Directorate
Susan Morton
Antoine Toulemont
Antoine has joined ERA as Head of Sustainability. He has worked with DGAC, the French CAA, for many years as well as with DG MOVE as Policy Officer. He is an aeronautical engineer and holds a private pilot licence.
Alessia Affinito
Alessia is supporting the policy team as a Junior Policy and Technical Analyst. She is mainly focusing on Sustainability and Facilitation files and assisting with Single European Sky and Air Traffic Management issues.
Roberta Filosa
Roberta Filosa has been a Policy Analyst at the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) since January 2022. She works on EU Internal Market, competition and consumer affairs. Prior to ERA, Roberta worked at ATR in the Public Affairs & Environment department. She holds a Master’s Degree in International and European Law with a specialisation in Transport and Air Law from the University of Toulouse as well as a Master’s Degree in General Law from the University of Milan. She speaks English, French, Italian and some Spanish.
Nick Rhodes
Nick represents the ERA membership on all operational and strategic matters relating to Air Traffic Management including capacity, environment and flow management as well as the ongoing development and deployment of the Single European Sky ATM Research Programme (SESAR) He is also responsible for Communication / Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) topics such as Data-Link, Performance Based Navigation and Aircraft Tracking.
Becky
Becky is responsible for the editorial content of ERA's printed and electronic publications; Regional International, the annual ERA Yearbook and the weekly membership electronic newsletter Members' Update. She is also responsible for media relations as well as press releases and association articles and interviews.
Montserrat Barriga
Montserrat Barriga has been ERA (European Regions Airline Association) Director General since November 2017. She is responsible to ERA’s board for the delivery and implementation of ERA’s strategy as well as the advocacy work of the association on policy and technical matters. Under her leadership, ERA is highlighting the aviation sector’s vital contribution to Europe’s future economic prosperity, particularly in the regions of Europe.
Emily Ruskell
Emily works within business development and communications and assists in the production of ERA’s print media publications Regional International and the annual Yearbook, as well as the email newsletter Members’ Update. Emily runs all ERA’s social media platforms and assists in various corporate communication activities. In addition, Emily works on ERA’s two main events, the ERA General Assembly and ERA Regional Airline Conference, specifically in media relations.
Lauren Reading
Lauren works within business development and is responsible for sponsorship and exhibition sales at both the ERA Regional Airline Conference and the ERA General Assembly. She is also responsible for the organisation and running the exhibition and the General Assembly together with event marketing and branding. Lauren’s other key responsibility is airline membership recruitment. In addition, Lauren heads up the running of the ERA website, the communications and marketing software for association and markets a number of ERA’s regular group meetings.