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1 MECAS 2012 Middle East Corporate Aviation Summit Thursday 7 th June 2012 Al Bateen Executive Airport, Abu Dhabi, UAE Presented by Sponsored by Media Partners

2 SUMMIT AGENDA Chairman: Leonard Favre, Managing Partner, 1BlueHorizon 8.30 Registration & Networking Coffee 9.00 Opening Remarks from Aeropodium and the MECAS Chairman 9.10 What are the Greatest Challenges facing the Future of the Corporate Aviation Industry? Leonard Favre, Managing Partner, 1BlueHorizon 9.40 The VIP and Private Air Charter Market in the Middle East Eliska Mundell, General Manager, Chapman Freeborn Dubai Networking Coffee Break The Challenges of VIP & Executive Aviation in the Middle East Today and a Vision for the Future Dr. Mark J. Pierotti, Chief Operating Officer, Al Jaber Aviation On the right Flight Path? Strategies for a Global Business Aviation Expansion Tilmann Gabriel, Executive Vice President, Qatar Executive Supporting Aviation in Abu Dhabi Anthony Norman, Aviation Facilitation Consultant, Department of Transport (DoT), Abu Dhabi Networking Lunch Break Cost Reduction in Corporate Aviation Maintenance through 5 Dimensional Management Approaches Muhammad Zahid Mahmood, CEO, Aviation Technology Consultants The Role of Small and Medium Sized Jets in the Future Air Transport Industry Lars Welinder, Director, Mango Aviation Services Communication Systems in Business Aviation Shady A. Ali, MENA Business Development Manager, Satcom Direct Networking Coffee Break Security Issues and the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Ahmed Wagih, Chief Aviation Security & Dangerous Goods Investigator, Department of Oversight & Inspection, Division of Aviation Security Affairs, General Civil Aviation Authority, UAE

3 16.00 Challenges of emergency response planning and management for the Corporate Aviation Sector Colonel (retired) Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh, Director, Emergency Planning Enterprises (EmPlanE) Panel Discussion Corporate Aviation in the Middle East: A Vision for the Future End of MECAS and Concluding Remarks SPEAKERS Leonard Favre, Managing Partner, 1BlueHorizon Leonard Favre brings 10+ years of industry experience gained through both strategic management consulting and senior management positions. He joined recently the prestigious management consulting boutique Arthur D Little as Principal Head of aviation - transportation for the Middle East and South East Asia. While at Arthur D Little, Mr. Favre has worked on a wide range of issues at clients with significant experience in Europe and the Middle East, including several successful Low Cost Airlines (LCC) set-up or air carriers (passengers and cargo) restructuring and transformations, due diligence screenings, strategic sourcing negotiations, cost reduction mandates, mergers & acquisitions advisory, financial advisory, program office management, and strategic reviews. He has worked across a wide array of the travel, aviation and transportation industry to build 'Blue Horizon' from senior associate at another leading strategy consulting firm to director investments and marketing or vice-president business development (including aircraft leasing/acmi) and strategy with sound achievements and customer satisfaction. Tilmann Gabriel, Executive Vice President, Qatar Executive 4/2011 present: EVP Qatar Executive ---- Doha, Qatar, Heading the Business Aircraft, Airline Charter and FBO/MRO Division of Qatar Airways. 1/2010-4/2011: President/CEO ---- Aberdeen, UK, CHC Europe, the world s largest helicopter operator. 12/2008 1/2010: President/CEO ---- Dubai, UAE & Kabul, Afghanistan, Safi Airways, the International Airline of Afghanistan. 7/ /2008: Managing Partner/Consultant, tiansalo LLC --- International Business Consultants, Consulting Project with largest EU Cargo Airline: Maintenance/Operations, Change Management. 8/2005 5/2008: Vice President Sales & Marketing - Evergreen, International Airlines McMinnville, OR, USA, General Manager - Evergreen International Aviation Branch Office Dubai, UAE Business Jet/Helicopter, VIP Operations & Logistics support Iraq. 12/2002 7/2005: Founding President/CEO -Royal Jet - Abu Dhabi, UAE, VVIP Business Jet Airline Start-up with BBJ & G450, later Piaggio (UAE Air Force) & CL / /2002: General Manager, Customer Training - Bombardier Aerospace Dallas & Montreal, Canada, Flying CL 604 & Global Express, all Lear types, design of new CL / /2001: Vice President Operations, Flexjet - Bombardier Aerospace - Dallas, USA, 120 Business Aircraft in Fractional Airline, all Lear and CL 604, Aircraft Management, helped design new FAA 91K rules, started/led Training subcommittee in NBAA, designed new training/career rules for fractional business jet pilots.

