Ms. Starr Ginn leads the planning, development, and execution of the Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign (AAM NC) series, which consists of flight testing an experimental AAM Eco System of novel eVTOL and cargo vehicles, infrastructure, and airspace management technologies in the context of increasingly complex safety scenarios enabled by automation. To scale these operations the NC will be evaluating the evolution of closed loop automation between vehicle operations, infrastructure and airspace service providers to get to a UML-4 in a relevant environment prior to industry operating in a UML-4 environment. The NC will involve a broad range of industry, government and community both domestic and international. Starr has 25 years of experience conducting one-of-a-kind flight tests.  Starr has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cal State Northridge and Master of Science Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California Los Angeles.

Clive Lewis of Achieving the Difference has delivered market insight and the confidence to make strategic decisions to numerous large and medium organisations in high-value product and service sectors.

In recent years, many have sought Clive’s knowledge and insight in Advanced Air Mobility. He authored the ADS AAM Market Outlook, an underpinning baseline for business and public investment cases. He leads the Market Workstream of the AAM Group within ADS, the premier trade organisation for companies in the UK Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space Sectors and has advised the UK’s Aerospace Growth Partnership on AAM.

Jack is an experienced Commercial Director with a demonstrated history of working in sales, media, tech and
startups. Skilled in Business Development, Networking, Sales Negotiation, Team Management and Business
Solutions. Currently building Airspeeder, the first electric flying car race series.

Hristo is a Business Development Manager at DRONAMICS, an autonomous cargo drone company
that will revolutionize the middle mile air freight with its "Black Swan" unmanned aircraft. Hristo is
responsible for the company's expansion and development of future drone delivery networks for
logistics companies as well as large customers in spare parts distribution, e‐commerce, and pharma.

Nick is an exited aviation entrepreneur (Sky-Futures 2019) and pilot passionate about bringing software and best in class sustainable aircraft to market for the safe and sustainable growth of the commercial aviation industry. Nick is now on his second startup as cofounder and Chief Commercial Officer at KinectAir. His whole career has been in commercial aviation and includes 15 years/10,000 hours as a pilot for British Airways, the last 5 years as Captain on the Airbus A320. 

David Rottblatt is the Vice President of Business Development at Eve Urban Air Mobility. In this role, David is responsible for Eve’s commercial strategy and sales of Eve’s eVTOL, Urban Air Traffic Management and Services & Support product lines. Prior to the spin‐out of Eve in 2020, David joined EmbraerX in 2017 where Eve’s projects were originally conceived.
David is a commercial fixed wing pilot, Helicopter pilot, and sUAS (Drone) pilot with over 18 years of flying experience. David has a Bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University, a Master’s Degree in Political Science from the University of Connecticut, 
and a Master of International Business from the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Gary has 30 years’ experience in the Aviation industry, mainly working on complex engineering systems, but with experience in business development, customer consultancy and services creation. He has held engineering leadership positions in Rolls-Royce working across the product lifecycle covering technology acquisition, concept definition, development/certification and service management. He has also held many global, executive leadership positions for the group including creating the System Design function and leading the digital transformation of Engineering. He is now leading the UK government’s Future Flight innovation programme.

Gary’s passion is to bring teams together to challenge the status quo and drive step changes in both the technology and business thinking to transform the aviation industry.

Darrell has established himself as a subject matter expert regarding electric aviation and how it will lead to a future of distributed aviation.  His knowledge encompasses both electric fixed wing and distributed electric propulsion VTOL aircraft infrastructure requirements as well as insights into how the industry could evolve to provide a truly distributed aviation system. 

He is an advisor to the UAM panel at ADS Group as well as a board member of the British Aviation Group, the largest trade body in the UK.  Darrell has over 20 years’ experience as an aviation consultant on airport masterplanning projects thru to airport acquisition advisory services.  

Jarek has spent the last 16 years working for and providing services to leading aviation companies including airlines, airports, leasing companies, aviation consulting firms and suppliers. 

He specializes in demand modelling for advance air mobility, air service development and traffic forecasting for airports, and network, fleet and schedule planning / strategy for airlines. 

Jarek holds a Master’s degree in International Management from The University of Warsaw, a Postgradute degree in Air Transport Sector Management and Finance from Warsaw School of Economics. He has also attended numerous Management and Leadership courses in the US and Europe.

