ORADORES

ANDRES CONESA
Aeroméxico

MAtthys Serfontein
SITA

Mauricio Souza
NELLA

Michael Linenberg
Deutsche Bank

Pedro Heilbron
Copa Airlines
Aeroméxico
SITA
NELLA
Deutsche Bank
Copa Airlines
AVIANCA GROUP
Mr. Neuhauser joined Avianca in 2019 as Chief Financial Officer and most recently served as President, with direct reports including the Chief Operating Officer, the Legal Vice Presidency and General Counsel, the VP of Purchasing and the Architecture Department.
During Mr. Neuhauser’ s tenure, he has also overseen the Company’s corporate restructuring process. He has more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector with a focus on investment banking as well as extensive experience working with transportation companies, including airlines, railroad, and trucking companies.
Prior to joining Avianca, Mr. Neuhauser was Managing Director at Credit Suisse covering airlines throughout the Americas. Previously, he held senior positions at Deutsche Bank, Bank of America as well as Merrill Lynch where he was responsible for M&A and capital markets transactions in Chile and the Andean Region. Mr. Neuhauser holds an Economics Degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica.
Delta Air Lines
Alex Antilla is Vice President – Latin America for Delta Air Lines. Based in Santiago, Chile, he is responsible for Delta’s business and customer experience strategy throughout Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean, along with the airline’s partnerships with the LATAM Group and Aeromexico.
Antilla has worked with Delta for 16 years in the trans-Pacific, trans-Atlantic and Latin American regions. Before this role, he served as Managing Director, Latin America Pricing and Revenue Management, leading a team of professionals focused on optimizing and maximizing revenue and profit for Delta’s Latin America portfolio. He has also held roles in Network Planning, Sales and Alliances, and has worked extensively on several of Delta’s joint ventures.
Antilla graduated with an undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from Emory’s Goizueta Business School. He has been based in Minneapolis, Tokyo, Atlanta and Amsterdam during his career with Delta. He has also served on the board of non-profit organizations in Atlanta dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness for families and providing school supplies and sports equipment to needy children in various countries around the world.
Heico
Alex de Gunten is the Business Development Officer (BDO) of HEICO´s Flight Support Group (FSG) and is responsible for strengthening HEICO’s relationships with the leading global airlines. He and his team help drive the expansion of HEICO´s product offerings, solutions, and services to the airline industry. HEICO Corporation is engaged primarily in certain niche segments of the aviation, defense, space, medical, telecommunications and electronics industries through its Hollywood, FL-based FSG and its Miami, FL-based Electronic Technologies Group. HEICO’s customers include a majority of the world’s airlines and overhaul shops, as well as numerous defense and space contractors and military agencies worldwide in addition to medical, telecommunications and electronics equipment manufacturers.
In his prior position as ALTA´s Executive Director from 2003-2013, Alex guided over 40 member airlines on safety, governmental, regulatory, financial and operational issues in aviation in the Latin America and Caribbean regions. Previously, Alex served as Managing Director International of Orbitz, CEO of RepWorld Holdings, Vice President International LanChile Airlines (today LATAM), and Director General for Latin America for Canadian Airlines International (now part of Air Canada). Alex is the 2014 recipient of Air Transport World’s Decade of Excellence Award, 2013 recipient of ALTA’s Federico Bloch Award, co-recipient of the Flight Safety Foundation-Boeing’s 2012 Aviation Safety Lifetime Achievement Award and 2012 recipient of the Greater Miami Aviation Association’s Juan Trippe Award.
Alex is also a member of the prestigious Airline Business Airline Strategy Awards judging panel and a frequent speaker at commercial aviation events. Fluent in English, Spanish and French, de Gunten has a Master’s in Business Administration with a major in International Business at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from McGill University in Quebec, Canada.
