Alexander J. Blake (Alex) is Regional Vice President of AIG Travel for the Asia Pacific region, based in Singapore.

Alex joined AIG in 1998 and has held several marketing, management and sales positions with AIG Travel, including worldwide e-business strategy and development.

He moved to Singapore in 2003 to manage the AIG Travel division in Southeast Asia, and has been managing the division in the Asia Pacific region since 2007.

Adel Ali, together with the management team has been given credit for setting up the Middle East and North Africa’s first low-cost carrier (LCC), Air Arabia. Adel has brought over 25 years of strategic aviation, tourism and marketing experience to Air Arabia since the company commenced operations in October 2003. Adel’s distinctive leadership style, vision, skilful management combined with his charisma and zeal, makes him an inspiration to his team and has made Air Arabia one of the top 50 most admired companies in the Arab world.

Adel previously served as Vice President (Commercial and Customer Service) for Gulf Air, where he played a central role in the airline’s recovery. Before that, he spent over 20 years with British Airways where he also held senior management positions, including General Manager (Middle East and Africa).

In addition, Adel has served as a Director and a Senior Board Member for a number of companies in the Middle East and Europe. He has been recognised within the industry as a Middle East airline expert and has received awards for his contribution to air transport and tourism in the Middle East and Africa.

Adel innovative achievements has been globally recognized on creating a successful low cost business model in the Middle East customised as per region’s needs, marking Air Arabia as the first low-cost airline in the MENA region. Adel drove Air Arabia’s growth to become the largest low cost carrier in the Middle East as well as the first publicly owned airline in the Arab World with in a span of only five years.

Adel holds an MBA degree from Marlhurst University, Oregon, USA. He bagged ‘British Airways Award for Excellence’ and ‘Middle East Tourism Contribution Award’. In 1983 and 1991, he received ‘British Airways Customer Services Award’. In 2007, Adel has been awarded the ‘Airline CEO of the year’ by Aviation Business Magazine. He has been named world’s best LCC CEO during the World LCC Congress 2008. Adel is also the Chairman of Sharjah Information Systems Associates (ISA) and Alpha Sharjah catering.

After graduating from St. Louis University, USA, with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics (Aeronautical Administration) in 1990, he was hired at Fujairah International Airport as Management Trainee. He pursued his academic career to obtain a Masters Degree in Business Administration in Aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA, followed by a Masters Degree in Aeronautical Science in 1993 from the same University.

Dr. Khaled Almazroui joined Fujairah International Airport again as a Management Trainee and was promoted to the position of Finance and Administration Manager in 1994. He was then accorded the position of Deputy General Manager in May 1995 followed by the position of Acting General Manager in 1999. He became the General Manager of the Airport in 2001.

He also represents the Airport as member of Gulf Airport Services Association (GASA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), Airports Council International (ACI), and represents the Department of Civil Aviation during Air Services Agreement between UAE and different countries.

In June 2006, he obtained his Doctoral degree in Business Administration, specializing in Marketing Management from University of Lincoln, UK.

He currently lectures on a part-time basis, the Business and Marketing courses at Ajman University, Fujairah.

Tassapon, currently the Chief Executive Officer of Thai AirAsia, joined the company from the start up in 2003. The airline now has grown to 13 planes with over 1,400 employees with more than 21 destinations. In 2004 the airline has carried 3.0 million passengers and still growing. Tassapon came from Warner Music (Thailand) Ltd. where he held the position of Managing Director for 5 years. The company ranked the last in all the international music company, but within 3 years he has place Warner Music in the top rank. Prior to joining Warner Music, he was Country Manager of Consumer Division for Thailand and Indo-China, Monsanto Thailand Ltd. At Monsanto he had set up the division from scratch and built to multi million dollars business in just a few years. Tassapon spent 5 years with Monsanto. Tassapon first job was at Warner-Lambert Thailand Ltd, confectionery division where he starts as Assistant Product Manager and grew to Senior Product Manager with several post in the Asian region. Tassapon hold a Master degree in Marketing from Thammasat University and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Assumption University.

Bruce Buchanan was appointed CEO of Jetstar commencing 1 October 2008.

Bruce participated in the establishment of Jetstar in 2003 and its subsequent launch in May 2004 and has been a critical driver of the expansion of the Jetstar brand and operations both domestically and internationally.

Bruce was previously Group General Manager Commercial, responsible for Jetstar’s network planning, marketing, pricing, sales and distribution, government relations, strategy and commercial systems.

He has helped oversee the rapid development of Jetstar from its original business case, to its brand and operational launch – seen as one of Australia’s most successful – and through a sustainable expansion.

Bruce managed the development of Jetstar’s value based long haul international model which successfully launched in November 2006 as well as the establishment of the Jetstar brand through commercial partnership with Jetstar Pacific based in Vietnam.

Jetstar’s Australian operations now serve 20 domestic Australian and 10 international destinations from Australia with an existing fleet of 31 A320 family aircraft and 6 A330-200 aircraft.

Jetstar has achieved profitable returns for the Qantas Group since its inception and achieved a record AUD $118 million Profit before Tax for the 2008 financial year.

Prior to joining Jetstar, Bruce worked for The Boston Consulting Group for 5 years where he was a member of the Travel and Tourism practice area. Bruce has worked for various airlines within Australia, Asia and United States in a wide range of areas including sales, distribution, pricing, marketing, airline loyalty programs, finance and business strategy.

