based in Manila after joining Cebu Pacific to lead the set up and management of a loyalty program for the airline. The result being GetGo, the newest lifestyle rewards program in the Philippines. The program is new generation with innovative features and benefits, continuing to grow strongly ...

Adam Levin is the General Manager Marketing at Perth Airport, located in Western Australia.  Perth Airport handles 15 million passengers per annum over 4 terminals. Currently 19 international and 12 domestic airlines operate from the airport.Mr. Levin is responsible for marketing, digital and...

Eve Liebetrau joined Comair in 1994 and has acquired significant experience in both the aviation and human resources field. She has held several positions in the company including: Training Manager Cabin Services, Manager Cabin Services and Executive Manager Human Resources.As a member of...

John is the Deputy Chairman of the DFASS Group, and President of DFASS Asia Pacific.John has worked within the travel retail industry for close to 30 years having held several senior roles. He started the first in flight concession in Europe whilst Managing Director of Ocean Trading.  He Joined...

Lim Ching Kiat is the Senior Vice President of Market Development in Changi Airport Group. He oversees Airline Development, Passenger Development and Cargo & Logistics Divisions. His key responsibilities are work with airline, tourism and logistics partners to grow Changi Airport’s air traffic...

Gautsil Madani joined PT Angkasa Pura II in 1999 as Electronic Engineering Staff and started his managerial position as the Assistant Manager of Property Business Development. He then moved up the ladder as the Administration and Commercial Division Head, Airport Business Relation Manager, Deputy...

Iya joined EL AL in 1999 at the age of 23, and made it all way from the phone service representative to the Head of UP.During the past 5 years she had been managing the largest sales branch of EL AL - the home base in Israel with overall yearly sales of 1B$.Different positions throughout the years...

Bringing 30 years of service led commercial, operational delivery, and large scale cross cultural workforce leadership. Operating and delivering at senior executive level, in aviation and retail FMCG. In depth experience managing passenger airport terminal teams, ground support equipment...

Dermot Mannion is the Deputy Chairman of Royal Brunei Airlines.  He was appointed by the Brunei Ministry of Finance in 2010 to lead the corporate restructuring of the business at the country's flag carrier. Prior to that he was Chief Executive Officer of Aer Lingus, where he successfully...

Akira Mitsumasu joined Japan Airlines in 1989, and has previously been responsible in the company for passenger services, network planning, international affairs, business development in China and internal auditing, before taking on the role from June 2014 as VP for marketing and strategy of...

Patrick Murphy has worked in the airline industry for over 40 years. He has been a senior executive of marketing, strategic planning and corporate development with Aer Lingus; he was the Chairman of Ryanair when it started as a low cost airline; he was Director of Corporate Development at IATA for...

Myo Min Thu is experienced in airline industry and held various positions in an established International Airline. He graduated from University of London (London School of Economics) with Bachelor Degree in Banking & Finance (B.Sc Hons Banking and Finance). He has held various positions in mid...

Suresh has more than 30 years of hard core airline top management experience in all areas of the Airline business. Presently he is the General Manager-India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh for AirAsia involved in  the International operations of the airline in this region. He has been with AirAsia...

Joseph Napoli is the Chief of Staff and Senior Policy Advisor for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD), responsible for assisting the Aviation Director with all administrative, financial and operational activities. Mr. Napoli also manages long-term special projects and helps shape Departmental ...

Dominic Nessi is a Deputy Executive Director and the Chief Information Officer for Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA).  He has held that position since September 2007.  As chief information officer, Nessi is responsible for all information technology-related functions, including technology...

Mrs Nguyen Thi Thuy Binh is Vice President of Vietjet – the New Generation Airline. Binh is leading all the commercial & service activities including product creativities, sales and distribution, marketing and communications, ancillary portfolios, and customer services, which create brand...

Yevgeniya is a graduate of Karaganda State University named after E. A. Buketov and holds diplomas in foreign languages and law. She joined Air Astana in October 2002, as Executive Assistant to the President.Since September 2005, she has been the head of the HR Department, which also oversees the...

Shashank Nigam is the CEO of SimpliFlying, one of the largest aviation marketing strategy firms, which has worked with over 60 airlines and airports globally. SimpliFlying has become well known for its work in social and digital marketing. He is a sought-after consultant, speaker and thought-leader ...

Eric Nordling heads commercial operations at Revenue Management Systems (RMS), the fastest growing revenue management vendor in the airline industry. Eric joined the company in 2012 when it had 23 airline customers. RMS now serves more than 55 airline clients and its airRM system is the...

Richard Nuttall just finished a two-year spell as Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer with Royal Jordanian where he played an instrumental role in the airline’s turnaround and return to profitability against a background of regional instability and falling tourism numbers. This involved leading ...

Joanna Patterson is French and lived in London with her husband before moving to Shanghai last year.She has 20 years of airline experience and is working in China having joined China Eastern Airlines in April 2014.Joanna heads up China Eastern’s newly created Global Corporate Sales Department, with ...

