Meet The Speakers

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...

Lieutenant General Mollah Fazle Akbar, ndc, psc was commissioned in the Corps of Artillery, Bangladesh Army on 30 November 1976. His last assignment was Commandant, National Defence College (NDC), Bangladesh prior to going on Retirement on 16 February 2016. In his long service career, beside the...

Edgardo Badiali is CEO of a new Private start-up airline in Libya, LibyanWings Airline. In a career in aviation spanning over the last 35 years, he had senior management responsibilities  in different functions, roles and international environments (Switzerland, India, Italy, Senegal, Libya...

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

Mark is directly responsible for driving Fusion’s growth strategy into Europe and beyond and supporting existing partners and clients to drive continuous optimisation improvements – including the growth of ancillary products and revenue through all digital customer touchpoints.  In his previous...

For the last 5 years Andrew has been working with large digital agencies, specialising in conversation and viral marketing.  Andrew helped brands to listen, understand and engage in conversations over social media, exclusively focusing on social media marketing for agencies clients.On moving to...

Joshua Gene Bustos joined Safi Airways in October 2015 as the Chief Executive Officer.  In this role Josh is responsible for the Commercial department at Safi Airways.  This includes Revenue Management, Sales and Marketing, Alliances, Cargo, Ecommerce, Network Planning and Scheduling, Pricing and...

Daniel Clacher is the EMEA Airline Account Executive at VMware® AirWatch®, the global leader and innovator in mobile device security and Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM) technology. In this role, Daniel is responsible for all airline & aviation related mobility projects, from...

Deepu Cyriac was appointed Country Manager, based in Dubai in October 2015. In this key strategic role, Deepu is responsible for Air Canada’s overall activities with major focus on all commercial activities, including management of GSA sales and service team. Area of responsibilities include...

Arnaud started with Rentalcars.com back in 2008 and is proud to have witnessed and contributed to its phenomenal growth and success. He has worked for various departments within the business including customer service, marketing and business development and is now responsible for ensuring ancillary ...

Sudeep Ghai is an airline executive with over twenty years of experience. Sudeep has previously worked for BA, TWA and Virgin Nigeria and in a number of roles as a consultant to the industry as Managing Partner of Athena Aviation. Sudeep was the CCO of Sama and is presently the Chief Customer and...

Ben Griffin joined Inmarsat in 2011 and as Regional Director is responsible for the Aviation business in the MEA region. Based in Dubai, he ensures all of Inmarsat’s services are adequately represented to the aviation community – classic services, SwiftBroadband and GX Aviation.Prior to joining...

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...

Sebastian Herzog 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 ...

Mr Pulla.Hezekiah is an International Airport Professional from ACI-ICAO and member of -IAPCOP (International Airport Community of Practice) and Global AMPAP (Airport Management Professional Accredited Program) with rich Airport Terminal Management and Air Side Operations professional with 23 years ...

Kamal Hingorani currently serves as Sr. Vice President & Head InFlight Services and Customer Experience at SpiceJet. Prior to the above role, Kamal has served at SpiceJet for seven years, in varied roles – SVP & Head Ground and Airport Services (3 years); SVP & Head Global Sales, VP...

Former Virgin Blue Airlines director, David Huttner, joined Nyras as Senior Vice President in April 2010 focusing on new and emerging economies, LCC and the wider commercial practice including being a member of the in Nyras’ leading specialised slot trading portfolio.David founded Planely...

Ivan is responsible for Google's Travel business in the MENA region. He is working with leading airlines, hotel chains and tourism boards to create innovative, impactful digital marketing and advertising solutions that drive the online travel business.Prior to Google, Ivan was one of the...

A retired CEO, with more than 35 years of experience in the Airline Business, and a "Carrier Portfolio" ranging from "Apprentice AVIONICS / Airframe & Power-plant Maintenance Engineer" to the "CEO of the Main Airline SBU" in SAUDIA Group, the Flag Carrier of the...

Since joining flydubai's start-up team, Dan has led the strategic development of the airline's inflight experience. His responsibilities include the evolution of the cabin interior and award-winning inflight entertainment product, and management of inflight retail and catering...

Asif is responsible for Google's Strategic Partnerships within Travel. He created with airlines globally to secure their participation in Google's travel eco-system. Prior to Google, Asif held various leadership positions at American Airlines, Sabre, SITA, Navitaire (Accenture). Asif holds...

Javed Malik is an aviation enthusiast, optimist, entrepreneur, keen sportsman and politician. He was one of the first South African business men to open a textile factory in the country in the 90s. His businesses span the aviation, property leasing and textile industries. In 2014, Malik co-founded...

Having worked with top technology and media companies including iProspect, AmoebaCom, and Google, Zaeem gets excited about new projects and deadlines. Currently,  Zaeem is working at Qatar Airways and    within the Global Sales and E-Commerce division, he is the Global Display Marketing Manager , ...

Have more than 30 years of hard core airline top management experience in all areas of the Airline business. Presently General Manager-India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh for AirAsia involved in  the International operations of the airline in this region. Has been with AirAsia since 2009 with the...

•    Master degree in Software Engineering •    Joining to IranAir at 1984 as a Computer System Analyst•    More than 31 years of experiences in Airline Industry •    24 years’ experiences in top managerial posts as General Director or Director•    More than 10 years as ICT General Director in...

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 75 airline clients and its airRM system is the...

Professor Andreas Papatheodorou was born in Athens, Greece in 1974. He is currently a Professor in Industrial and Spatial Economics with Emphasis on Tourism at the University of the Aegean, Greece. He also holds appointments as Adjunct Professor at the University of New South Wales, Australia; the...

Michael Rodyniuk is President and Chief Executive Officer of Wasaya Partnership Limited (WPL) a company owned 100% by 12 First Nations. WPL is made up of three primary businesses, Wasaya Airways LP and Wasaya Petroleum LP and Wasaya Leasing LP, all serving First Nation communities in Northwestern...

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 from ...

Currently with Oman Air as Chief Officer – Information Technology from June 2013. Responsible for all strategic and operational matters related to the Airline and its subsidiary companies.As Senior Vice President and CIO for Kingfisher Airline from June 2008 – June 2013. Also handled several...

Manish Sinha is the Chief Operating Officer, RGI Airport Hyderabad. A senior airport professional with more than 25 years of experience, he started his career as Management Trainee with Airports Authority of India and has served at various airports within the country.  Prior to joining GMR...

After his post-graduate studies in Socio - Economic Development & Political Sociology,Mr. Teffaha joined AACO as an assistant tariff analyst and rose up in the ranks until becomingAssistant Secretary General in 1992.He was elected Secretary General of the Association in June 1996 and still...