OUR PEOPLE

Andrew Cowen
Managing Partner
Executive Chairman
- 30 years experienced aviation entrepreneur and start-up specialist
- Former Vice Chairman for Uriel Aviation, a travel group incl. LCC, OTA, Loyalty, Holidays, Travel Tech
- Extensive track record of guiding value creation at a variety of start-ups/early growth stage companies
- Lead/key participation in delivering >US$5bn in travel investment, funding & financing
Key Specialisations
- Strategic visioning and implementation
- Key opportunities identification & value creation
- End to end delivery of strategic value propositions, concept design, project planning and management
- Shareholder/C-level/Governmental communications, support & advisory

Chris Thomas
Partner Talent
Regional Manager Greater China
- Focused on building teams that deliver success, on a global basis
- 5 years as Director, Talent & Innovation at Hong Kong Express Airways
- 18 years Managing Director for Private Family Office in Beijing, China
- Wall Street trained financial analyst with expertise in financial modelling & project management
Key Specialisations
- Organisation structuring and optimised performance management
- Market leading aviation talent acquisition
- Productivity and efficiency maximisation
- Team culture build and adoption of best practice
- Training and development

Greg Green
Partner Technology
Regional Manager Pacific
- Expert in identifying and applying effective , emerging technologies that have high impact benefit to aviation and travel companies
- 15 years experience across Asian technology sectors (10 years in Japan)
- Group Lead IT and Commercial/ Operations implementation for HK Express restructure and Peach LCC start-up
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Adept at business transformation through technology
Key Specialisations
- Development of technology roadmaps to procure appropriate technical solutions, at best terms
- Providing expert project and resource management to deliver an IT integrated solution
- Application of innovative technologies to airlines, aviation & travel

Joo Hwee Hui
Head of Market Insights & Planning,
Regional Manager South East Asia
- 12 years business venture development and program management experience spanning several airlines, start-ups and group holding companies operating across Asia
- Specialised in taking new concepts, from the initial envisioning through to design and build, including key enablers such as financing and regulatory
- Fluent in Mandarin & English
Key Specialisations
- Market trends capture, demand identification and analysis, and application across the travel industry
- Identification of unserved and underserved market opportunities
- Definition and planning of new market segment customer acquisition strategies
- Competitor evaluation, analysis and benchmarking

Vanessa Tang
Head of Talent & People Services,
General Manager Genki Talent
- With 13 years of in-house talent sourcing experience across the aviation and travel sectors, Vanessa brings a track-record of success
- Her knowledge base encompasses: aviation, airports, hospitality, OTA’s, loyalty, and ground handling
- Vanessa’s expertise is in delivering top-tier talent across travel
- Fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin & English
Key Specialisations
- Quality role distribution through high-volume candidate channels to reach technical specialists
- Candidate benchmarking, screening, and qualitative and quantitative evaluation.
- Rapid team build while maintaining quality and organisation culture
- Identifying talents who deliver value for organisations

Goshu Nakajima
Regional Manager Japan
& South Korea
- 20 years of travel sales leadership in Japan and South Korea, working for leading airlines including Air Asia and HKExpress and a number of travel agents
- Deep experience of all aspects of the Japanese and South Korean inbound and outbound travel market
- Highly capable in managing cross-cultural business partnerships
- Fluent in Japanese and English
Key Specialisations
- Build/enhancement of travel brand identity and positioning
- Business development to target airlines and other travel operators
- Marketing, promotion of travel offering/ opportunities
- Commercial strategy shaping, including design and negotiation of marketing and incentives