Juraj Toth

Managing Director, AviaDev Europe

Juraj is a passionate aviation marketer who believes flying is a force of good. He worked for Košice Airport, Slovakia for 7 years. He built the marketing department from scratch and was responsible for creating and implementing marketing strategies that totally repositioned the airport. Juraj played a leading role within the airport team focused on air service development that managed to bring several new airlines to Košice. Since June 2018 he´s been enjoying his new role with AviaDev. In May 2019 he was appointed as Managing Director for AviaDev Europe.

Dirk Singer,

Simpliflying

Martin Gauss

CEO, airBaltic

Martin Gauss is the Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of airBaltic since November 2011. Under his leadership Martin Gauss has successfully carried out a robust turnaround plan for the airline that was close to bankruptcy and led the company to a strong growth and profitability

Martin Gauss is in the aviation industry for 28 years and he started out as a pilot on Boeing 737 with British Airways subsidiary Deutsche BA in 1992. From 1995 he was working in different management functions of Deutsche BA, and became a joint Managing Director of Deutsche BA (dba) and a 10% stakeholder. Under Martin Gauss dba became profitable and was sold to Air Berlin in 2006. Martin Gauss still holds a Captains license.

Jo Bailey

Editor, Simple Flying

Joanna has worked in publishing for more than a decade and is fast becoming a go-to source for commercial aviation analysis. Providing commentary for outlets including the BBC, CNBC, and others, she works closely with IATA, AviaDev and various airlines and suppliers to get the inside track on the global marketplace.

Enzo Zangrilli

Senior Aviation Consultant, 1Aviation

Enzo Zangrilli was born in Mirano (near Venice, Italy) on the 7th of May 1970.
After graduating from Venice classical lyceum and carrying out commercial law studies at the University of Bologna, he has worked in a number of countries for over a decade in the contracting and technical tendering management arena for large multinational companies, such as the Pilkington group, IMERYS and ABB.
In the Aviation Industry, Enzo has covered a number of roles as Senior Executive for easyJet, Alitalia, Menzies Aviation, Aviapartner and private aviation companies in the Middle East, being responsible for contracts, procurement of airport services and addressing the economic regulation in both Airlines and Airports alike.
After working for Trieste Airport as Commercial Director for the Aviation and non Aviation Development, Enzo has opened an International Aviation consultancy company working for Airport, Airlines and Ground Handlers.

Becca Rowland

Partner, AviaDev Consult, powered by MIDAS aviation

Rebecca is a partner at MIDAS Aviation, providing market intelligence, data and strategic advice to the industry. She brings considerable and deep understanding of what drives demand for air travel to the projects she undertakes and has worked on hundreds of projects for clients involving market analysis, air service development and traffic forecasting.

Formerly head of IATA’s forecasting and consultancy team, Rebecca has also been instrumental in the development of a number of industry performance benchmarking tools in the areas of traveller views of airports, on-time performance and connectivity. She has also worked for Vancouver Airport in their business development team and before that for two major US carriers in their business planning areas.

With an MBA in Marketing, Rebecca also works with clients to assist the marketing of aviation products and services, contributing from the development of value propositions through to the regular creation of marketing content. She provides commentary on current developments in the aviation sector and has written numerous white papers and articles for OAG on industry developments, including The Pursuit of Punctuality, From Punctuality to Loyalty, Great Expectations – Lifting the Lid on OTP, The Fight for Global Markets and The Big Five – Disruptive Strategies for African Aviation. She has also written about African connectivity and the state of visa openness in Africa for AviaDev.

Gavin Eccles

Professor of Aviation and Tourism Management

Claus Raasted

Director for The College of Extraordinary Experiences

Claus Raasted has worked with designing extraordinary experiences for almost a quarter of a century. Today, he serves as the Director for The College of Extraordinary Experiences, is a Coach at McKinsey & Company, and hosts the podcast ”The Business of Extraordinary Experiences”. He is also a prolific author, with 29 books to his name, and is currently working on ”The Innovation Cycle”. Raasted also has a past in reality TV, but these days, who hasn't?

Gerard Brown

Founder & CEO, Low Season Traveller

Ged is the founder and CEO of Low Season Traveller; the world’s first organisation completely dedicated to the promotion of travel during the off-peak seasons in each destination as a way to alleviate the growing problem of over-tourism.

