ALL-STAR AVIATION SPEAKERS

Carsten Spohr, born on 16 December 1966 in Wanne-Eickel, has been Chairmanof the Executive Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG since 1 May 2014. He managesthe Lufthansa Group with the business segments NetworkAirlines, Eurowings andAviation Services with around 135,000 employees worldwide.After...

Joanna Geraghty is President & Chief Operating Officer of JetBlue, responsible for JetBlue’s operations and commercial performance including network, brand and marketing and revenue management.Geraghty’s focus is on delivering a leading customer service experience, enhancing operational and...

As Chief Executive Officer of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Pieter Elbers aspires to make KLM the most customer centric, efficient and innovative airline of Europe. His leadership style thereto is characterized by the conviction that the management of a company is a continuous balancing act between...

During his time as CEO, Heathrow has consistently improved service levels for passengers, while reducing costs, and it is now rated one of the best airports in the world. John has championed a third runway at Heathrow, building cross party and national support. In 2017 he launched Heathrow 2.0, a...

Johan Lundgren has spent his entire career in the travel industry working his way up through various roles to become most recently the Group Deputy CEO of Tui AG. Johan was also the CEO of the Mainstream Tourism business of the TUI Group (formed from the merger of TUI Travel PLC and TUI AG) where...

Gloria joined the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) in August 2017,following a varied career in Travel & Tourism. WTTC is the body thatrepresents the global travel & tourism private sector worldwide. This sectorthat generates 10.4% of GDP and employs more than 300 million people.Her ...

Alexandre de Juniac became the seventh person to lead the International Air Transport Association (IATA) when he took on the role of Director General and CEO from 1 September 2016.De Juniac has almost three decades of experience in both the private and public sectors. This includes senior positions ...

Paul Griffiths is Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Airports, with the responsibility for the operation and development of Dubai International (DXB) – the world’s busiest airport for international passengers, as well as Dubai World Central (DWC). Paul joined Dubai Airports as its first CEO in...

József Váradi is the founder and CEO of Wizz Air, one of Europe’s fastest growing airlines and the leading low-cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe. The company’s low-cost leader strategy has transformed the airline from being one of the many start-ups in 2004 to one of the major European...

Dirk Anne (Dick) Benschop is President & CEO of Royal Schiphol Group, Non- executive member of the Board of Directors of Brisbane Airport Corporation PTY Ltd and Non-executive member of the Board of Groupe ADP (Aéroports de Paris). He joined Schiphol Group in May 2018 from Royal Dutch Shell...

"Karen was appointed as CEO of airasia.com in December 2019, responsible for transforming AirAsia into the fastest-growing travel tech and lifestyle platform in ASEAN that offers a frictionless and personalized experience to consumers across discovery, ticketing, activities, hotel booking and...

Mehmet T. Nane became CEO of Pegasus Airlines in March 2016. Before that he served as CEO of CarrefourSA between 2013-2016, CEO of Teknosa between 2005-2013, and Vice Chairman of the Board of Teknosa between 2000 and 2005. After holding various managerial positions at the Türkiye Emlak...

Mr. Martin Gauss serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at Air Baltic Corporation AS (airBaltic), the Latvian airline, since November 2011. Under the leadership of Martin Gauss, airBaltic has been successfully restructured and reached sustainable profitability.  The...

As Vice President, Global Aviation for Shell, Anna Mascolo is responsible for Shell's global sales of fuels and lubricants to the Aviation industry.  With one of the most extensive refuelling networks in the world supplying fuel, lubricants and sustainable solutions in over 60 countries, Shell...

Jeff Martin joined WestJet in September 2018 as Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO, Jeff is responsible for daily operations to include WestJet's Flight Operations (including the Operational Control Centre), Guest Experience (Contact Centre and Inflight), Airports, Technical (Maintenance)...

Maurice Jenkins functions as the principal advisor to the Aviation Director on all matters related to information management and information technology. He has full strategic and tactical responsibility for the direction, planning, creation and operation of the Aviation Department’s information...

‘Suhail has over 25 years of aviation and enterprise technology leadership experience at major international airlines and hub airports, through which he has developed an in-depth understanding of business across the transportation value chain, spanning Planning, Operations, Customer...

Linda Jojo is executive vice president of technology and chief digital officer for United Airlines, responsible for information technology, data analytics, digital products, e-commerce, cyber security and the airline’s digital strategy.Prior to joining United in 2014, Linda held the position of...