David Hyde leads the World Economic Forum’s efforts on Advanced Aerial Mobility and electric and hydrogen propulsion. In this role David works with leaders from the public and private sectors to lay the groundwork for the adoption of new aviation technologies. David joined the Forum in 2021 from the Aerospace Industries Association, where as Director of Environmental Policy he was responsible for developing and advocating industry positions on issues including climate change and supersonic aircraft. Prior to this, David was an aviation policy advisor at the UK Department for Transport. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in History and Master’s degree in Global Politics, and is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree from Johns Hopkins University.

Hervé Drevillon has over 25 years’ experience in air traffic management, having managed projects
in the innovation and safety domains for air navigation service providers (DSNA, skeyes),
institutions (EUROCONTROL, EDA, ESA), airports (Aeroports de Paris) and industry (EDF).
He leads Egis activities in UAS Traffic Management and Urban Air Mobility, bringing together
expertise from different business units to address the challenges posed by these new entrants in
terms of safety, security, integration or social acceptance.
Hervé also sits on Airport Council Europe’s (ACI‐E) Technical, Operations and Safety Committee and
is supporting work to update EUROCAE’s A‐CDM standards and guidelines as a contributor to WG‐
111.

Damian Kysely is the Head of Europe and Middle East at Skyports. He is responsible for leading
Skyports’ vertiport infrastructure business in Europe and Middle East, focusing on business
development, government affairs, project management and technology deployment. In his
previous role at Skyports, he was responsible for the design and development of the world’s first
passenger air taxi vertiport in Singapore in October 2019.
Prior to joining Skyports, Damian founded a UK government backed company developing analytics
tools for drone infrastructure deployment in built environments and held previous roles in
transport technology consulting and early‐stage venture capital.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from The University of Manchester.

Dr Vassilis AGOURIDAS is Head of the EU Public Co‐Creation & Ecosystem Outreach activities at AIRBUS
(Urban Mobility).

Vassilis is the Leader of the UIC2 (Urban Air Mobility Initiative Cities Community) launched
in October 2017 within the Smart Cities Marketplace of the European Commission and Chairman of the UAM
Committee of ASD Europe (the AeroSpace & Defence Industries Association of Europe).

Vassilis has led the development, by UIC2, of the EU’s (Eltis) publication on Urban Air Mobility and Sustainable Urban Mobility (SUMP‐UAM, Practitioner Briefing). He is a member of the EASA’s Task Force on UAM Societal Acceptance, and has been a member of the EASA's Steering Group on the development of Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMCs) and Guidance Material (GM) for the U‐Space Implementation Regulation [(EU) 2021/664] as team leader of experts for Article 18(f) (U‐Space Coordination Mechanism among authorities and entities including at local level).

Mirijam Böhme, M.A., studied political science at the University of Bamberg and led a research project on the psychological determinants of political decision-making at the same institution for four years.

Today, Ms. Böhme is the Head of the Science Office at the City of Aachen, where she is responsible for strategically shaping the cooperation between Aachen's universities, the city administration, and the city's society. As a dynamic network institution, the Science Office promotes Aachen as a location for innovation and makes science a tangible experience together with universities, research institutes and researching companies within the framework of creative event formats.

Since 2019, she also serves as coordinator of the EU-regional Urban Air Mobility Initiative, in which the cities of Maastricht (NL), Aachen (D), Hasselt (B), Heerlen (NL), and Liège (B) jointly research technologies and use cases for the socially relevant use of innovative airborne devices with local innovation drivers from science and industry.

Michael has over 20 years of civil and military aerospace experience at Rolls‐Royce.
Michael co‐developed Rolls‐Royce’s electrical strategy and led future technologies programmes.

Paul graduated from the University of Liverpool with a degree in Chemistry. With over 35 years of experience in the advanced composites industry, Paul has commanded roles that span R+D, technology development, product management, and business development. Paul has overseen the advancement of lightweight structures across aerospace and automotive markets, including the qualification and development of composite materials for aerospace primary structures and processes for high volume manufacturing in industrial and automotive applications. Paul is currently the UK Sales Director for Toray and is responsible for developing and advancing lightweight material solutions for emerging and existing markets.

Kolin is a passionate "Future of Mobility Analyst" with several years of educational and hands‐on experience in the academia, tech industry and digital innovation startup ecosystem. Build expert knowledge of data collection, analysis, synthesis and turning data into compelling visualization and business implications.