A passionate advocate of the advantages of tourism, Ged has spent his entire career working at senior director level with leading travel and tourism organisations such as Thomas Cook, MyTravel, Kuoni, Routes and AviaDev. He is dedicated to ensuring that there is a sustainable tourism offering for future generations which protects and nurtures destinations and their cultures. As such, he is frequently called upon to present at several travel industry events throughout the year and regularly writes articles and publications on the industry.

Max Oldorf

CH-Aviation

John Grant

Partner, MIDAS Aviation

John is a partner at MIDAS Aviation, providing marketing intelligence, data and strategic advice to the industry.

He was formerly Executive Vice President at OAG, the world’s leading aviation data supplier, and prior to that was Managing Director of a UK based aviation consultancy that was twice voted the UK’s best aviation practice by the UK Airport Operators Association. John continues to work with OAG on major consultancy projects and provides industry support and strategic advice to OAG management.

A regular speaker at industry events such as AviaDev, PATA Conferences and ACI events, John is also an industry advisor to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) and regular appears on business channels such as BBC World News, CNN and Bloomberg.

In his successful consultancy career John has worked around the globe on major strategic projects including Malaysia Airports as a retained consultant for more than ten years, Lima Airport Peru, Amsterdam Schiphol, Perth Western Australia and for Frankfurt Airport on their overseas investment assets.

Sameer Adam

Regional Vice President, Sales - Europe, Russia & CIS, Middle East & Africa at De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited

Clemente Affinito

Vice President Sales Europe, ATR

An Economics graduate from the University of Naples, Clemente holds an MBA in Business Development (Rome) and a Masters Degree in Aerospace Industry & Marketing (Toulouse). In 1995, he was seconded by Alenia Aeronautica to strengthen the commercial team of Aero International (Regional), the then joint venture between ATR and British Aerospace. Since 1996 he has been covering several commercial positions in ATR dealing with contracts, financing, asset management and sales, placing more than 150 ATR aircraft so far in his career. He is now Vice President Sales Europe, Africa & Middle East.

He has been also acting as Board Member of the European Regional Airlines Association since 2006.

Michal Nowak

Marketing Director EMEA & Central Asia, Embraer

Juraj Toth

Managing Director, AviaDev Europe

Juraj is a passionate aviation marketer who believes flying is a force of good. He worked for Košice Airport, Slovakia for 7 years. He built the marketing department from scratch and was responsible for creating and implementing marketing strategies that totally repositioned the airport. Juraj played a leading role within the airport team focused on air service development that managed to bring several new airlines to Košice. Since June 2018 he´s been enjoying his new role with AviaDev. In May 2019 he was appointed as Managing Director for AviaDev Europe.

Nikolett Huszák

Senior Retail Marketing Manager, Budapest Airport

Nikolett Huszák - Senior Retail Marketing Manager at Budapest Airport, Personal Coach

She started her career in 2005 at Budapest Airport and since then she gained experience in Retail, Airline and Property marketing. From 2019 she returned to Retail again with this knowledge gives her a wider view on different areas of the airport and within the aviation and travel retail industry.

Nikolett is currently leading the Retail marketing team which is supporting retail partners with marketing activities in order to increase their sales, brand awareness or strenghten their brand amongst the passengers traveling through the airport.

She holds a Bachelors degree in Economics and a Masters degree in Marketing.

Nikolett used to be a professional handball player, which mentality and ’can do’ attitude is reflected in her work. She accomplished several half-marathons and she completed her first full marathon in 2017 .

She believes in life-long-learning and continous self-development so she completed a certified coach course in 2019 which mindset and toolkit is very essential in her leadership.

Mike Robinson

Aviation Development Director

Mike’s career in aviation has spanned some 35 years, during which time he has worked with or for over a hundred airlines, airports and related businesses across six continents. Mike’s adventure started at British Airways, where he enjoyed 15 successful years in a range of commercial, operational and leadership roles in Europe and beyond. Since then, he has focused on professional advisory and interim management roles. Trusted with the leadership of IATA’s Airline Consulting practice, he has advised some of the industry’s leading brands on every aspect of their business model. Mike has an impressive track record but still seems to find exciting and interesting new challenges in this fantastic business.