Mr Buchanan has a Civil Engineering Degree from The University of New South Wales, and a Master of Business Administration from The Australian Graduate School of Management and the Anderson School at UCLA.

He is a director of Orangestar.

Richard Carcaillet was appointed Director Product Marketing in October 2003. In his role, he is in charge of A380 and A380F product marketing, heading a team that supports sales campaigns around the world with data, arguments and presentations. His team is also active in A380 communication and media activities.

Mr. Carcaillet graduated in aerospace engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France and Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, in 1984, completing his masters (M.Sc.) in aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, USA in 1985. During his military service (1985/86), he worked as a research scientist in aerodynamics at ONERA, France.

In 1986 Mr. Carcaillet joined Air France and worked in maintenance and in operations research. Then, from 1988 to 1990, he specialised in patent examination for the aerospace and defence sector at the European Patent Office in Munich.

Since joining Airbus in 1990, Mr. Carcaillet has held various sales and marketing positions in both Toulouse and Hamburg. After an initial focus on South East Asia as an airline marketing senior analyst, in 1993 he went on to work on A300/A310 freighter conversion (worldwide) in Hamburg, where he set up and managed marketing for that programme, subsequently heading up A300/A310 product marketing in Toulouse in 1995-96.

Mr. Carcaillet then joined Airbus’ newly created Large Aircraft Division, working on market development of what was then known as the A3XX and the A3XXF, in Asia, Europe and the US. In particular he was responsible for all Airbus and airline joint working groups on the A3XX-F until 2001, when with the launch of the A380, his role changed to A380-focussed sales and marketing activity in Japan for the two years prior to his current appointment. Richard Carcaillet was born in France in 1960 and is married with two children.

Ashutosh joined the Bangalore International Airport in August 2006. He is responsible for business development and aeronautical revenues from passenger and cargo airlines. His responsibilities include contract and revenue management for aviation concessions related to ground handling, cargo terminals, fuel farm and flight catering. Ashutosh has been associated with both the recent greenfield airport projects in India, having earlier worked with the GMR Hyderabad International Airport as Manager - Business Planning. He holds an MBA from Queen' s University, Canada and a Bachelors in electrical engineering from HBTI, Kanpur, India.

Ms. Vivian K. Cheung, now General Manager of Zhuhai-Hong Kong Airport Management Co. Ltd, is in charge of the overall operation and management of the Zhuhai Airport. Ms. Cheung graduated from the Computer Department of the State University of New York in 1983 and received a MBA degree from the Illinois State University.

Before joining the Airport Authority Hong Kong, Ms. Cheung worked with GE’s R & D Center Headquarters in New York for technical R&D and understood well corporate management reform after GE’s transformation.

Ms. Cheung joined the Airport Authority Hong Kong in 1992 and participated in construction of the New Airport in Hong Kong right away. She was responsible for construction and management of the airport control center. Then she worked in important positions in many departments and took responsibility for different kinds of business and management with success, including IT, operation and management of the terminal and the tarmac and China business. She was promoted to the rank of Deputy General Manager and has rich experience in overall airport operation and management.

In her spare time during her work with the Airport Authority Hong Kong, Ms. Vivian Cheung is keen on education and public welfare activities and was once a guest lecturer of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Now she lives in Zhuhai.

DG CIRON was appointed as the Acting Director of the newly created Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on July 1, 2008. Before his appointment as DG, CAAP, he was appointed to different positions at the Department of National Defense: Assistant Secretary for Personnel on January 11, 2007, Assistant Secretary for Plans and Programs on January 11, 2001. He retired after 37 years of military service with the rank of Major General in the Armed Forces of the Philippines on October 11, 2000 in concurrent positions as Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans (J5), Chief, Office for Special Studies (OSS) ; and Acting Chief, Liaison Office for Legislative Affairs (LOLA).

He started his military career in 1968 when he graduated from the Philippine Military Academy. Commissioned in the Philippine Air Force, he served in various capacities as tactical fighter (F-86F) pilot of the 5th Fighter Wing, PAF; Commander, Composite Air Support Force (CASF 2) in Northern Luzon; helicopter (UH1H) pilot and Deputy Wing Commander of 205th Tactical Operations Wing, PAF; Air Force Inspector General for two terms; Chief of Air Staff, Headquarters Philippine Air Force; and The Inspector General, Armed Forces of the Philippines.

He was also assigned at the Department of National Defense for several years where he served, initially, as Aide-de-Camp and Military Assistant to the Secretary of National Defense and, later, as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. As an additional duty at DND, he was assigned as President/OIC of military-sequestered Rajah Broadcasting Network (RBN) of the F. Jacinto Corporations where it grew in both income and assets until its turnover to the rightful owners after the People Power Revolution in February 1986.

Aside from his military training, DG CIRON has acquired several civilian degree courses: PhD in Political Science (Pi Gamma Mu International Honor Society member) at the University of the Philippines, Masters in Business Administration at the De LA Salle University, Masters in National Security Administration (with honors) at the National Defense College of the Philippines, and Masters in Chaplaincy (Summa Cum Laude) at the Asian Seminary for Christian Ministries.