With more than 15 years in advertising, Tuomas has been at the forefront of digital technology since the late 1990's. Starting out as a developer, he quickly moved into management roles, and has a stellar understanding of digital technologies, digital strategy, business development and...

Ron Peri founded Radixx International in 1994. He is the CEO and president and the principal developer of the Radixx Air family of reservations systems. Ron has 30 years experience in information technology and architected the first major replacement of an IBM mainframe with PC networks in...

Patrick is responsible for automated sales, including the digitalisation and automatisation of processes, products and programs, involving all relevant sales platforms of external partners/providers (including OBE, OTA, content aggregators, etc.) He designs highly standardised programs to be...

Mr. P. Ramakrishna has been involved with the ICT domain for the public sector for more than 30 years. He was formerly with the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), his last held position was Director of IDA's Industry Development Division, responsible for national level initiatives targeted...

Pacino Qin is Head of Ancillary Revenue and Head of Hong Kong Airlines Holidays. Pacino has been working in the aviation industry for 10 years in China and Hong Kong. With the hands on experience from air traffic service, flight operations, cabin services to commercial. Pacino is driving the sales...

Saravanan is the Group Head of Ancillary and Distribution of AirAsia where he is tasked of drive Ancillary business and optimise the distribution channels across the AirAsia Group.Drawing his vast experience in the aviation industry, Saravanan joined AirAsia as the Head of Commercial Operations of...

James Rhee is CEO of AirAsia for North Asia where he is responsible for establishing and expanding their business in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China. Prior to joining AirAsia, he was a Senior Adviser at the Octave Private Equity Group (a Thiel Capital company) where he led the acquisition strategy...

Alex is responsible for all aspects of the HolidayTaxis-conxxe groups strategic partnerships around the world, working to drive increased awareness & knowledge of the opportunities that exist for travel businesses from ground transportation. His expertise in developing lasting partnerships has...

Achmad Royhan is currently the Vice President Information Technology at PT Citilink Indonesia, which is one of leading Low Cost Carriers in Indonesia, member of Garuda Indonesia Group. His responsibilities include computing and information technology (IT) strategic plans, policies, programs and...

He joined Sirena-Travel’s executive team 7 years ago as a CIO. In this role Igor, is in charge of the overall company’s IT Infrastructure and Production Services from operating of Sirena-Travel’s own Data Center to running its customer technical support. Before that he held Production Director...

Ameya graduated from IIT Bombay, one of India's top schools, in 2013. After a brief stint at Schlumberger, he was head of business at RetailNav, an Indoor Navigation Technology startup. Always passionate about travel, he quit to backpack across SE Asia, and then cofounded Ithaka with his...

Yuko has a broad range of experience and a solid track record in the Internet industries. She has a wealth of expertise and skills, mainly involving business development, at organizations including Sony, Trans Cosmos, and Walt Disney Internet Group. In 2005, Yuko was appointed chief strategy...

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...

Dario Schuler is a Senior Associate Partner of Germany-based international aviation consultancy Aviado Partners which works with airlines and airports across a range of topics including strategic planning, M&A, organisational development, restructuring and competition/anti-trust issues.Dario...

From a childhood in the iconic French Riviera to being the mobile director of Nok Airlines in Bangkok. Cheese, travel and technology have always been a big part of Jerome’s life. Raised in France by an Italian father and a Spanish mother, he is of a quiet international and multicultural...

Tammam has a wealth of experience in building marketing and ancillary revenue propositions for airline businesses. Tammam is responsible for Strategy, Business Development, and Airline Sales. As one of the founding members at PaxLife, he works on product development, whilst building commercial and...

Noriyuki joined Peach Aviation in March 2014 as Executive Vice President, Culture & Resources overseeing 3 departments, HR Design & Planning, Innovation (IT Systems) and General Administration. Prior to Peach Aviation, he worked for American Airlines for nearly 9 years as its Regional...

Tadashi SHIMURA has been the Managing Director and Vice President of New Kansai International Airport Company, Ltd. in charge of Personnel, General Affairs and Corporate Strategy since June 2014.Prior to his current position, he joined the former Ministry of Transport (now known as the Ministry of...

Davesh Shukla is the Chief IT Officer of Delhi International Airport Private Limited. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from University of Westminster, UK and a master’s degree of business administration in Entrepreneurship from Liverpool University, UK. He has over 23 years of...

Manish Sinha is a senior airport professional, presently working as Chief Operating Officer, RGI Airport Hyderabad. He is primarily responsible for management of Airport Operations strategically working on increasing overall operational efficiency, Business Excellence and ASQ improvement. One of...

Andy Smith is the Director of Marketing & Sales for FuelPlus who aims to help the aviation industry improve internal efficiencies and control fuel expense by implementing software solutions and robust business processes.After studying Technical Communication Andy worked for a series of...

Post-graduate in Business Administration with over 31 years of experience in the Aviation industry with extensive exposure in the areas of network planning, scheduling, pricing, distribution and revenue management Joined the Commercial Department of Indian Airlines as a Management Trainee in 1983...

Dzulkiflee is the CEO and founder of Matchbyte, one of the fastest growing companies in the travel industry. In less than three years, Dzulkiflee has established Matchbyte as a pioneering technology partner. Dzulkiflee previously worked at Jetstar, where he managed their world-leading reservation...

