OUR PEOPLE

• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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