DG CIRON has distinguished himself in his various assignments. As military staff to the Secretary of National Defense, Inspector General of the Philippine Air Force and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Chief of Air Staff, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans (J5), he received the Distinguished Service Stars. As President/OIC of the Rajah Broadcasting Network, he was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Medal. As Commander of Composite Air Support Force (CASF2) in the Cagayan Valley, he received the Bronze Cross Medal and Military merit Medal (with Spearhead Device).

Tony Davis, Group Chief Executive and President of Tiger Aviation, has over 20 years experience in both full service and low cost airlines. Tony has been responsible for the rapid expansion of Tiger Airways from a fledgling airline into one of Asia-Pacific’s leading low fare carriers in a short span of just three years.

He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from Lancaster University. For the first nine years of his career, he worked at British Airways in various management capacities while stationed in London and New York. He was also stationed in the Middle East with Gulf Air in Bahrain. After which, Tony worked at British Midland Airways from 1997 through 2001 as Director of Corporate Affairs, and in 2001 was the founding Managing Director of low cost airline, bmibaby.

Tony has had broad experience in formulating and implementing international airline strategies, airline operations, corporate affairs, marketing and revenue management, and in representing airlines in negotiations with government and regulatory agencies, in the UK, the United States and other major countries.

Under Tony’s leadership as Group Chief Executive and President, the Tiger Airways Group has achieved a number of major milestones. These include expanding its route network from just 3 destinations to over 30 destinations across Asia and Australia while flying more than 4 million passengers by the end of 2007.

He is also responsible for leading the expansion of Tiger Aviation Group following the success of Tiger Airways Singapore with the establishment of Tiger Airways Australia and the soon to be launched, Incheon Tiger Airways in South Korea. The airline’s achievements and innovation received peer recognition, reflected in Tiger Airways winning the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation’s “Best Low Cost Airline” Award in 2006.

Tony currently holds several senior positions up to Board level including : •Group Chief Executive and President of Tiger Aviation •President and Director of Tiger Airways Pte Ltd (Tiger Singapore) •Director of Tiger Airways Australia Pty Limited •Director of Incheon Tiger Airways •Board member of the Singapore Tourism Board •Fellow of the Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturing and Communications •Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society

Prior to joining Lyon Airports, Alain Favier spent 23 years in the Airline Industry, with Air France first and most of the with British Airways in various sales & marketing positions. His latest job at BA was a Sales Manager for the Southern half of France. He led a 15 sales force team during 12 years covering 6 airports and growing his market contribution from 12% to nearly 40% in BA France.

He then created "La Toupie (L.A.2P. = Lyon Airport Passenger Profile), a Marketing tool at Lyon Airports in Y2K, prior to focussing on Route Network Development enjoying "an enriching position enabling a wide vision of the various airlines' strategy & business models."

On July 1st 2004, Lionel Flasseur took the position of Marketing and Sales Strategy Manager at the Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport. Considered a young executive at the age of 40, his main objective is to develop the platform’s offer in terms of passenger and freight transport, as well as non-aeronautical revenues and in particular shops and services. He is assisted by a staff of 50.

In 1991, he graduated from the « Ecole Supérieure de Commerce » in Lille having specialised in human resources management. Since his career has constantly evolved.

During the 9 years he spent in the agro-food industry, in which he started as Area Manager, he was appointed Regional Development Manager then Sales Development Manager in France for MASTERFOODS – MARS ALIMENTAIRE. This multinational company commercializes prestigious brands such as Mars, M&M’s, Twix and Bounty.

In December, Lionel Flasseur joined the group LASTMINUTE.COM (Degriftour.com –Travelprice.fr) as Sales and Marketing Manager. The development potential of Internet and the creation of new distribution channels, as well as his interest in the travel and leisure industry, naturally influenced his professional choice. His achievements include developing the brands and sales partnerships and being in charge of a call center manned by a staff of 80.

For Lionel Flasseur, « coming to Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport means working as a team for a structure with real development objectives based on a huge potential. The Lyon platform has, without doubt, its place in the world of national and international airports».

Mr Foo has over 12 years of extensive experience in various aspects of passenger terminal and air cargo operations. Starting his career as an assistant airport manager with the Airport Management Division at CAAS, he has managed ground operations, customer service, aviation security, apron operations and safety, contingency management, estate management, airport systems and events over the years.

Mr Foo was appointed Director of the Airport Management Division in 2005 and has been instrumental in maintaining the high efficiency and service standards at Changi Airport. He also held the concurrent appointment as head of the Air Cargo Division between 2002 to 2005. He managed the 47-hectare Changi Airfreight Centre, as well as set up and grew the logistics business for the 26-hectare Airport Logistics Park of Singapore.

Mr Foo had also been project lead for various infrastructural upgrading and expansion projects. Theses include the extension of the Terminal 2 finger piers, Terminal 2 upgrading, the construction and opening of Budget Terminal as well as the new Terminal 3. He was involved in handling of two air crashes, MI185 and SQ006 in 1997 and 2000 respectively, as well as managing the SARS outbreak in 2003. His experience extended to providing expert advice to Changi Airports International in overseas airport consultancy projects, namely Cyprus Airport, Abu Dhabi Airport, Nanjing Airport and New Delhi Airport.