LATAM
Andrés Bianchi’s experience in aeronautics spans nearly 17 years, twelve of which he has spent in the air cargo business. He held various positions in the financial, operations, and commercial departments. In April 2017, he was appointed LATAM Cargo’s Chief Executive Officer. Between 2010 and 2017, Bianchi served in multiple roles at LATAM Cargo including VP Finance, SVP Network and SVP Sales & Revenue Management for North America, Europe and Asia.
Prior to joining LAN Cargo he worked at McKinsey and Company (2008 to 2010) and between 2002 and 2006, when he moved to the USA to pursue his MBA, he was LAN Airlines’ Head of Investor Relations.
Bianchi holds a degree in Business Administration from Universidad Católica de Chile and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of Business, from which he graduated with honors.
GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes
Celso Guimarães Ferrer Junior is 39 years old, 17 of them devoted to GOL, where he started his professional career as an intern.
Since 2019, Celso has been GOL’s COO, heading the Operations, Operational Safety, Airports, Planning, Air Network, Supplies and Fleet departments. Previously, he worked as Planning Vice President for five years, with extensive experience in Pricing and Alliances. On July 1st, Celso becomes the new CEO at GOL.
Celso has a degree in Economics from USP and International Relations from PUC-SP and an Executive MBA from INSEAD – France. He is also an experienced airline pilot and is part of GOL’s crew in the Boeing 737 fleet.
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
Daniel Ketchibachian has more than 20 years of experience in the industry. He is currently CEO of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 since September 2019. Before this, he served as General Manager at Ezeiza International Airport since July 2017. Prior to this, he worked at Consórcio Inframerica in the holding´s operated airports in Brazil for seven years, first as CCO and later on, as its President. He was, previously CEO of Duty Free Armenia and also CEO of Duty Paid Argentina, the company operating the retail business of Argentina’s main airports.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Universidad de Buenos Aires and an MBA from Universidad ORT Uruguay.
BSBIOS
Erasmo Carlos Battistella is one of the most influential entrepreneurs in Brazilian agribusiness, a reference in the area of bioenergy and a leader in the production of biodiesel in the country. Highlight of a new generation of Brazilian business leaders, he carries ethics and commitment to sustainable development as fundamental values. CEO and founder of the ECB Group, in 17 years he has built a business group that is a reference in biofuels that last year earned US$ 1 billion dollars. An industry leader, he is director of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Biofuel Producers Association (APROBIO). He is leading a new investment in Paraguay to build the first advanced biofuels biorefinery (HVO and SPK/SAF) in the southern hemisphere.
JetSMART Airlines
Estuardo is founder CEO of JetSMART Airlines, an ultra-low-cost airline part of the airline portfolio of Indigo Partners, has been responsible for all aspects of the new airline’s operations since inception. JetSMART Airlines serves domestic markets in Chile, Argentina and Peru, as well as international services to Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia with a fleet of 18 Airbus A320 and A321, one of the youngest fleet in the Americas and has more than 100 aircraft on order to reach to 100 million passengers transported by 2028. To date it has carried more than 12 million passengers and received the SKYTRAX award as the best Low-Cost Airline in South America.
For the previous eleven years, he served in senior management positions in the airline industry in Latin America, most recently as EVP and Chief Revenue Officer in Avianca Holdings from 2010-2016. During his tenure, he led the integration of TACA and Avianca, growth of the network and the development of the business units Lifemiles and Cargo and became an active member of Star Alliance. Before that served as VP Sales, VP Commercial, Chief Operating Officer and appointed President in TACA Airlines from 2005 to 2010.
Mr. Ortiz had an international career at Philip Morris International & Kraft Foods, across several countries in Latin America; mainly as Managing Director in several markets and head of Commercial for Latin America & Canada based at PMI HQ in New York.
Mr. Ortiz graduated with honors as Chemical & Industrial Engineering at Universidad Rafael Landivar; and an MBA with specialization in Productivity at Universidad Francisco Marroquin; executive programs at Harvard Business School, Kellogg School of Management and Darden School of Business.
