The following speakers presented at The Route's Leader's Forum 2007.
Managing Director, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad
Dato’ Seri Bashir Ahmad is the Managing Director and CEO of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad since June 2003. Malaysia Airports is a public listed company and operates KL International Airport and 38 other airports in Malaysia. Read more »
President Emirates Airline & Managing Director Sri Lankan Airlines
Tim Clark has been in the civil aviation business since 1972 when he joined British Caledonian. In 1975 he moved to Gulf Air in Bahrain and subsequently in 1985 to Dubai where he became a member of the founding team of Emirates as Head of Airline Planning.
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Chief Executive Officer, clickair
Alex Cruz was Accenture's partner leading Europe's aviation practice where he participated in the creation and start-up of clickair, Europe's fastest growing airline.
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Deputy Head Internal Market, Aviation Agreements and Multilateral Relations of the Directorate General for Energy and Transport at the European Commission
Gilles Gantelet is Deputy Head of the unit "Internal Market, Aviation Agreements and Multilateral Relations" of the Directorate General for Energy and Transport at the European Commission.
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Chief Executive, Omega
Roger is Chief Executive of the Omega academic Knowledge Transfer Partnership on aviation sustainability, based out of Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK.
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Director of the Office of International Aviation at the United States Department of Transportation
Joined British Airways in 1968 as a graduate trainee and spent 30 years in overseas Regional General Management positions.
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Secretary General European Low Fares Airline Association
Joined British Airways in 1968 as a graduate trainee and spent 30 years in overseas Regional General Management positions.
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Alex Hendriks
Acting Director CEATS, Deputy Director ATM Strategies, Eurocontrol
After High-school (HBS), he was recruited in 1971 by the Netherlands Civil Aviation Authority’s ATS Directorate (LVB), as a trainee air traffic controller.
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Vice President Marketing & Corporate Communications Department of Civil Aviation / Dubai International Airport
Anita graduated from the American University of Beirut with a BA in Middle Eastern History in 1975 and in 1977 received a Masters Degree in Education from Bank Street College of Education in New York.
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Senior Director Corporate Affairs, Schiphol Group
Paul Luijten (1954) has been Director of Corporate Affairs, Schiphol Group, since February 2000 and a member of the Upper House of Dutch Parliament since 1995.
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Macquarie Airports & Executive Director Macquarie Bank
Kerrie Mather has been the Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Airports since it listed on the Australian Stock Exchange with a market capitalisation of A$1 billion in April 2002.
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Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X
Azran was recently appointed as Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X, a new airline based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia focused on providing long-haul low-cost services in 2007.
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Director General of the Air Transportation Department of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China
Mr. Wang Ronghua formally took office on 17 January 2007 as Director General of the Air Transportation Department of the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC).
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Chief Operating Officer, The Route Development Group
David Stroud joined ASM in 1998 with a wealth of experience in the management of route development, marketing and infrastructure development activity, both in scheduled and IT/Charter airlines.
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Global Head of Transportation & Logistics Sector Advisory, ABN AMRO
With over 16 years experience working in the Transport finance sector, his in-depth expertise and experience covers all aspects of transportation and logistics, with a particular focus on the aviation industry.
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Chief Executive, British Airways Plc
Willie Walsh joined British Airways as chief executive officer (CEO) designate on May 3, 2005 and assumed full CEO responsibilities on October 1 after the retirement of Sir Rod Eddington.
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Director, Environmental Consulting, Arup Group
Paul is a Director of the international engineering, design, planning and environmental consultancy, Arup. He has over 30 years experience in environmental affairs and the sustainable development of major infrastructure projects in the aviation and other sectors.
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European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport; Internal Market, Air Transport Agreements & Multilateral Relations
Graduated 1995 in Economics and Business Administration at Hohenheim University (Stuttgart, Germany). 2000 Doctorate in Economics.
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Chief Officer of the Union des Aéroports Français (UAF)
Jacques SABOURIN is Chief Officer of the Union des Aéroports Français (UAF), a trade union that numbers 125 members operating 150 airports.
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Also speaking:
- Duncan Garrood
- Kjeld Binger
- Wu Fan
- Asa Torstensson
- Kiran Kumar Grandhi
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2007 Sponsors
For over 7 years Marlborough has been one of the aviation industry’s leading headhunters. Based in Brussels, Belgium, Marlborough has placed senior and middle management, most typically CEO, COO and Functional Directors, to an extensive base of satisfied clients throughout the aviation world, including airlines, airports, aerospace companies, aviation service providers and industry associations. Underpinned by un-paralleled levels of customer service Marlborough is focused on providing industry leading support to its clients and candidates alike, built on honesty, integrity and trust.
http://www.marlborough.aero
Dnata, part of The Emirates Group, is approaching five decades of expertise in airport and travel services. From an initial 5 employees we are now the largest travel and ground handling organisation in the Middle East, comprising three business units – Dnata Agencies, Dnata Cargo and Dnata Airport Operations. Additionally, Dnata’s significant expansion includes operations in Singapore, Pakistan, Philippines, China, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman, with recent strategic partnerships formed with China West Airport Group and Toll Air Services Australia. Dnata handles 30 million passengers, over 1.5 million tonnes of freight and 200,000 aircraft movements involving 120 airlines annually. Viewed as a benchmark in ground handling services, Dnata is one of the few ground handlers to achieve ISO9001: 2000, ISO14001, AHS 1000 and IATA AHM 804 quality accreditations.
http://www.dnata.com
