Steps to recovery
Challenges and opportunities in aviation
meet the panel
Vancouver, Canada
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Curtis Grad, President of Modalis Infrastructure Partners Inc.Curtis Grad has over 25 years of international executive-level experience in airport development, planning, divestiture and privatization, spanning Canada, United States, Jamaica, Cyprus, Jordan and Panama, with extensive hands-on background in complex Build-Operate-Transfer/Public-Private-Partnerships. He is the president, CEO and founding partner of Vancouver-based Modalis Infrastructure Partners Inc., strategic investment advisory and professional services company specializing in international transport infrastructure privatization, investment, development and operations. Curtis will be the moderator of the event.
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Orlando, United States
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FIN BONSET, DIRECTOR OF AVIATION SERVICES, VHB
Fin is an accomplished airport development consulting professional with both technical and managerial/leadership experience spanning 22 years. Fin has worked on both domestic (U.S.) and international stages and is well-versed with both FAA and ICAO recommended practices, rules, and regulations. In the spirit of promoting aviation, Fin enjoys teaching and has held an adjunct professor position at the Florida Institute of Technology College of Aeronautics for the last 15 years. He also holds a FAA commercial pilot license with instrument rating for both single and multi-engine aircraft.
As Director of Aviation Services, Fin leads a core team of aviation professionals in various regions across the VHB footprint and is responsible for promoting and leading strategic company initiatives on all aviation-related disciplines within VHB including planning, environmental, transportation (roadway, rail, and other multi-modal elements), applied technology, and sustainability/resiliency. Strategic focus areas include: overall aviation business development, new market initiatives (UAS, Commercial Spaceport, Modeling/Simulation, IT), core discipline market enhancements, and building VHB’s overall market presence. |
West Lafayette, United States
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SARAH HUBBARD, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
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The Hague, Netherlands
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ANNA FANTONI, Senior Planner and Operations specialist, NACOAnna is a Senior Planner and Operations Specialist. She recently joined NACO after having held management roles at both Sydney and San Francisco international airports and senior roles at an airport consultancy firm in the U.S. She has more than 20 years of experience in airport planning, operations, technology applications, customer experience, and commercial development.
NACO is a world-leading airport consultancy and engineering firm with over 65 years of experience in the aviation and air transport industry. NACO's range of services extends to all aspects of airport development, from project initiation, traffic forecasting and economic feasibility studies, to due diligence and business consultancy, site selection, master planning, preliminary and final design, preparation of tender documents, pre-qualification of contractors, construction management and supervision. |
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Marcel Lekkerkerk, Director route & Business Development
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Washington D.C,
United States |
ANDREW NDOLO, Airport planner, project manager & commercial pilot
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Gothenburg, Sweden
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ben van leest, senior vice president aviation, Transoft SolutionsBen van Leest holds a MSc Civil Engineering from Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and heads the Aviation business unit at Transoft Solutions. After working in an airport project management role with the Royal Dutch Airforce, Ben spent more than 10 years with Netherlands Airport Consultants (NACO), including 3 years stationed in Thailand and Laos. After returning to The Netherlands and a 2 year on-site placement at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Ben moved to Sweden where he has spent the last 22 years involved with the development and sales of software solutions for the airport planning sector.
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