Avianca Cargo
Gabriel Oliva is an Argentine with more than 20 years of experience in executive positions in diverse industries and with over 10 years of experience in the aviation sector, who currently serves as Chief Executive Officer, CEO at Avianca Cargo. Before joining Avianca Cargo, Gabriel served as Senior Vice president for North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific on LATAM Cargo. Previously, he led the areas of Global Transformation, Alliances and Interline, Marketing and Customer Experience, Product Development, and Revenue Management for North America and Asia. In addition to this experience, Gabriel has worked with several companies such as The Boston Consulting Group, Siemens, and Petrobras, among others.
Oliva holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from the Instituto Tecnologico in Buenos Aires.
Throughout his extensive career, Oliva is recognized in the airfreight industry for his expertise in business transformation, strategy development & execution, and commercial and business development roles. Also, his multi-industry experience includes supply chain and logistics, e-commerce, transportation, airfreight, technology, and management consulting.
Trade News
Florencia Carbone. Journalist, specialist in economy, international trading, and new trends. In 2017, she launched “Trade News”, a website dedicated to foreign trading, transportation, and logistics, which main objective is to cover information related to international business and the main markets; trending in marketing and sustainability applied to commerce; innovations in the framework of the Fourth Revolution; investments and customs.
Graduated in Journalism in 1996 (Universidad del Salvador Buenos Aires, Argentina), she worked for 22 years in “La Nacion” newspaper (Argentina) as Editor in Politics, Economy, and Foreign Trade, before becoming Editor-in-Chief. She made interviews and special productions for the paper edition and multimedia content for the website, writing about international negotiations, emerging markets, commercial new trends (companies, internationalization, new global middle class emerge, global value chains, etc.) and entrepreneurs. She was accredited at the Presidential Palace and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and covered international affairs as special correspondent in Italy, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, the United States, China, Brazil, Bolivia, Uruguay and Colombia, among other destinations. She has also written research and investigation articles.
ANAC
Licenciada en Relaciones Internacionales. Postgrado en Derecho Aeronáutico y Asuntos Internacionales.
Trabajó en la ANAC desde 2007 hasta 2016. Fue asesora, Directora Nacional de Transporte Aéreo, Jefa de Acuerdos Internacionales y Jefa de Fiscalización.
Ejerció como Asesora de Gabinete en la Secretaría de Transporte de la Nación (Subsecretaría de Transporte Aerocomercial) entre 1997 y 2007, y fue Coordinadora del Departamento de Acuerdos en el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, entre 1995 y 1997.
Desde 2017 trabajó como Facilitadora/Instructora externa en la Asociación Internacional de Transporte Aéreo (IATA). Fue reconocida por la OACI/IAWA como una de las 70 Mujeres más destacadas de la Aviación. Se ha focalizado en Aviación Civil Internacional, especialmente en lo que se refiere a la formulación e implementación de políticas, leyes y regulaciones, asuntos institucionales, vinculaciones multilaterales y bilaterales, representación de intereses en sector público y privado y negociación e implementación de entendimientos internacionales.
Entrenó autoridades aeronáuticas y actores del sistema de aviación civil de diversos países en materia de cumplimiento de normas OACI, SSP, SMS, CORSIA; planificación y dirección estratégica de la aviación civil; estándares de calidad; transporte aéreo; UAS y derechos de usuario.
DNATA
Janis’ portfolio includes dnata’s operations in Brazil, Canada, Iraq and Pakistan as well as growth opportunities in related markets. Janis previously held the position of VP Commercial, having joined the company early in 2014 as Head of Ground Handling Services for International Operations. His earlier positions have included those of CEO of HAVAS Europe in Latvia, Finland, Germany and Sweden; VP and Member of the Board at Riga International airport; and Business Development Manager at SAS Ground Services, UK. Prior to that Janis was VP Ground Operations in the airBaltic Corporation. Janis hold an MBA in Aviation from Donau-Universität Krems, Austria.