In recognition for his innovation and contributions to Changi Airport, he received the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) from the President of Singapore in 2003, as well as the Minister Innovation Award in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Mr Foo is currently Senior Director of the Airport Management Group, where he oversees the Airport Operations Division, Commercial Division and Aviation Security Unit. Mr Foo also serves on the Board of Crimson Logic Pte Limited, a leading Singapore-based IT service provider.

Mr Foo graduated from National University of Singapore in 1995 with a scholarship from CAAS. He is married with three children and his spouse, Adeline Foo, is a public servant and award-winning children’s book author.

Jerome's recent successes include the renewal of Vietnam Airlines regional fleet with 11 ATR 72-500 and the introduction of turboprops at Filipino low-fare airline Cebu Pacific with up to 18 ATR 72-500 being currently delivered there. Before being based in Bangkok, Jerome worked for ATR as Sales Director for India, where he contributed to the strong presence the European turboprop manufacturer today enjoys in this vast market. His previous experiences were with Airbus, where he successively worked in customer support, flight test and airline marketing.

Greg Gernhardt is Pratt & Whitney vice president of Commercial Engines & Services for the Asia/Pacific region. In this role, Gernhardt is responsible for developing, leading, and implementing integrated engine and aftermarket strategies for Pratt & Whitney in the region. Gernhardt promotes Pratt & Whitney products and services for Commercial Engines, Global Service Partners, and Global Material Solutions, and identifies emerging market opportunities for the Next Generation Product Family and scalable-core Geared Turbofan™ engine.

Gernhardt joined Pratt & Whitney in 1990 and has held a number of engineering, program management, operations, and customer service roles of increasing responsibility including a leadership role at Pratt & Whitney’s joint venture International Aero Engines (IAE). At IAE, Gernhardt was vice president, Operations and Programs, where he successfully led the organization to its highest production rate for the V2500 and executed the industrial integration plan for the recently certified SelectOne engine.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University. He lives in Old Saybrook, Conn., with his wife, son, and daughter.

Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified company providing high technology products and services to the global aerospace and commercial building industries.

Peter established the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation, the region’s leading specialist aviation consultancy and research practice, in 1990. Over the past 15 years he has been involved in a wide range of consulting assignments, focused in the Asia Pacific region. These include airport and airline privatisation, passenger and freight airport marketing, advice to governments and governmental organisations on policy, bilateral and multilateral issues, airline startup business planning, traffic forecasting and airline management education. Peter worked with IATA in Geneva for 10 years and was until recently, Chairman of IATA’s World Aviation Regulatory Monitor Group. Peter is the immediate past President of the Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand. He is Managing Director of a tourism development company and sits on a number of industry committees providing advice on tourism and aviation policy. He is a law graduate of London and Melbourne Universities, with an LLM from McGill University’s Institute of Air and Space Law.

Andrew Herdman has held the position of Director General of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) since November 2004. In this role he is committed to expanding the role of the Association as the leading trade organization for international airlines based in the Asia-Pacific region, addressing a wide range of both regional and global policy issues affecting the industry. AAPA works closely with regulators and other industry associations with the aim of fostering the sustainable growth of international civil aviation. Prior to joining the AAPA, Andrew held a number of senior positions with the Swire Group, the parent company of Cathay Pacific Airways, with other diverse interests in aviation, property, beverages, marine services, trading and industrial sectors, predominantly based in the Greater China region, most recently as Director Corporate Affairs at Swire Pacific and a Director of the parent holding company, John Swire & Sons. Mr. Herdman spent much of his earlier career in a variety of senior aviation-related roles with Cathay Pacific Airways and its associated companies, including: Managing Director, Cathay Pacific Catering Services, Managing Director of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd (HAECO), Chairman of Xiamen-based TAECO; Cathay Pacific General Manager Cargo; Director and General Manager of ABACUS, and a board member of Worldspan. Mr. Herdman is a graduate of Oxford University, with BA (Hons) and a post-graduate BPhil in management studies. Married with two daughters, he also enjoys tennis, sailing and hiking.

With nearly 20 years in the transport and travel industry, David brings a wealth of experience to airlines and the companies that serve them. He was one of the three original officers at the founding of Virgin Blue, holding executive management positions including Head of Commercial and Head of Strategy & Communication during its period of high growth from its formation in 1999 to 2005. He also led the airline's search for new commercial opportunities in Asia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. Prior to his tenure at Virgin Blue, David served as Deputy Director of Sales and Marketing for Virgin Express, the Brussels based European LCC of the Virgin Group. He also has extensive experience in the fuel industry and was a former US licensed travel agent. Today, David consults for a number of key clients focused on the LCC sector in both emerging and established markets. In 2006, he was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Vueling, a LCC based in Barcelona, Spain. He holds a BA of International Relations from Brown University in the United States and an MBA from INSEAD in France. Originally from the US state of Colorado, David has lived in eight countries and traveled to over 90 others.

Mr. M. Arshad Jalil has rich aviation experience, spread over a period of three decades. He is an Engineering Graduate and is having valid licenses issued by CAA, Pakistan and FAA, USA.

Mr. Jalil started his aviation carrier with Pakistan International Airline and served the national carrier for a period of 16 years. After leaving PIA, he joined as the founder Managing Director and share holder Director of Aero Asia. Since then he has been the Chief Executives of various airlines and agencies.