Mr. Takeuchi joined NAA as a member of the technical staff specializing in architecture in April 2009 after graduating from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Keio University the previous month, and is now in his 7th year at the company.  To date, he has worked in the 4 departments...

Tero Taskila is a Senior Associate Partner with Aviado Partners Consulting GmbH. Tero leads the offerings in executive leadership support, strategy, commercial, network and fleet planning and restructuring. His focus has been on developing and executing bottom-line improvements with particular...

Eu Jin was appointed as the Chief Analytics Officer to start up the Analytics and CRM responsibility at Air Asia BIG. Since joining the company, Eu Jin has focussed on driving member engagement, customer insights and development of CRM strategies. With industry experience of more than 20 years...

Teh Yik Chuan joined Tigerair as Sales and Marketing Director in January 2015. As Sales and Marketing Director, he oversees both direct sales and channel sales of Tigerair, as well as marketing, social media and branding.Prior to joining Tigerair, Yik Chuan spent nine years with SIA in a variety of ...

Mr. Harry Teng currently serves as the Chief Information Officer of V Air.  Prior to joining V Air, he worked primarily in the technology sector, including companies, such as Yahoo, Expedia, and Microsoft.  He also has 8 years of experiences working as a management consultant for global clients in...

Self-confessed aviation geek and advocate of good customer relationships. Brings over 15 years’ experience in the travel industry. Knows a thing or two about complex back-end processes, but more importantly – simple passenger communications – to keep customers and companies happy and in control.

Manish Uppal started his Aviation Journey with India's first LCC Air Deccan as a co-Pilot. Manish has 13 years of aviation experience as a pilot and now DGCA approved TRE and Director of Training and Standards. He has a frugal and flexible mindset is the key to success in Indian aviation...

Being a veteran in airline business and IT, Guido is leading the Digital Strategy team to further boost Air France / KLM digital footprint. With a passion for simplicity and execution, it is about finding the way towards a truly consistent customer experience throughout digital and agent-assisted...

Based in Singapore, Alban is Director of Sales SEA for Criteo. He comes with 10 years of experience in digital marketing strategy & product development for the Web and Mobile advertising industries in Europe, the USA and APAC.

Mrs. Marina Volodina has over 17 years’ experience in Aviation business as a part of Sirena-Travel’s executive management team. Sirena-Travel is a market-leading Aviation & Travel Technology provider. Marina has played a key role in defining of company’s development strategy. She directs and...

Samit Vyas heads up the Research&Analytics team for Asia Pacific and Japan at Twitter.Samit focuses his efforts on providing the requisite knowledge to Internal stakeholders and external Clients on Usage behavior on Twitter and Its effectiveness as a Marketing/Advertising Platform. He is a core ...

Appointed to Chief Sales and Commercial Officer in January 2014, Cam is responsible for managing over $4 billion of the group’s passenger and cargo revenue sourced primarily from the New Zealand, Australian, the United States, Chinese, Japanese and European markets. Since joining the airline in...

Stephen joined Spring Airlines in 2008 taking on the position of Vice President with responsibility for Business Development. Stephen has devoted his time to exploring new avenues for growth in the Chinese domestic market while paving the way for international expansion as Spring became the first...

George Weinmann is the founder and CEO of MEGA Maldives Airlines, the privately-owned international airline of the Republic of Maldives. George began his career at the Boeing Company as an aerospace engineer prior to joining Boeing’s strategic assessment group responsible for business case and...

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...

Based out of London, Gavin Wilson currently serves as the Chief Revenue Officer at Sociomantic Labs. Throughout his career, Wilson has worked in a range of client-facing and commercial roles at companies like Quantum Business Media, CMPI (part of United Business Media) and Affiliate Window. His...

Campbell Wilson helms Scoot as its Chief Executive Officer, and also serves on the Company's Board. As CEO, he is responsible for the direction, growth and leadership of Singapore’s newest airline.Having been with the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group since April 1996, Campbell has held positions...

Guoxiang Wu currently serves as President of Japan, Tokyo Branch GM, China Southern Airlines (CSN). Wu has served at CSN for 18 years, in varied roles- VP of Hubei branch, GM of Sales, Marketing, Network planning and Flight operation.Wu did his Post-Graduation in Business Administration from...

Vivi XU Weiwei, General Manager of Human Resources of Air Macau Company Limited, is now leading overall human resources management as to plan, direct and implement certain strategies, policies and programs which continuously promote an effective organization and environment for achieving company...

Rob Zazueta is Director of Digital Strategy, providing thought leadership and concrete advice for TIBCO's customers as they embark on their journey toward the digital transformation of their business. Rob's career has spanned across business development with an emphasis on technical...

Ms. ZHANG Xiuzhi is the CEO and co-founder of Spring Airlines, one of China’s first private airlines and the country’s sole Low Cost Carrier. Since 2004, Ms. Zhang has been instrumental in helping Spring develop a strong market presence in China’s booming aviation sector catering not only to...