IBS Software
Jitendra Sindhwani is the President & Head of Global Sales and Marketing.
Jitendra, fondly known as Jimpy, is a veteran professional who has made a mark in the global technology arena with over 19 years of diverse experience in management consulting and IT services for different verticals – Communications, Media and Entertainment. Prior to joining IBS, he was with technology services giant Infosys for 16 years and has contributed significantly to the company’s growth across different regions, clients and verticals. Jimpy, who has spent most of his working life in USA, has also led several strategic projects including M&A initiatives, penetrating into the emerging digital and SMAC space. Jimpy brings on board a multitude of professional competencies and strong people leadership skills to supplement the business growth objectives of IBS.
In his new role, Jimpy will chart out new strategies to broaden IBS’ footprint in the aviation business, penetrate unchartered geographies, strengthen current engagements, thus consolidating IBS’ dominant presence in the Travel, Transportation and logistics technology space. In an industry marked by fierce competition, Jimpy will focus on helping customers stay ahead by facilitating business innovation and supporting these game changing processes using next generation systems. Jimpy completed Engineering from IIT Delhi, India and is a Post Graduate in Management from IIM Bangalore, India. He lives with his family in USA and will be based out of Washington DC.
AZUL
John Rodgerson is the CEO of Azul Brazilian Airlines. He started the company in 2008 and was a key driver of its development over the last 10 years. Under the leadership of David Neeleman and John Rodgerson, Azul has become the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities, serving more than 130 destinations in the country. With over US$2.5 billion in annual revenue and more than 13,000 crewmembers, Azul has been rated by Trip Advisor as the best airline in the world. John played a key role in developing Azul’s original business plan, its strong corporate culture, and differentiated customer experience. Prior to becoming Azul’s CEO in 2017, John was the airline´s CFO, responsible for raising over US$ 1 billion in capital and leading its IPO, with simultaneous listings at the New York Stock Exchange and the São Paulo Exchange. Prior to joining Azul, John served as Director of Planning and Financial Analysis at JetBlue from 2003 to 2008, where he fell in love with the airline sector. Before JetBlue, he worked for IBM Global Services. John holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Brigham Young University. John has been living in Brazil for the past 12 years, and besides his busy schedule as Azul’s CEO he volunteers as an English teacher. He is happily married with Brooke and together they have three sons.
ALTA
José Ricardo is a lawyer graduated from the Catholic University of Salvador in Brazil with experience in civil aviation and public service.
Prior to joining ALTA, José Ricardo served for 4 years as Director President of ANAC Brazil and, for about 2 and a half years, he served as Alternate Diplomatic Delegate of Brazil for ICAO, actively participating in changes to the text of the Tokyo Convention, in the relevant work for the entry of Brazil in the Public Key Directory (PKD) of ICAO, and in the systematization of API (Advanced Passenger Information), in addition to having worked on the regulations against acts of unlawful interference (AVSEC) for the benefit of civil aviation.
LATAM Airlines
Juan José holds a degree in journalism, a Master’s and PhD in communications from the Autonomous University of Barcelona as well as a diploma in sustainability from the University of Oxford.
He has extensive experience in the design and implementation of communications, engagement and sustainability strategies, managing the relationship of organizations with their environment. He has held various senior positions in the public and private sector, serving as an official for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Latin America and the Caribbean, Head of Communications and Public Affairs at Codelco and Head of Corporate Affairs for BHP South America. In 2019, he joined LATAM as Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, reporting directly to the CEO, where he is responsible for the corporate public affairs, communications and sustainability strategy.