CURRENT POSITIONS •VICE CHAIRMAN, SHAHEEN AIR INTERNATIONAL •PRESIDENT AND CEO, JET AVIATION, SHARJAH UAE. Jet Aviation deals in Aircraft Leasing and Charter services. •CHAIRMAN PAK AVIATION ENGINEERING SERVICES.(PAES). PAES is the service provider to Shaheen Air for the maintenance of its Boeing 737s. The company also provides maintenance services to other operators operating through Jinnah International Airport Karachi.

PAST POSITIONS •FOUNDER M.D. AND SHARE HOLDER DIRECTOR OF AERO ASIA. •CEO AND SHARE HOLDER DIRECTOR OF SHAHEEN AIR INTERNATIONAL. •ADVISOR/DIRECTOR, PIA

Mr. Arshad Jalil is member of both the Royal Aeronautical Society and Charter Institute of Logistics and Transport. He is married and having two children, a son and a daughter.

Since 2004, Mr. Wenzhong Jiang is vice president of Yunnan Airport Group Co., Ltd responsible for investment, airport expansion, aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenue management.

He is responsible for various organizational units including: Airport Management Department, Investment Department, the Information and Telecommunication Office, Lijiang Airport, Dali Airport, Xianggelila airport, Zhaotong Airport and Wenshan Airport. Mr. Wenzhong Jiang is Chinese CPA and Senior Accountant. He graduated from Yunnan University of Finance and Economic in audit. In 2008, He achieved EMBA of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

From 1991 to 2001, Mr. Wenzhong Jiang worked in Finance Department of Yunnan Airlines and subsidiary company. He worked as finance manager, deputy director and director of Finance Department, Deputy Chief Accountant of Yunnan Airport Group Co., Ltd from 2002 to 2004.

Cebu Pacific pioneered the LCC model in the Philippines and has plotted a course of phenomenal growth in recent years, taking domestic market leadership in 2007.

With a current fleet of 25 aircraft (19 A319/A320 and 6 ATR 72-500) Cebu Pacific now serves 32 domestic destinations and 15 International destinations and is set to further expand its network in 2009 with the delivery of six more aircraft.

Cebu Pacific is the only LCC to serve all three major North Asian markets of China, Japan and Korea. It has been recognized many times for its innovative approach and in 2008 was awarded the Agora ‘Marketing Company of the Year’ award.

Garry is a 56 year old Australian National with more than 30 years experience in Travel, Aviation and other Service Industries and is now leading the team at Cebu Pacific through their next phase of growth.

Educated in Adelaide, South Australia and at Wharton Business School, Garry has held many executive and non executive roles in his lengthy career. Prior to joining Cebu Pacific he was CEO of Jetlite (India) Ltd and Chief Commercial Officer of Jet Airways (India) Ltd.

For some years he was the CEO of The Melbourne Convention Bureau and prior to that had eleven years at Ansett Australia Airlines, finishing his time with them in late 2000 as CEO of Ansett International .

During his time at Ansett, he was also Chairman of Diners Club Australia, Chairman of the Traveland, Chairman of Showgroup and Chairman of Sabre Pacific

Prior to joining Ansett he had worked in industries as diverse as Advertising, Beer and Wine, Seafood, Pharmaceuticals and Financial Services.

Has over 16 years of airline experience with India domestic airlines in the field of business planning, marketing and sales, distribution, product development, airport and customer services, government and media relations etc. Have vast exposure of handling different airline function all over the country, developed great understanding of managing people through teamwork, and achieve corporate objectives of the business.

Started airline career with Air Sahara and worked in different areas of airlines for 10years. Then in 2001, joined SpiceJet launch team and was instrumental in launching the entire commercial activities of SpiceJet as Vice President (Marketing and Planning).

Then joined IndiGo, the fastest growing low fare airline in India as Chief commercial Officer in Jan2007 and is responsible for all commercial activities such as route planning, marketing & sales, distribution, pricing, ancillary sales etc. IndiGo has become the third largest airline in India domestic market since its launch in August2006.

Mrs. Neela holds a Travel and Tourism Diploma and started her career in travel and tourism industry in 1978 with the State Tourism Board in India, Maharashtra. She has been actively involved in tourism related activities for India, having been posted in Mumbai, Delhi and now Singapore, spearheading promotional activities in the ASEAN region.

Mr. Lim, based in Singapore, has been awarded two scholarships by the Singapore government. The first was to complete an undergraduate cum Masters degree in electronics engineering in the prestigious French 'Grande Ecole' schools of engineering. The second was awarded while he was serving with the Ministry of Defence of Singapore to complete a Masters in Public Administration at the elite Ecole Nationale d’ Administration of France. After a period of 10 years as a Defence Specialist Engineer, Mr. Lim left the civil service to start his own businesses. Mr. Lim currently has an extensive portfolio of investment and has business interests in many countries. He is the Chairman of a biomedical company, Lynk Biotechnologies Private Limited, and is also Chairman of WooWorld Private Limited which is a supplier of online and mobile games to telecommunication companies in China, Japan and South East Asia.

