AEA Structure
Presidents of the AEA member airlines meet twice a year to discuss the state of the industry and the opportunities and challenges that should be addressed by the organisation. Assemblies are presided over by an AEA Chairman,elected from amongst the Presidents for a period of one year. The Chairman is assisted by the Presidents’ Committee, which is composed of the past and present Chairmen and ten other Presidents elected by the Assembly, with a total of twelve representatives.
The AEA Secretariat, headed by Secretary General Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus, is located in Brussels and has a staff of twenty-four. A highly flexible and multi-cultural team, each member has their own area of expertise but all strive to maintain a panoramic vision of the industry.
2010 Presidents’ Committee
Chairman: William Walsh, British Airways
Bernard Gustin, brussels airlines
Peter Hartman, KLM
Mats Jansson, SAS
Peter Malanik, Austrian
Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Lufthansa
Ivan Misetic Croatia Airlines
Fernando Pinto, TAP Portugal
Steve Ridgway, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Rocco Sabelli, Alitalia
Jean-Cyril Spinetta,Air France
Antonio Vazquez, Iberia
AEA Secretariat
Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus , Secretary General
Administrative Team
Nathalie Mulleners, PA to Secretary General, Mgr Admin/Events
Ann Flynn, Senior Management Assistant
Stefanie Lericollias, Administrative Assistant
Jozef Swalus, Specialist Printing & Dispatch
Zehra Yildirim, General Administration
Political Team
Fabio Gamba, Deputy Secretary General
Athar Husain Khan, General Manager Infrastructure and Strategy
Vincent De Vroey, General Manager Technical and Operations
Le Thi Mai, General Manager Environmental Affairs
Marie-Caroline Laurent, Manager Cargo and Security
Araceli Cal Garcia-Noblejas, Manager Technical and Operations
Philippe Morin, Public Affairs Manager
Yvonne Hopkins, Management Assistant
IT Team
Mario De Smedt, Manager IT Co-ordination
Didier Poriau, Manager IT & Publishing
Anne-Marie Weirauch, Manager Information Base
Finance and Market Research Team
Shay Ben-Shaool, General Manager Finance and Marketing
Sue Lockey, General Manager Research
Giorgi Komakhidze, Manager Statistics and Analysis
Gang Zhang, Manager Research and Analysis
Public Team
N.N. General Manager Communication
David Henderson, Manager Information
Erica Nevius, Project Manager