TAG Airlines
Julio Gamero se incorporó a TAG en 2020 como CEO. Cuenta con 20 años de experiencia en gestión de aerolíneas, en 5 países. Ocupó los cargos de Vicepresidente Regional y Vicepresidente de Unidades de Negocio en AVIANCA, así como Presidente Ejecutivo de Aerolíneas Galápagos (Aerogal) en Ecuador. Cuenta con una extensa experiencia en las áreas Comercial y en Revenue Management fungiendo como Director de Itinerarios, Desarrollo de Mercados y Distribución en TACA Airlines.
Adicional fungió con CCO en Interjet, teniendo a su cargo toda la estrategia comercial de la aerolínea (Marketing y PR, Network Planning, Revenue Management E-commerce, Ventas y la unidad de negocio de Carga entre otras) , Inicio su carrera laboral en Citibank El Salvador.
Julio tiene una licenciatura en Economía y Negocios, un MBA de Thunderbird School of Global Management (EE.UU.) y del Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) (México).
BOEING
Landon Loomis was appointed Boeing vice president for Latin America & Caribbean in August 2021, expanding his previous role as vice president for Global Policy and managing director for Boeing Brazil, assumed in August 2020. He is based in São Paulo and reports to Sir Michael Arthur, president of Boeing International.
As vice president for Latin America, Caribbean & managing director of Boeing Brazil, Loomis is responsible for leading company strategy, developing business and industrial partnerships, and expanding stakeholder relationships across the 33 countries of the region. In his role as vice president for Global Policy, Loomis coordinates non-U.S. government affairs and policy work, including geopolitical analysis to support international sales campaigns and business growth initiatives.
Loomis joined Boeing in September 2019 as the senior director for Trade and Alliances on the Embraer Partnership team. Prior to joining Boeing, Loomis served in the White House as a special adviser to Vice President Mike Pence from April 2017 to August 2019, responsible for strategy, analysis and implementation of the vice president’s engagement with the Western Hemisphere, international economic and trade policy issues.
Loomis has also served in various U.S. government roles, including policy adviser in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and commercial attaché at the U.S. embassies in Beijing and Brasília. He has resided in and worked in 10 countries in Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe. Loomis has a master’s degree in international economics and is fluent in four languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, Portuguese and Spanish.
Argus Media
Louise Burke has been involved in energy field for over 25 years and is currently leading business development initiatives for Argus Media in the global aviation and sustainable aviation sector and in the transition in North America to renewables. Previously she served as Vice-President at NYMEX (CME group) during its rapid growth in the 1990s. In addition, Louise worked with Alberta Energy Corporation in Alberta, Mobil Oil, and at Petroleos de Venezuela in NYC. She serves as President of the Board of Directors of The Energy Forum and is affiliated with the SIPA energy program at Columbia University, New York.
Ms. Burke holds a BA from the University of Alberta, and a Masters of Business Administration from New York University.
Argus Media is a leading provider of data on prices and fundamentals, news, analysis, consultancy services and conferences for the global crude, oil products, natural gas, electricity, coal, emissions, bioenergy, fertilizer, petrochemical and transportation industries. Data provided by Argus are widely used for indexation of physical trade.
Honeywell
Manuel Macedo is President and CEO of Honeywell Latin America, responsible for driving growth in the company’s five strategic business units: Aeroespace, Honeywell Building Technologies; Performance Materials and Technologies; Safety and Productivity Solutions and Honeywell Connected Enterprise; as well as, leading the operations across the region with 13,000 employees and more than 20 sites including manufacturing plants, administrative offices and service centers.
Manuel has more than 25 years of experience in the Chemical, Consumer Goods, Construction and Retail industries. He has held leadership roles as President, Regional Vice President and Board Member in Europe and Latin America at multinational companies like Henkel and Metro AG Group.
Since 2019, he has led Honeywell Latin America, one of the company’s Global High Growth Regions, with leading positions in aerospace, oil & gas, automation, building solutions and, safety and productivity solutions.
Manuel is a member of the Executive Committee of the CEEG – Consejo Ejecutivo de Empresas Globales in Mexico. He also is a counselor in AMCHAM – American Chamber of Mexico, and he is an active member of several committees in the American Society of Mexico including the Council of LATAM Leaders, the Corporate American Advisory Council, and the Captains American Industries.