With over 20 years of international IT and Telecommunications business experience, Telecom Engineer by education and a Consulting background, Mr. Lavorel has been with the SITA Group for the last 20 years, in various positions.Mr. Lavorel is the CEO of SITAONAIR, a fully owned subsidiary of...

Catherine Luelo was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in August 2017, with overall responsibility for the Information Technology Systems supporting and enabling Air Canada's business. Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada by fleet size and...

Senior Vice President and CIO at Korean Air responsible for Global IT Strategy, Planning and Operation that includes, Development, Security, Analytics, Innovation and Standardization along with the daily execution of the entire Operations Systems. Prior to joining Korean Air, Kenneth was head of...

Raj has more than 25 years of experience in the innovation and information technology sectors, asa strategist, leader, VC, and advisor.Currently, Raj is Managing Director and Head of Investing at JetBlue Technology Ventures, thecorporate venture capital arm of JetBlue Airways Corp.Previously, he...

Miri Danai is the CEO at Cockpit Innovation hub. Cockpit is the first airline industry venture arm in the world, with the mission to enhance innovation among its partners and invest in entrepreneurs with disruptive technologies in travel, aviation and aerospace. Cockpit is a partnership of EL AL...

George Wang is Senior Vice President Information Technology of Singapore Airlines. He is responsible for driving the Company’s IT and Digital strategy to make Singapore Airlines the leading digital airline in the world. George also oversees Singapore Airlines’ newly established Digital Innovation...

Paul Smitton was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Asia Miles Limited in July 2018. He is responsible for managing Asia’s leading travel and lifestyle rewards programme, which has a portfolio of over 11 million members and more than 700 business partners worldwide.Paul has worked in loyalty for...

Charlotte Svensson has a broad background and experience in various fields when it comes to the digitalization and tech area. During the past couple of years, Charlotte has managed to implement a number of innovative and transformative initiatives, such as creating a new digital business...

I’m a passionate computer science engineer and PRINCE2 practitioner certified professional with a strong focus on human-machine interaction. I strongly believe project management discipline allows humans to materialize their dreams by providing a methodic way of working.I have experience in working ...

Amy Burr is the Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships at JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV). Her role is to build an ecosystem of partners and deployment opportunities for the many technologies of JTV’s portfolio companies. Amy has been a leader in creating, sourcing and implementing...

Shawn Xuewu Wang, Head of Data Labs at China Eastern Airlines. Shawn focuses on data strategy, big data solution, data transformation and AI innovation. He has successfully built the big data innovation ecosystem through data platform, computing platform, data analysis tools, data science and...

Karel Bockstael is VP & Sustainability Lead at KLM since December 2019. From this corporate position his team oversees the sustainability strategy and -ambitions of KLM, in close connection with all divisions involved.  His network is developed from a 30 year career at senior management...

After a decade working in marketing communications in London, in 1992 Patrick joined Emirates in Dubai and has been responsible for shaping the at-seat customer experience. He created Emirates’ “ice” inflight entertainment & communications product, winning the Skytrax Best in world award for...

With more than 30 years at Southwest Airlines, Lisa has been responsible for creating, developing, and leading various Teams within the Company, including the newly formed Social Business Team in 2014, responsible for the social and digital evolution across Southwest Airlines and the launch of...

Robert joined easyJet in 2017 and is the Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer where his mandate stretches across strategy and commercial functions, including schedule, network, revenue management/pricing, sales, distribution and ancillary revenues.  Robert joined from McKinsey & Company where...

Kai Ling Ting leads innovation at Etihad Aviation Group, with a strategic focus on organisational capability development and culture change, accelerated innovation delivery and external partnerships. In her current role, she has conceptualised, designed and delivered Etihad’s innovation lab which...

Lennart Dobravsky is the Director of Research & Intelligence at the Lufthansa Innovation Hub – the digital transformation spearhead of the world's largest aviation corporation Lufthansa Group. In this role, he and his team engage in state-of-the-art market research and trend analysis of...

Julio Toro was appointed Chief Information Officer of Copa Airlines in 2015.  In this role, Julio is responsible for leading the technology strategy of the company, including the design, planning, implementation, and operation of information technology that support Copa’s...

Shahar Markovitch is the Chief Digital and Information Officer of EL AL Israel Airlines as of March 2018. Shahar joins El-Al from Bank Hapoalim, Israel largest bank, where he served as Chief Digital Officer. In this role he was recognized as one of Israel's top 100 most...

