Air Transport IT Summit Speakers

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Giovanni Bisignani
Director General and CEO, IATA


Mark Pilling
Editor, Airline Business Magazine


Francesco Violante
CEO, SITA


Paul Coby
CIO, British Airways

Idris Jala
Managing Director/CEO, Malaysia Airlines


Thomas Schnalke
Managing Director, Düsseldorf Airport


Abdul Wahab Teffaha Secretary General, Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO)

Craig Bradbrook Director Security & Facilitation, Aiports Council International (ACI)

Edward Nicol
Director Information Management and CIO, Cathay Pacific

Giovanni Bisignani
Director General and CEO

Mr. Bisignani has served as Director General and CEO of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) since June 2002. During his tenure with IATA he has completely restructured the association to increase its relevance and speed in driving a broad agenda for industry change.

Mr. Bisignani's airline experience includes 5 years at the helm of Alitalia as CEO and Managing Director, during which time he also served on the IATA Executive Committee and was Chairman of the AEA (Association of European Airlines). Prior to joining IATA, he launched and directed Opodo - the first European airline-owned online travel agency. He has been a Member of Pratt & Whitney Advisory Board and Chairman of the global distribution services provider Galileo International.

During his business career, Mr. Bisignani has held various high-level responsibilities at the energy company ENI and the Italian industrial conglomerate IRI Group. He served as President of Tirrenia di Navigazione, the largest Italian ferry company and as CEO and Managing Director of SM Logistics, a group of logistics and freight forwarding companies, partially-owned by GE Capital.