He holds a master’s degree in Industrial Strategy from the Technical University of Lisbon, ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics & Management, and has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the same university. He also participated in executive trainings in major, prestigious institutions like Harvard Business School; INSEAD; IESE and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.
Manuel is based between Mexico City and Sao Paulo. He has lived in nine different countries and speaks five languages fluently.
Flybondi
Nació en Colombia y lleva más de 11 años viviendo en Argentina. Tiene 42 años, está casado y tiene dos hijos. Es Ingeniero en Sistemas de la Universidad de Colombia y un verdadero data driven.
Se integró al equipo de Flybondi en febrero de 2019 como Chief Commercial Officer para liderar la estrategia y planeamiento comercial de la compañía y la generación de nuevas oportunidades de negocio. En marzo de 2021 Mauricio asume como CEO de la primera aerolínea low cost de Argentina.
Con más de 19 años en el área comercial, cuenta con una amplia experiencia en la industria aérea y del turismo. Su trayectoria profesional se ha desarrollado en ejecución de estrategias comerciales en aerolíneas, cadenas hoteleras y agencias de viajes.
Previo a sumarse a Flybondi, fue Director Corporativo de Revenue Management en la cadena Decameron Hotels & Resorts y anterior a esto, Gerente de Planeación Comercial y Business Intelligence de Almundo durante el proceso de consolidación de la marca a nivel regional.
En cuanto a su paso por la industria aérea, durante 4 años trabajó en Aerolíneas Argentinas al frente de la Unidad de Soporte Estratégico de Revenue Management y, previamente, fue Gerente de Pricing y Revenue en Copa Airlines a lo largo de 5 años.
Además, al comienzo de su carrera, formó parte del equipo de Pricing en Avianca Colombia.
Atlas Air Worldwide
Michael T. Steen joined Atlas Air Worldwide in April 2007 and was appointed Executive Vice President in 2010. He is responsible for all aspects of the Company’s global sales and marketing activities, including strategy, new products and services, brand positioning and marketing communications. Additionally, he is President and Chief Executive Officer of Titan Aviation Holdings, Inc., the wholly-owned dry-leasing subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
Mr. Steen has both broad and unique experience in the aviation and logistics sectors, having served global leadership roles at market leaders including DHL, Exel Plc and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at CHC Helicopters and is Vice Chairman of the International Air Transportation Association [IATA] Cargo Committee. Mr. Steen is a past Chairman and board member of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA).
Mr. Steen earned a degree in economics in Gothenburg Sweden and is an alumnus of the Advanced Executive Program at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Asumió el cargo de Presidente del Grupo Aerolíneas Argentinas el 13 de diciembre de 2019. Es licenciado en Economía por la Universidad Torcuato Di Tella y cursó la maestría en Economía de la
Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Cuenta con una extensa trayectoria académica-docente y experiencia en distintos organismos y ámbitos estatales en asesoramiento económico.
Entre 2005 y 2009 se desempeñó como asesor de la Cámara de Diputados de la Nación. Se sumó al equipo de Aerolíneas Argentinas en julio de 2009 como Jefe de Relaciones con el Estado.
En 2010 comenzó a desempeñar el cargo de Gerente de Área Económico-Financiera y en 2013 asumió la posición de Director y Vicepresidente de la compañía.
En Aerolíneas Argentinas lideró el desarrollo y la implementación del Plan de Negocios a cinco años, con el que la compañía llevó adelante su proceso de recuperación, creó una red de destinos sólida, inauguró su propio centro de simuladores, construyó uno de los hangares más modernos de la región, duplicó su flota y redujo el déficit a la mitad.
IATA
Peter Cerdá is the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Regional Vice President for the Americas. Globally, IATA represents some 290 airlines or 83% of total air traffic, supporting many areas of aviation activity and helping to formulate industry policy on critical aviation issues.