Experienced analyst trained in Tableau, Powerpoint and Excel. Adaptive team player, eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills. Dynamic individual with a proven history of innovative and entrepreneurial thinking and effective, results‐oriented work attitude.

Matthew Sattler is a transportation and startup problem solver focused on solving hard tech challenges. Matthew currently leads Infrastructure and Ecosystem Partners at Supernal and is responsible for creating partnerships that will enable a future mobility ecosystem. Prior to joining Supernal, Matthew helped commercialize autonomous airplanes at Reliable Robotics and led business development for Boom Supersonic, a startup building a new supersonic airliner.

As Director for Aerospace and Assured Space Systems at CGI, Hannes focusses on commercial, business aviation and general aviation safety and operations, including emerging technologies such as future air mobility and drones.

With more than 20 years of experience in designing, building, testing and flying spacecraft and space payloads for planetary exploration and telecommunications, Hannes has worked for the German Federal Armed Forces University, the European Space Agency, Thales Alenia Space, Inmarsat and Griebel Aeropsace Consulting prior to joining CGI in 2021.

He is a recognized expert on space science and exploration, satellite-based aviation safety and operational services, Global Aeronautic Distress and Safety Systems and advanced air traffic services. As a recognized expert on global aircraft tracking and flight recorder data recovery, Hannes is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and chairs the EUROCAE working group for flight recorder minimum operational performance standards.

Dr Seyed Mohseni is a serial entrepreneur who has founded a number of successful businesses with his academic background in aerospace engineering design.   

He holds an MSc in aerospace propulsion (Cranfield University) as well as an MBA and doctorate in gas turbine technology (Cranfield University). 

Samad Aerospace Ltd, a UK based company, developing a range of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) electric powered business aircraft for civil aviation use. 

Kostas is currently SVP Engineering and Technology for the GKN Aerospace Civil Airframe Business. An Aeronautical Engineer with almost 30 years’ experience in the aerospace industry.
Has led multiple airframe design applications on airframe platforms and has held direct responsibility (Chief Engineer) of major GKN Design and Build Programmes.
Held executive positions in GKN Aerospace since 2013 being responsible for a multitude of aircraft designs undertaken by GKN for most OEM’s.
Vast experience in the whole aircraft development lifecycle from concept, design, introduction into manufacture, certification, operational delivery and customer support.
Responsible for development of new technology and how it can be used to improve sustainability and performance of future aircraft platforms and drive efficiency in aircraft manufacture. In this role, Kostas is helping shape future air travel and aircraft through innovation and technology.

Robin co-leads the McKinsey Center for Future Mobility and its work in mobility disrupters in the Americas and is a global leader of the Disruptive Aerospace sector within McKinsey’s Aerospace & Defense Practice.

His work focuses on innovative topics in the aviation industry, including advanced air mobility, unmanned aerial systems, sustainable aviation, and super or hypersonic flight. This covers the entire value chain, which includes operators, aircraft manufacturers, part-and-service providers, airports, ground handlers, training organizations, regulators, and investors.

In this constantly evolving, competitive market, Robin leverages hands-on expertise and broad, cross-functional knowledge to support clients across the aviation industry by addressing strategic challenges, and capturing value and growth.

Before joining McKinsey, Robin held department leadership roles in both the commercial and operations branches of a major airline. He is also a certified commercial airline pilot.

Jia leads strategy for Honeywell’s AAM business and is an expert in the evolving AAM industry, its regulatory issues and its technical challenges.

Before joining Honeywell, Jia worked as the chief architect for advanced air mobility systems at Airbus, where he led the development of operational architectures and business cases. He also held research and leadership positions at the RAND Corporation, where he led advanced technology programs in artificial intelligence and machine learning, uncrewed aircraft and autonomy. On the vehicle side, Jia has led UAS design and engineering analysis efforts at General Atomics.

Jia received his Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University. He also holds master’s degrees in computational methods from Imperial College London and international relations from the London School of Economics. Both were completed under the tenure of a Marshall Scholarship.

Tim is Policy Director for the CAA, responsible for CAA’s strategy and major policy issues including EU Exit, innovation, airspace modernisation and space regulation. Prior to joining the CAA, he was Head of Strategy and latterly Head of Regulation at NATS. His earlier career was spent in Government, and included a range of posts at HM Treasury, the Shareholder Executive and the MoD.