Mark Lim is the Head of IT and e-Commerce at Tiger Airways, Singapore's true low fare airline. He's been with the company since 2005, and has presided over a period of tremendous infrastructure and technological growth for the young airline. Tiger Airways has since introduced a new online reservation system, a new website, and operates out of two international bases while flying to over 25 destinations in a burgeoning pan-Asian market. Keeping the company's technology reliable, dynamic and nimble while keeping costs down has been a legendary specialty of his department. Before working at Tiger, Mark spent over 10 years in Silicon Valley, where his experience was honed in the entrepreneurial environment of technology start-ups. His work included technologies that would eventually become the core components of Disney's massive go.com network and the Lycos search portal. And in 2002, he established his own systems integration company in San Jose, California. Mark graduated magna cum laude from Santa Clara University with a degree in Management Information Systems. He has never learned to play the tuba, and probably never will.

Currently the Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and IT for Garuda Indonesia, Mr. Elisa has close to 20 years of experience in the IT sector, having previously held senior positions, such as President Director of Hewlett-Packard Indonesia, Regional Director of Hewlett-Packard SEA and Marketing Director of Compaq Indonesia, just to name a few. He holds a B.Sc Mathematics from the Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia.

In April 2008,Charles joined Gold Coast Airport as General Manager Commercial and Terminal Operations,responsible for the functional and commercial operation and performance of the Terminals and the Project ownership of Australia’s first purpose built LCCT due for completion in 2010.

Prior to this Charles had a long and diverse career with Qantas Airways and held various senior Commercial positions based in Australia and overseas including : -General Manager Industry Sales Australia -Manager Southern Africa -Commercial Manager Queensland -Sales Manager Thailand (Qantas/British Airways)

Charles has also completed Airport management roles for Qantas based in Queensland at both Cairns and Gold Coast Airports.

Mathews received his Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1979, and started his career teaching computer science to army officers. In 1981 he joined the IT division of Air India, the government owned air carrier and played a key role in the world-wide implementation of their computerised passenger services systems. His next move was to the Emirates Group, where he contributed to the growth of the airline in various capacities, over a span of fifteen years from 1983 to 1997. As General Manager-IT of the Emirates Group, Mathews was responsible for formulating and implementing Information Technology strategies for Emirates’ global operations.

Mathews founded the International Business Services Group (IBS) in 1997. Today IBS is a leading global provider of new-generation IT products and services to the Travel, Transportation and Logistics industries. A specialist in the domain, IBS offers a range of products and services that manage mission-critical operations of major airlines, airports, oil and gas companies, seaports, travel, tour and hospitality technology companies, cruise lines and tour operators world-wide. Some of the world’s leading corporations using IBS’ solutions are Emirates, Cathay Pacific, South African Airways, Air New Zealand, Jet Airways, Qatar Airways, ANA, NCA, Vail Resorts Inc., BAA (London’s Heathrow & Gatwick airports), Cunard, Celebrity Cruises, and Star Cruises. SEI CMMI Level 5 and PCMM Level 5 assessed, ISO 9001:2000 and TickIT certified, IBS operates three software development centers in India (Bangalore, Cochin & Trivandrum) and four overseas (Alexandria, Atlanta, Boston and London). IBS has business operations in the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa driven by over 2000 employees.

Mathews is an advisor to the Kerala State Government in the areas of Information Technology, Industry, Management and Education. He is a member of the State’s IT Advisory Board, Higher Education Council, Planning Board of Kerala and on the Board of several colleges and universities. He is a Director at the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala (IIITM-K) and also a member of the Kerala State e-Governance Steering Council, chaired by the Chief Minister. Mathews was honoured with the Management Leadership Award 2001 by the Trivandrum Management Association and the Millennium Leaders Award 2002 by a leading television channel in South India. In 2002, Mathews received the IT Kerala Award for Enterprise Excellence and the State IT Man of the Year award in 2003.

Mr. Arun Mishra has been the Joint Secretary of India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation since 2007. He is actively involved in policy formulation relating to liberalisation of air services, foreign investment norms and other regulatory procedures. Prior to this, Mr. Mishra’s has held a number of senior positions in the Government of India, such as Cabinet Secretariat, Commissioner of Family Welfare and Special Secretary for the Health & Family Welfare Department. Mr. Mishra holds a MBA in Public Service from the University of Birmingham, UK, a M.Sc in Chemistry from Delhi University.

Patrick Murphy is Chairman of the Aviation Group at Performance Consultants International, a major provider of advisory, coaching and mentoring services to many industries around the world..

Patrick has over thirty years experience in the airline industry. For the past five years he has been a consultant and advisor to a number of airlines specialising in transformation, becoming low cost, establishing frequent flyer programmes and managing ancillary revenues. He was on assignment to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the previous five years where in addition to advising member airlines he was responsible for the acquisition of a number of publications outsourced by Member airlines; establishing e-commerce in IATA; overseeing all business planning activities; establishing project management systems and controls; and transforming the Tariffs function within IATA.

Prior to this Patrick was Director and Chairman of various air transport sector companies including Ryanair, Aer Turas, Datalex Communications, and Allied Management Systems. As Chairman of Ryanair in its formative years he was responsible for its transformation from a traditional full-service regional airline into the low-cost airline that it is today.

Between 1987 and 1992 Patrick was Managing Director of Irish Continental Group, the largest ferry and container ship operator in Ireland. There, he oversaw the rapid and profitable growth which followed the acquisition of this state-owned shipping company, the merger with another shipping company and its subsequent launch on the Irish stock exchange as an IPO.