Based in Miami, Mr. Cerdá oversees 35 countries with 48 member airlines across North and South America, and the Caribbean, driving IATA’s global standards and international perspective to deliver maximum value to the safe, sustainable and profitable development of aviation across the region.
He advocates with Government authorities, safety regulators, airports, and industry stakeholders to create a common approach to utilize aviation as an engine of economic growth and social development, which drives nearly USD$1.3 trillion in GDP and generates 16.4 million jobs in the Americas Region.
Mr. Cerdá is also IATA’s major shareholder for Cargo Network Services (CNS) in the United States, and a member of the Executive Boards of Colombia’s Air Transport Association (ATAC) and Mexico’s National Chamber of Air Transport (CANAERO).
Mr. Cerdá possesses a wealth of industry experience acquired over 30 years in aviation. He has worked in various functions for IATA and started his aviation career with Iberia Airlines prior to joining IATA in 1996. Fluent in English and Spanish, Mr. Cerdá was born in Spain and received his master’s degree in Aeronautics and Aviation Management from Embry Riddle University in the United States.
FAA
Dr. Prem Lobo is a Program Manager for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) in the Office of Environment and Energy at the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In this role, he is responsible for managing a broad portfolio of research and development projects associated with SAF and aircraft technologies to assess and mitigate the environmental impacts of aviation. His main focus is on SAF combustion, emissions, and global supply chain development.
Prior to joining the FAA, Prem led a team at the National Research Council Canada working on multiple international projects to measure aircraft engine non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM) emissions, and contributed to the development of ICAO/CAEP/11 nvPM regulatory standard. He began his career at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA, where he held a number of positions and coordinated experimental design and characterization of aircraft engine emissions, and led the development and validation of the standardized sampling and measurement methodology for aircraft engine nvPM emissions. He is the past chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Sustainable Aviation Fuels subcommittee.
Latam Airlines
CEO de LATAM Airlines Group desde abril de 2020. Ingeniero civil por la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile y MBA por el International Institute for Management Development (IMD) de Lausanne, Suiza.
Alvo ingresó a LAN Airlines (actual LATAM Airlines Group) en noviembre del 2001. Antes de ocupar su cargo actual, se desempeñó como Vicepresidente Comercial, como Vicepresidente Senior Internacional y Alianzas, como Director de Administración y Finanzas en LAN Argentina, Gerente de Desarrollo y Planificación Financiera de LAN Airlines y como Sub-gerente de Finanzas de LAN Airlines.
Previo a su ingreso al grupo, ocupó distintas posiciones en Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A., una importante sociedad minera no metálica chilena.
IATA
Sebastian Mikosz is the Senior Vice-President for Environment & Sustainability at the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA’s mission is to represent and serve the airline industry. IATA has some 290 airline members, which account for 82% of global air traffic. Sebastian is responsible for the development and implementation of IATA advocacy, standards, products and services on environment and sustainability.
Sebastian Mikosz is the former Group Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Airways. He held this position for almost three years between June 2017 until the end of 2019. Prior to that, he was the CEO of eSKY Group – the largest Polish Online Travel Agent, operating in 10 countries both in Europe and South America. Sebastian is also the former Chief Executive Officer of LOT Polish Airlines. He held this position twice in the years 2009-2015. From 2011 to 2013 Sebastian held the position of Senior Advisor to Société Générale Corporate Investment Bank, between his two terms as CEO of LOT. Before joining LOT, between 2007–09 he held the position of Director in the Deloitte Business Consulting Warsaw Office.
Sebastian is bilingual in French and Polish and fluent in English and Russian. He is a graduate of the Institute of Political Studies (IEP Paris) in France with a master’s degree in economics and finance. He is married and has three sons.
In 2011 he published a book in Polish on the functioning of contemporary airlines, “There is a pilot with us”, which sold at 13 000 copies.