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.
2012 Presidents’ Committee
Chairman: Bernard Gustin, Chief Executive of Brussels Airlines
Christoph Franz, Lufthansa
Peter Hartman, KLM
Temel Kotil, Turkish Airlines
Fernando Pinto, TAP Portugal
Steve Ridgway, Virgin Atlantic
Rocco Sabelli, Alitalia
Jean-Cyril Spinetta, Air France
Antonio Vazquez, Iberia
William Walsh, British Airways
AEA SECRETARIAT
Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus , Secretary General
POLITICAL TEAM
Athar Husain Khan, Deputy Secretary General
Margreet Lommerts Manager Cargo and Security
Ann Flynn, Senior Management Assistant
Vincent De Vroey, General Manager Technical and Operations
Michel Adam, Manager Environment and Consumers
David Henderson, Manager Policy Projects
Yvonne Hopkins, Senior Management Assistant
EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION TEAM
Victoria Moores, General Manager,Communications
MARKETING/EVENT/ADMINISTRATION TEAM
Nathalie Mulleners, Manager Event, Marketing, Admin.
Anoushka Ver Cruysse, Marketing Coordinator
Stefanie Lericollais, Administrative Assistant
Jozef Swalus, Printing and Dispatch
FINANCE/ MARKET RESEARCH TEAM
Shay Ben-Shaool, General Manager Finance, Research & Information
Sue Lockey, General Manager Research
Giorgi Komakhidze, Manager Economics & Statistics Policy Projects
Gang Zhang, Manager Research and Analysis
IT SUPPORT TEAM
Mario De Smedt, Manager IT Co-ordination
Didier Poriau, Manager IT and Publishing
Anne-Marie Weirauch, Manager Information Base