Patrick’s early career was with Aer Lingus where he managed commercial activities including research, government and industry affairs, interline agreements, pricing, marketing and sales. In the mid-eighties he became General Manager of Strategic Development and was actively involved in new business development, consultancy and ancillary activities.

Patrick was born in Ireland and lives in Switzerland. He graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in Commerce and an MBA. He has lectured extensively and has consulted on airline start-ups, marketing, corporate planning, privatization, business transformation, mergers and acquisitions.

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hung is presently the Chairman of the Board of Management of Sovico Group and has been involved in building Sovico since 1992.

Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hung is recognized as one of Vietnam’s business pioneers and visionaries. He is presently one of Vietnam’s members to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), is the Vice-Chairman of the Vietnam-Japan Business Association and is a member of the Vietnam-USA Friendship Association. He was also recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.

He is also a businessman who has made signification contributions to the connecting and fostering cooperation between businesses and the provincial governments, ministries and other offices of the government of Vietnam. Because of his constant efforts and his deep and broad relationships he has brought a great number of specific, high-value business opportunities to Sovico Group.

Dr. Hung graduated with an Engineering degree from Kharkov University and defended his thesis and received his Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences. He is also a member of the International System Research Academy of Russia.

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. AirAsia X is an associate of AirAsia Berhad, the leading short-haul low-lost carrier in Southeast Asia, carrying 18 million passengers annually across a network of over 70 destinations. Prior to his appointment, Azran was formerly a Senior Director of Business Development of Astro All Asia Networks plc, a leading Asian digital satellite television and radio broadcaster, where he led the start-up and operational launch of Astro’s international investments and joint ventures across Southeast Asia, India and Greater China – having oversight management responsibility for a portfolio of over US$300 million invested in these businesses. He was also responsible for Astro’s corporate and regulatory affairs functions, overseeing management of Astro’s key stakeholders. Prior to ASTRO, Azran led the demutualization exercise of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, transforming it into a for-profit corporation in preparation for its eventual public listing. Azran was formerly an Associate Partner of McKinsey & Company, an international management consultancy, where he co-led its Asia Pacific Corporate Finance & Strategy practice. His client work focused on engineering, technology and services companies, and he was active in the development of the venture capital and technology start-ups in Malaysia. He holds a Masters degree in Management Science and a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, both from Stanford University. He is a competitive ultimate frisbee player.

Ms Chong Phit Lian, Chief Executive Officer of Jetstar Asia/Valuair, has over 28 years of management experience in the lifestyle, leisure, tourism, manufacturing and engineering industries.

Chong holds Engineering and Business Administration qualifications and also attended post experience management courses sponsored by her employer. Chong started her career in the 1970’s as Engineering Assistant. She later rose through the ranks to Engineering Workshop Management, taking charge of a local Multi National Corporation’s independent business. Chong joined Singapore Technologies Corp (later restructured to be part of SembCorp Industries) in 1986 as Business Development manager and subsequently became Director of Business Development. She was then promoted to lead Singapore Precision Industries and Singapore Mint as President and Chief Executive Officer. During her 16 years as President and CEO of Singapore Precision Industries and The Singapore Mint, Chong was also Chief Executive (Group General Manager) of Safe Enterprises Group till she completed the restructuring and divestment of companies under the Group.

Chong was on the Board of several companies during her time with Singapore Technologies and the SembCorp Group. Some of her Board memberships included : • Chairman of Tianjin Everbest Gear Manufacturing Company (China). • Director of Singapore Precision Industries • Chairman of Singapore Mint Pte. Ltd • Director of ST Anda Logistic (China) • Executive Director of SemHotel Group (Hotels in China, Bintan, Vietnam) • Director of Safe Enterprises Group (Consumer retail, Travel, Entertainment, Restaurants, Avis Car Rental , Resorts in Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia)

In March 2006, Chong joined Jetstar Asia Airways and is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of OrangeStar Pte Ltd, Jetstar Asia Airways and Valuair.

In October 2004, Stefan Pichler joined Virgin Blue as Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for Virgin Blue’s network and revenue management, sales and e-commerce, product and services, marketing and brand management.

Formerly the CEO of Thomas Cook where Stefan built the company from a national tour operator to the world’s second largest leisure group, he has also held senior and executive board roles with Lufthansa. Joining Lufthansa in 1989 as the Marketing & Sales Manager for France, Stefan was appointed Managing Director of Lufthansa France in 1991. Additional roles included his appointments as Head of Worldwide Sales in 1996 and a member of Lufthansa’s Executive Board in 1997.

Stefan combines both extensive airline experience with major carriers in Europe with extensive knowledge of brands, including working with leading global brands such as NIKE.

He is formerly a non-executive director of major corporations including Deutsche Bank and Steigenberger Hotels in Germany, Grupo Iberostar in Spain and Thomas Cook in India.

A former internationally ranked marathon runner, Stefan started his career as the Head of Sport Promotions at NIKE International in Oregon. He has a Masters Degree in both Economics and Law from Augsburg University.

Before joining Airbus, Marie-Ange had been working as the Production Planning Manager in charge of the maintenance planning and check supervision at Corsair. Marie-Ange joined Airbus Marketing department in 2000. In 2006, she became marketing manager for key sales campaigns like Korean Air and Turkish Airlines. She is now the Marketing Director for South East Asia, covering marketing activities and campaigns in Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Martin Soong is co-anchor of CNBC Asia's "Squawk Box", (M-F, 7-10am HK/SG), the network's flagship morning program. CNBC Asia's "Squawk Box" is fast-paced, with its signature freeflowing debate. The show sets the news agenda in the region every Asian trading day.

