Glenn Morgan | Partner
SkiesFifty
Glenn has three decades of experience in the aviation sector, including senior roles at Emirates, British Airways and IAG, creating and leading their Corporate Venture Capital division. As the Director of Hangar 51, he pioneered a highly successful accelerator, incubator, and venture fund collaborating with start-ups and VCs globally. Glenn is the former chair of the IATA Digital Council (320 international airline members) and oneworld Digital Board. Glenn's responsibilities included serving as IAG's Chief Technology Officer (CTO), responsible for the group's information technology strategy.
Glenn is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for IT, Non-Executive Director and Strategic Digital and Business Transformation Leader, bringing over 40 years of cumulative experience in strategy, sustainability, venture building, corporate innovation & digital transformation. He also holds several technology patents and is an active angel investor and non-executive director on several boards.
As a founding Partner in SkiesFifty, Glenn leads the investment process and deal flow pipeline. Glenn is point for the coordination with aviation’s leading industry bodies IATA, IACO and ACI.
Glenn is an international motorcycle rally racer competing in FIA & FIM World Cup cross country rallies and a Tae Kwon-Do Black Belt in his spare time.
Appearances:
World Aviation Festival Day 1 @ 11:45
Fireside chat: Delivering on climate goals in a volatile world – the case for policy, investment, and innovation
World Aviation Festival Day 1 @ 12:15
Panel: How are we financing and scaling real, measurable sustainability in aviation right now?
· How do we unlock investment to cross the “valley of death” for SAF, startups and other climate tech?
· Discussing what makes sustainability startups investable and ready for scale?
· What specific tech is ready to scale, and what’s holding them back?
· What investors want: How to make climate tech bankable in a volatile market
· Open Innovation, Startup Networks, Venture Capital: Analysing how we build collaborative frameworks to move sustainable tech forward
· How do we make sustainability investable today – not tomorrow?
World Aviation Festival Day 3 @ 14:00
Panel: Electrification across the aviation ecosystem – from ground to emerging aircraft tech
· Where are we seeing the biggest gains in electrification across airports, ground ops and aircraft development?
· What role will battery-electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft– from next-gen GSE to regional aircraft – play in near-mid term decarbonisation?
· Discussing how we collaborate more effectivity to scale electrification and accelerate readiness
· How can airports act as energy hubs – using cogeneration systems, managing their own grids, storage, sharing or selling electricity to surrounding communities?
· What’s needed to build future-ready, energy resilient systems that enable scalable net zero solutions?
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