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Juan Antonio Casanova Airport Privatization Management and Tourism Development Juan Antonio Casanova CEO Lima Airport 20 June Spanish Juan Antonio Casanova, served as CEO of Lima Airport Partners (concessionaire of the Lima Airport till 2030). Prior to becoming CEO of Lima Airport Partners S.R.L., served as Advisor to the Venezuelan and Colombian Investment Committees, and also as CEO of Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones S.A., the Spanish leader company in design, construction and telecommunications networks. In addition to that position he was a Member of the Board of the Joint Chambers of Commerce of Spain and several South American Countries. Before Juan Antonio Casanova joined Acciona S.A. Group in 1990 as CEO of Ineuropa Handling, 2nd licensed operator of airport services in Spain. He also served as Chairman of ENUR S.A., investment and diversification vehicle of the Group, in services and industry. He had a long working experience in Saudi Arabia as Vice President International to the Rolaco Group. He also served as Division General Manager of Prodinsa S.A. (Industrial holding of Banco Madrid and Banco Catalan de Desarrollo). His career started as Technical Manager of the Spanish Shipyard Astano S.A. Casanova holds a degree in Naval Engineering and also holds an MBA from the INSEAD, Fontainebleau in France.
Etienne Mange Airport Operational Readiness Since many years, Etienne is actively engaged in airport operations, strategic planning and coordination. He was responsible for bringing the new passenger terminal of Brussels International Airport (Belgium) into operations in accordance with new service standards and within the financial goals defined by the private stockholders. In Kuala Lumpur he was project director for the managerial and operational setup of a new ground handling company, including design and construction of a cargo complex and GSE building. Etienne has also been involved in the conceptual planning of a new international passenger terminal and a maintenance complex for McCarran Airport (Las Vegas), including legal and financial requirements. Etienne Mange Economist & Airport Project Manager 30 January Belgian
Geert Boosten Airport Strategic Development and Retail Geert Boosten Aviation Expert 13 February Dutch Geert is Consultant on airport and port specific projects. His main area of experience is developing airport strategy, positioning the airport towards its environment, customers, forecasting, network development and optimizing airport revenues streams on short, medium and long term. Working in a large network with independent airport specialists on finance, technical and master plan development, etc. also combining airport know how on the development of large sea ports. Major assignments: strategy development large airport in Europe, development of Airport Club (an initiative to link airports networks via internet), medium and long term traffic forecast for regional airport, strategy and mid term BOT-review airport in Africa.
Gerd-Dieter Schmidt Airport Planning and Development Gerd-Dieter Schmidt Aviation Architect 18 September German Gerd-Dieter Schmidt currently is engaged in regional airport development projects in Germany and Turkey. His tasks mainly are the assessment, supervision and control of the airport master planning and design. Prior to the present projects, he was assigned consultant / project director for airport development, renovation and construction with several international organisations in the Philippines, Kambodia, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Hungary and Peru. He has 28 years of experience in airport planning, assessment, development, design, tendering and construction supervision. He is holder of a commercial pilots license.
John E. Mapletoft Airport and Airline Systems and IT Infrastructure John E. Mapletoft Air Transport Advisor and Consultant 20 February John has 30 years of air transport and travel industry experience, including key commercial and strategic management roles in airlines, travel agencies and SITA. Britisch Having managed travel agency and airport handling operations in the UK and the Gulf, led airline sales & marketing with two major UK independent airlines, and provided leadership for recent start up airlines in mainland Europe and Asia-Pacific, he has an excellent understanding of a broad range of strategic and commercial issues within air transport. This is underpinned by his strong knowledge of airline and airport Information Technology, gained through 12 years at SITA including 6 years as a global Vice President for information services. John has lived and worked in the UK, mainland Europe, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Hong Kong and the USA, and has a deep understanding of global cultural issues and effective team, project and partner leadership. He has a Master s in Business Administration from Emory University in Atlanta.
W. Martin Braham Airline Management W. Martin Braham President 13 May American As one of the Members of the Senior Advisory Board, Marty brings along more than 35 years of sound Aviation Management experience. Since the idea of the Aviation Consultancy Network was born he supported and coformed it. During his career at Delta Air Lines he held roles of increasing responsibilities, was a well respected and easy to approach people person and served as Senior Vice President - Airport Customer Service. In this function he was responsible for airport facility needs, equipment, operations and Human Resources for the third biggest Air Line worldwide. Subsequent to this assignment, he founded Delta Global Services, assembled a team and established a business plan to create a wholly owned subsidiary for Delta Air Lines that provides airport services and training to Delta and other US Airlines. DGS is now one of the biggest ground handlers in the US with about 8,000 employees. Post retirement from Delta Marty serves as Executive Director - DATE (Delta-Aeroflot Travel Enterprise). With efforts directed towards growth of travel and tourism into and out of Russia.
Dieter B. Stoker Airline Flight Operations Management Dieter B. Stoker Aiirline Operations Specialist, Project Manager 23 November Almost forty years experience in International leadership, project management, business planning, and risk prevention within Delta Air Lines and Air France. Substantial leadership positions involving broad aspects of airline operations within US, Europe and Asia. Recognized as an authority on ATC procedures and International flying. Experiences have included responsibilities for engineering, passenger service, operations, scheduling, and safety and quality assurance. Native German, US Citizen
Andrew P. Roman Airport Hub Development Andrew P. Roman Aviation Consultant 17 March U.S. American Andy's commercial aviation and airport experience covers 42 years encompassing over a dozen different cities and airport's, both in the United States and Europe. Extensive knowledge in the fundamentals of day-to-day operations in both the airline and airport sectors. With over half that time in managerial capacity, strengths include teambuilding, procedural development for customer service initiatives, and extensive liaison with outside parties in airside operations. Has been involved in both terminal construction and transfer and airport start-up.
Robert V. Newsum Airline Cargo Management Robert V. Newsum Airport and Aviation Consultant 24 August British Bob has worked extensively in the airline and airport environment both directly for major international airlines and as a consultant in various overseas locations. Bob has considerable knowledge of aviation marketing and operational procedures. He is an experienced consultant in airport start-up, relocation, operational readiness, re-engineering and overall project management. His main expertise results from + 20 years in Cargo Senior Management. Presently bob is involved in some advisory activities for the Cargo development of the new terminal in Bangkok.
Steve Zerkowitz Research and Operation Steeve Zerkowitz Air Traffic Manager 12 July Belgium Steeve has a privately owned, independent company, registered under Belgian trade law with the aim of supplying a wide range of support services to the aviation industry. It is one of the EUROCONTROL framework companies. His company BluSky ATM provides value added consultation services in the field of air traffic management. The fields covered are air/ground data link, advanced navigation and surveillance techniques, controller and airborne decision support tools, ATC system architecture and airport operations as well as the development and maintenance of advanced ATM concepts, like Collaborative Decision Making (CDM), System Wide Information Management (SWIM) and Free Flight operations.
Jhan Schmitz Transport and Engineering Jhan Schmitz Program Manager 9 December USA Jhan is currently Group Vice President of CH2M HILL and over the past year has been acting as Program Director for reconstruction in the public works sector for the US Mission in Iraq, following his assignment as team leader for post-conflict assessments in Iraq for the World Bank. Jhan has over 30 years of experience in airport planning, development, design, construction, and operations. Prior to his Iraq assignments, he consulted on airport development and privatization in Europe and the Middle East, on optimizing airport operations for clients in Asia, and on master planning and airport security measures for airports in North America. He was Program Manager for the new Hong Kong International Airport and related projects, and has had senior management/program management and consulting assignments on airports throughout Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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