Part of the CNBC Asia team since 1993, Soong is one of the founding anchors of the network, and has played a key role in helping shape its identity and development.

An 18-year broadcast veteran, Soong has dominated business television in Asia for more than a decade. He covered the Asian financial crisis, and has also reported widely, from APEC and ASEAN summits, to post-conflict zones like East Timor.

Soong has conducted countless interviews with top business leaders, including Bill Gates, Jeff Immelt and Carlos Ghosn, as well as political leaders like Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Korean President Kim Dae Jung, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, Philippines president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and East Timor Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta.

Soong speaks regularly at major events including the World Economic Forum.

He has won numerous awards. In 1996, 1998, 2007, and 2008 the industry voted him Best News Anchor at the Asian Television Awards - the only 4-time winner in its history.

Soong has a history degree from Whitman College in Washington.

Mr. A Viswanath is an Electrical Engineer from REC, Rourkela and was responsible in commissioning 500 MW Coal Fired Thermal Generating Station for NTPC. He was instrumental in establishment of 1000 MW Simhadri Power Project at Visakhapatnam. He was also involved in planning and co-ordination of Liquid Fuel based Combined Cycle Power Project in Kaymakulam, Kerala.

On the international front, he was involved in power reforms in Nigeria and was a team member in GMR for winning an airport project in Istanbul, Turkey.

Mr. A Viswanath is currently Chief Commercial Officer in GMR Hyderabad International Airport. Before joining GMR he worked for KPMG and NTPC. In his present assignment, he is involved in Business Development, Corporate Communications, and Corporate Planning & Regulatory Affairs.

Martin is Chief Executive Officer of Gold Coast Tourism, Chairman of ICCA Australia and Vice Chairman of ICCA Asia/Pacific. A former professor in the tourism faculty of the University of Brasilia, he is also a director of the Business Events Council of Australia, Past President of the Australian Association of Convention Bureaux, and past Chairman of Conventions Australia and the Adelaide Institute of Technical and Further Education.

Prior to joining GCT in June this year, Martin was CEO of the Adelaide Convention & Tourism Authority, and before that, International Vice President Marketing with Le Cordon Blue, the Paris – based hotel and gastronomy sector educational company.

As CEO of Gold Coast Tourism Martin works cosely with Gold Coast Airport Limited, Australia’s premier Low Cost airport facility, and has working partnerships with a number of national and international Low Cost Carriers.

Shukor Yusof is Editorial Director with Standard & Poor's Equity Research, a position he has held since December 2000. Based in Singapore, Shukor analyses regional aviation companies and is also responsible for editorial quality control, ensuring Standard & Poor’s reports meet compliance standards. Prior to joining Standard & Poor’s, he was the Asian Aviation Correspondent for Thomson Financial IFR, specifically focusing on aircraft and airport financing. Before that he was a TV Producer at CNBC Asia. He started his career as a reporter with Singapore Press Holdings. Shukor graduated with a B.A. (Hons) in European Studies from Brighton, Sussex. He also completed an M.A. in Economics and Politics from Leeds University as a U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office Chevening scholar.

Avelino L. Zapanta is a product of two top educational institutions in the Philippines, the University of the Philippines where he finished his four-year basic college course and the Ateneo de Manila University where he completed his MBA. These educational qualifications carried him through 42 years of involvement in the air travel industry, 38 of which were devoted to Philippine Airlines (PAL). The only president of PAL who rose from the ranks, Zapanta was called upon in 1999 to lead the resurrection of the airline from closure. The Asian contagion of 1997 and the subsequent crippling industrial actions of PAL’s labor unions resulted in its closing down in October 1998 only to be revived at prodding of government due to the paralyzing impact on the economy of the airline’s closure. Promoted from the position of Senior Vice President for Sales & Services, Zapanta as President was tasked to lead the airline back to health and profitability. First, he won the PAL workforce into accepting a 10-year moratorium on collective bargaining and industrial actions in a three-month of continuing dialogue that resulted in investors’ confidence in the airline. The rest is history. From year one PAL created the miracle of being able to turn around on the very first year of its 10-year rehabilitation coming from nine years of continuing losses by the billions of pesos each year. This was achieved primarily through an exemplary labor-management teamwork and competence in the industry they have nurtured for almost 60 years. After almost six years of industrial peace and profitability, Zapanta retired from Philippine Airlines to write a book on Airline Management which is now being widely used in almost all aeronautical schools and educational establishments with travel and tourism courses in the country. He is a part time professorial lecturer at the University of the Philippines and the Philippine State College of Aeronautics while serving as President and CEO of SEAIR which sought his services in December 2006.

Ms. Zhang Xiuzhi, born in 1964. During the period 1983 -1992, Ms. Zhang Xiuzhi had served for textile industry in Shanghai. In 1992 she entered into tourism industry, in Shanghai International Travel Service, she was responsible for tour business, administration of subsidiaries, charter flights and product development. Since 1994, Shanghai International Travel Service have been ranked the 1st in China’s domestic tourism industry. In 2004, she has been CEO of Spring Airlines, the first low-cost airline carrier in China.