Sébastien Couturier joined Groupe ADP (Aéroports de Paris), having graduated in economics from the Sorbonne and having received an Master Degree in air transport from the Institut du Transport Aérien in Aix-en-Provence. Since then he has held positions of increasing responsibility in operational...

Wayne Madhlangobe is an experienced advanced analytics leader with an extensive background in developing and implementing Data Science practices in large organisations.  He recently held the role of Data Science IT Leader at Enbridge Inc and a currently a Director at Air Canada leading the AI...

Harald holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Technical University in Darmstadt / Germany.In 1993, Harald started his professional career with Roland Berger, working as a strategy consultant for airlines, airports and railroad operators. He joined Lufthansa Passenger Airlines in 1999 as...

Guy Johnson is the co-anchor of "Bloomberg Markets: European Open" on Bloomberg Television, covering top business, economic and market-moving stories from around the world. He is based in London.  Johnson brings nearly two decades of experience as a top financial broadcast...

Tal Kalderon has been in the content and media field for more than 25 years.  He began as a television producer and director and in 2006 was invited to be EL AL’s consultant for upgrading the user experience in the entertainment systems. Since then he has been building concepts for entertainment...

Is currently leading the group tasked with managing, innovating and improving the “Free Spirit” Loyalty program, the subscription based loyalty program - $9 Fare Club and Cobrand relationships including Bank of America , Promerica and Mastercard plus all mileage related partnerships at Spirit...

A self-proclaimed futurist, Martin Mitev often feels like he’s living three different lives simultaneously. He scrutinises what has happened and what appears in news feeds and conferences to inspire colleagues to innovate at the office, cultivates two outstanding young citizens at home, and cruises ...

Mark Nasr was appointed Vice President, Loyalty and eCommerce in July, 2017. In this role, Mark has responsibility for developing the vision and strategies for Air Canada's all-new, digital first loyalty program to be launched in 2020. He will also lead the design, development, implementation...

Güliz Öztürk began her career at Turkish Airlines. From 1990 to 2003, she served in various roles including as Manager of International Relations and Contracts, Alliance Coordinator, Sales and Marketing Director at Turkish Airlines. During that time, she managed important projects such as launching ...

Fraser specialises in E-commerce, CRM and Digital and has worked in the travel and hospitality industry for more than six years. Currently working for Glasgow Airport, he is working towards building a centralised digital team that works across AGS Airports which collectively generates over £11...

Edward Bell is responsible for the development of brand strategy, consumer insights, loyalty marketing and marketing communications for the Cathay Pacific group globally.Mr Bell has spent the majority of his career in marketing strategy and later as a CEO for marketing and communication...

With his 23 years of experience at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Alexander Csidei is an experienced aviation professional. He started his career at KLM in 1996 as a flight attendant, developed himself into a purser and ended his flying career after 12 years. Over the years he also worked at Inflight...

Joined SAS in 2017 and took responsibility for building an Artificial Intelligence team during 2018 to drive adoption of AI across SAS from intelligent automation to chatbots and machine learning. Prior to SAS worked eight years with supporting companies to adopt new technology focusing on...

Kerstin Lomb joined SunExpress, a joint venture of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, as Chief Marketing Officer in February 2019. In her role, she is responsible for all marketing and communications related activities of the German-Turkish leisure carrier, which celebrates its 30 years anniversary in ...

Mike leads the Ancillary Revenue team at Frontier Airlines. Frontier is a low-fare airline flying to 100 North American destinations with a fleet of more than 80 aircraft. The Ancillary Revenue team focuses on applying classical and behavioural economics and data science to offer management and...

“Emre Yavuz is currently working as Manager of Advanced Analytics and Customer Data Management. He has the responsibility for management of customer data, leading advanced analytical projects and all CRM functionalities in Turkish Airlines. His team is working on projects that create value from...

Over 18-years business analysis and process transformation experiences across retail banking, international luxury brand, logistics and commercial airlines industries. With recent years as the product and process owner of online payment process and payment fraud at Cathay Pacific Airways Limited.

Richard Clarke’s 20 years of experience in the travel industry includes work as a consultant and an adviser on technology for airlines, global distribution systems, travel agents, governmental agencies and regulatory bodies, institutional investors, and IT system vendors with solutions for the...