4 8/1996 6/1999: Director Flight Operation - Deutsche BA - München, First low cost airline in Germany, first JAR-OPS licensed AOC, Flying B737 as Training Captain. 5/1995 7/1996: Chief Operating Officer - Lufthansa Cargo India - New Delhi, India, Flying B727 as Captain. 1/1991 3/1996L: Founder/Managing Director/CEO - CST Berlin - Berlin, Germany, Lufthansa JV Training Center. 1/1976 7/1996: Lufthansa Pilot, Captain, Training Captain, Manager. Colonel (retired) Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh, Director, Emergency Planning Enterprises (EmPlanE) Colonel (retired) Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh is an emergency management professional currently working in Oman Air. He also works as a consultant with aviation clients to develop and refine their emergency programs. Shivaji currently serves as an instructor with IATA s ITDI, Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO) and Kenyon International Emergency Services (KIES) and is the owner and director of Emergency Planning Enterprises (EmPlanE) Shivaji established the Emergency Response Planning section for Oman Air, developing and implementing the company s emergency response plans, training, procedures, facilities and exercises. With his military background, he has wide-ranging firsthand experience in disaster and crisis management. He has had firsthand experience in responding to an air crash. An experienced speaker and trainer, Shivaji has presented widely on a large number of subjects that include emergency response planning, crisis management and many security related issues. Audiences and venues have included airlines professionals and international security agencies. Shivaji is an active member of the IATA Emergency Response Planners Task Force. He is an associate member of Kenyon International Emergency Services. Shivaji has served as an officer in the Indian Army from 1974 to He has been involved in airline emergency response planning since He holds a Master s degree in Defense Studies and Post Graduate diplomas in Human Resources, Computer Technology and Hospital Management Eliska Mundell, General Manager, Chapman Freeborn Dubai Eliska graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc in Transport Management & Planning, in the mid-90 s, and started her career as the Commercial Manager for MK Airlines, an aircraft leasing and charter company operating DC8 s and B747F s, from its base near Gatwick Airport in the UK. She then moved into the broker role, and worked as a passenger & cargo broker for Fineminster UK, gaining extensive charter experience worldwide with all aircraft types. Eliska then joined the Chapman Freeborn Group, first based in London in 2002, and then Chapman Freeborn Dubai in She has worked on many aspects of the Charter Aviation industry, covering both cargo, commercial passenger, Executive jets, and leasing, with many clients across the industry spectrum. Eliska was appointed General Manager of the Dubai Office in 2006, and has overseen a tremendous growth of the regional hub office, in conjunction with the Sharjah Head Office Dr. Mark J. Pierotti, Chief Operating Officer, Al Jaber Aviation Dr Pierotti has been in the aviation industry for 25 years, starting his career with British Airways as an Aircraft Engineering student in London then working as an Aircraft Engineer for the Airline. He also worked for Garuda Airlines Engineering, Emirates Airlines

5 Engineering as well as the Amiri Flight, Abu Dhabi in a Senior Airworthiness role. After his first degree at London he went onto complete his MBA at Edinburgh then back to London, City University to complete his PhD in Air Transport Engineering & Air Transport Management. He also holds a Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society of Great Britain & continues to be a part time professor at City University London, teaching the Masters Degrees in Air Transport Management, Air Transport Safety & Aircraft Maintenance Management. In 2009 Dr Pierotti started Al Jaber Aviation LLC (AJA private jets) the UAE AOC / AMO & continues to run AJA today as the COO & Accountable Manager. Currently AJA operates a fleet of large executive jets (Airbus & Embraer) from Al Bateen Airport Abu Dhabi operating commercially World Wide under UAE GCAA CAR OPS 1 supported by a detailed SMS & FOQA programme & maintained by the AJA GCAA UAE CAR AMO. Also Dr Pierotti is the Accountable Manager & Head of Avisa Gulf LLC one of the leading Aviation Consultancies in the MENA region & one of the only few approved consultancies, conducting services in aviation technical, operational & commercial disciplines from Continued Airworthiness Management & Operations Oversight to Airline Start Ups & EASA Regulatory Harmonization for authorities, institutions, MRO`s & operators in the region. Avisa Gulf also conducts aviation training courses in regulations, safety, airworthiness & other subjects for operators, regulators & MRO`s in the MEAN region. Ahmed Wagih, Chief Aviation Security & Dangerous Goods Investigator, Department of Oversight & Inspection, Division of Aviation Security Affairs, General Civil Aviation Authority, UAE Chief Aviation Security & Dangerous Goods Investigator, Department of Oversight & Inspection, UAE General Civil Aviation Authority, Dubai Office May 2008 to present. Cargo Conformance Officer Cargo Standards & Procedures Audit section (2004-present), Emirates Airline Head Quarters EK SkyCargo, Global Operations - Dubai. Senior Cargo Assistant - Emirates Airline- SKY CARGO Cairo Station, Cargo Officer - Singapore Airlines, Eastmar Travel Agency Cairo, Egypt - Tour Leader ( ). Lars Welinder, Director, Mango Aviation Services Lars is an Executive Director of Mango Aviation Services Ltd ( heading its business in Europe, Middle East and Africa, as well as its General & Business Aviation section on a global basis. Mango is a project and process management practice offering air transport companies around the world a comprehensive range of services from strategic development and business design through to implementation, management and control, and count several of the world s leading and pioneering aviation companies as its clients. Lars brings a wide experience gained from entrepreneurial and international businesses and management; both hands-on and at board level, including business design, finance, build and launch and all gained from both the industrialised and developing worlds. Lars is the Chairman of the Global Aviation Advisors Alliance and a Non Executive Director of Eastwards Leasing Co. He has experience from bringing entrepreneurial activities though to sustainable public companies. He is also active as a London City Liveryman in the World Traders Company and he is a Fellow Member of both the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Institute of Directors.

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