ELMAR M. GIEMULLA, Curriculum Vitae

Expertise

· Lecturing aviation law at several Universities

· Legal opinions for companies and Governments on aviation law issues

· Advise to Governments on reshaping their legal systems in aviation

· Publishing books and treatises on aviation law

Education

· First and Second Legal State Examination (Germany)

· US State Bar Examination (New York)

· Aviation Auditor Certificate

· Private Helicopter Pilot´s License, exp.

Languages:

· German: Native

· English: Fluent

Other Roles:

· President AOPA Germany (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association)

· President FASAG (Federal Aviation Security Association Germany)

· Member of the Advisory Board of the German Air Service Provider (DFS)

· Former Member of the Board of UAV DACH

· Head of the Supervisory Board of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Europe GmbH

Vincent has over 25 years’ experience of handling aviation and transport matters including aviation liability and commercial disputes, regulatory matters as an advisor to airlines and aviation trade bodies, advising on all aspects of aviation finance, aviation commercial and aviation insurance.

In recent years, Vincent has been advising clients on new green technology including electric aircraft, drones and emissions compliance. Vincent has been an aviation partner in major international law firms and has practised in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and UAE.

Stephen Vance is a Director of CGI’s UK Aerospace Sector which covers includes solutions for the Advanced Air Mobility Sector.  Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With over 70k employees worldwide in over 40 countries, CGI has a footprint in most global markets.

CGI has developed core safety components of Galileo GNSS and EGNOS SBAS Systems, and have also delivered the core safety components of IRIS – a high-bandwidth, cost-effective satellite-based data link for aerospace communications.

Stephen has a background in delivery of Mission Critical Systems delivering Navigation and Communication services for the Aerospace Sector and over 20 years of experience delivering IT Services across the Defence, Space and Commercial Sectors.

Prior to being named the new Executive Director of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Office, Peter “Jay” Merkle was the Deputy Vice President (DVP) of the Program Management Organization (PMO) within the Air Traffic Organization (ATO). The PMO is responsible for all NextGen program activity; all National Airspace System (NAS) communications; navigation, weather, surveillance and automation modernization programs; and all service life extensions to legacy NAS sensors, communications and navigation aids. Given the tight coupling between successful automation program delivery and current system operation, the PMO also leads and manages all second-level automation engineering efforts. Lastly, the PMO works with FAA operations and aviation users to ensure globally interoperable solutions for NextGen.

Prior to that position, Merkle was the Director of Program Control and Integration, AJM-1, in the PMO for the ATO. In that capacity, he led the PMO in developing effective, timely, and innovative solutions to evolving business needs. The focus areas were program control, crosscutting analysis and integration, and special initiatives.

Since joining the FAA, Merkle has served as the Manager of Systems Integration for Portfolio Management and Technology Development within the NextGen organization. He also has held positions as the Lead Engineer for tower, terminal, and en route automation systems, as the Chief System Engineer for En Route and Terminal Domains, and as the Chief Architect for NextGen at the Joint Planning and Development Office.

Merkle has over 30 years of extensive experience in engineering and program management. He started his career as an engineer working in cockpit and crew station design on several aircraft, including the C-17 large transport aircraft. Merkle holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Max is the Policy and Government Affairs lead at Joby Aviation. In this role, he works with policymakers in Washington, DC, and around the world, advocating for Joby’s legislative and regulatory priorities. Prior to Joby, Max served as the Director for Unmanned and Emerging Aviation Technologies at the Aerospace Industries Association and previously spent time on Capitol Hill working for Congressman Mark Sanford. Max has a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College where he majored in Government and Legal Studies.

Sebastien Borel is Vice President Business at Lilium. Sebastien brings some 20 years of aerospace experience to this field, having served at Airbus and Honeywell in various sales and marketing leadership roles.

Julian is a Director of Pascall+Watson, an international architectural practice specialising in airport design and operational analysis. With 25 years’ experience in the design and delivery of projects working directly with airport authorities’ design, development and capital projects teams. Julian is leading the Pascall+Watson team in shaping the next generation of air mobility and developing a recognised eVOTL product. Pascall+Watson are regarded as being at the forefront of the design, operation and integration of such within the aviation industry.

