Board Member

Phillip Ashley-Smith, PAS Aviation Group

For the last 25 years Phillip has led the PAS Aviation Group as founder and CEO. Living in Switzerland with both British and Swiss nationality he has an in-depth understanding of pan European cultural differences, especially related to employment within the diverse aviation communities. With an aviation career spanning 40 years in operations, both on the ground and in the air, together with commercial expertise, the PAS Group provides flight crew (flight-deck and cabin) for leading airlines worldwide.

Gilles Feith, Luxair Luxembourg Airlines

From June 2020 Gilles became Chief Executive Officer at Luxair and was tasked with the relaunch of the airline activities as all aircraft had been grounded since mid-March 2020. Founded in 1961, Luxair has been offering fast air service to most of Europe's largest cities, business centres and international hubs, since 1962. The airline stands for Safe and Clean travelling and prides itself upon providing quality travel both to its business clients and to its leisure customers.

David Manzanas, Binter

David has been the General Manager of Binter Airlines since 2017. He started to work in Naysa, a regional Company part of Binter group fourteen years ago, in the financial department. In this earliest years, as a pilot, he combined flying with the potholders positions of Head of ATO, Training Manager and Flight Operational Manager, and finally as Naysa General Manager he conducted the merger between Naysa and Binter Airline in 2017. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from Sheffield Hallam University, an MBA and a Line Pilot Transport licence.

Jóhanna á Bergi, Atlantic Airways

Johanna was appointed the CEO of Atlantic Airways in 2015. Previously she was the CEO of the shipping and logistic company, Faroe Ship (2006-2015) owned by Icelandic Eimskip. She started her carrier as a sales manager for Faroe Seafood in France (1994-1998), followed by a position as sales and marketing director for JFK Seafood (1998-2015), which is both a ship-owner and runs fish processing plants. In addition to here leadership positions, she has held diverse board positions for the past several years.

Sandrine de Saint Sauveur, APG Airlines

de Saint Sauveur has been employed by APG since 1993, having worked in all passenger departments of APG in charge of developing sales in both the French and European markets together with the APG Network. From 1999, she developed the IBCS-IATA product, running over 800 contracts around the world. In 2003 she became President & CEO of APG Distribution System, a full subsidiary of APG, and in 2007 she took over APG France and became President & CEO.

Jasmin Bajić, Croatia Airlines

Bajić was appointed President & CEO of Croatia Airlines in 2017, after he had accumulated 32 years of experience in the area of commerce and business. He joined Croatia Airlines in 1995 and prior to his current position, he held managerial functions in the areas of corporate planning, strategy, fleet planning, network management, finance and controlling and internal audit. Bajić is also strongly dedicated to scientific work and is author of more than 35 publications, focusing on aviation industry, airline management and economics.

Andrew Kelly, ASL Airlines Ireland

Kelly’s current responsibilities in ASL Ireland, and indeed across the six other airlines of ASL Aviation Holdings include strategic communications, external and government relations, regulatory affairs and lobbying and crisis communications. These are responsibilities he previously held in another Irish regional airline, Aer Arann, and also in the telecommunications industry. After its acquisition by ASL, Kelly also acted as interim Chief Executive Officer at the rebranded ASL Airlines, Hungary

Carlos Bertomeu, Air Nostrum

Building on his BSc from Valencia University, Bertomeu gained an MBA from Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, and then began his career at the IE Business School, offering finance and strategy consultancy while teaching. He later became Director of MBA and Executive MBA programmes. In 1994, the industrial and finance corporation Nefinsa appointed him Director of Investment and Strategic Development, entrusting him with the Air Nostrum launch. Having been the CEO of the airline for 20 years, nowadays he is the Executive President of Air Nostrum and a Board Member of some other institutions.

Clemente Affinito, ATR

An Economics graduate from the University of Naples, Affinito 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 almost 200 ATR aircraft so far in his career. He is now Vice President Sales Europe.

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