Luke is passionate about the innovative use of aerospace technology and using it to solve the world’s biggest problems. As an aerospace leader and chartered engineer who has worked across civil and military sectors he has driven innovation into how he has delivered services to customers and helped his customers to innovate. As a Business Manager, the whole of the civil and military aerospace and aviation market is his responsibility so he supports and therefore needs to have a strong understanding of businesses from established OEMs with decades of experience, thousands of staff and billions of turnover to startups with a good idea and a passion to make it a reality.

Luke is a Business Manager with Frazer-Nash Consultancy, Chair of the ADS Advanced Air Mobility Special Interest Group, sits on the UKRI / CPC / DfT Future Aviation Integration Working Group and was shortlisted for the “Rising Star” award at the British Ex-Force in Business Awards 2020.

Robbie is a Partner at Oliver Wyman and leads the Oliver Wyman CAVOK division across EMEA. He has over 20 years experience as an Aviation professional and has held leadership positions at International Airlines and OEM’s.

He specializes in aviation operational transformation and has led assignments with leading aircraft manufacturers, airlines and other transportation companies on topics including strategy development, cost transformation, operational improvement, safety management, transactions, climate and sustainability, engineering and MRO.

David Stepanek became Bristow’s Executive Vice President, Sales and Chief Transformation Officer in March 2021. In this role, David is responsible for all sales, marketing, and commercial functions of the business. In addition to activities in Bristow’s existing end markets, his focus will include the transformation of Bristow’s business mix through strategic diversification into new markets.

David has previously served as Bristow’s Chief Operating Officer since June 2020. Prior to its merger with Bristow in June 2020, Dave was Senior Vice President, Business Development of Era Group Inc.

Prior to joining Era in January 2020, David held positions within PHI, Inc., most recently having served as President, PHI Americas, responsible for the overall performance and direction of PHI’s U.S. and international operations in the Western Hemisphere. Before becoming President PHI Americas, David served as PHI, Inc. Chief Commercial Officer and led the company’s growth in the Gulf of Mexico and international expansion including the acquisition of HNZ Group’s offshore helicopter business. Before joining PHI in 2010, David held a variety of leadership positions at Era Helicopters.

After four years’ service in the US Marine Corps as a heavy lift helicopter avionics technician, David moved to Sikorsky as an avionics technician and field service representative; he was subsequently promoted and contributed to the sales and product development of the S-76 and S-92 aircraft, amongst many other roles.

Adrienne's career has been driven by a commitment to public‐private partnerships that enhance outcomes for a diverse set of stakeholders. Before moving into the private sector, Adrienne was the manager of economic and business policy in the office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, where she represented the city's interests in the drone, aerospace and manufacturing industries at a local and national level.

As a private citizen, Adrienne continues to find ways to support public process in her local community; she currently serves as a Commissioner for the Central Area Planning Commission (Department of City Planning) in the City of Los Angeles, as appointed by the Mayor.

She holds a B.A. from Scripps College, where she graduated cum laude, and a master's degree in planning and economic development from the University of Southern California, where she earned high honors in her cohort. Most recently, Adrienne participated in an executive‐education program in project finance at London Business School.

Jayeis is passionate about sustainable aviation and technology sectors. He is expediting investment into green sustainable initiatives across the globe with stakeholders committed to UN sustainability development goals and impact investment.

His expertise includes private equity transactions with a focussed on green infrastructure, technology and aerospace sector. He has led and advised numerous investments, fund raising and business development activities bringing a wealth of experience, global networks and transactional experience to enhance portfolio alpha & strategic value.

He has over 20 years investment banking experience having worked for the likes of JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank etc prior to moving into the Private Equity & Alterative Investment sector.

He is an alumnus of Oxford University and also read International Strategy & Law at the University of Leicester.

Adam leads future of flight opportunities in Europe for OneSky, part of the Directional Aviation family. He previously founded PrivateFly, which pioneered online transactions in on-demand charter, growing it over 11 years to become a leading brand in private charter before its acquisition by Directional Aviation in 2018.

Adam is also an experienced pilot, first serving for 10 years in the RAF and then moving into business aviation, flying the Citation XLS for several years before founding PrivateFly. He remains a passionate aviator today, as well as an advocate within the industry for innovation and sustainability in business aviation.

With thirty years' industry experience, Mike is a trusted advisor to institutional investors and top management in the aerospace, transportation and finance sectors.

Specializes in corporate finance, business strategy, enterprise value dynamics and value creation.

Officer, Principal, Senior Managing Partner, and/or Managing Director with the aerospace and transportation practices of AT Kearney Inc., Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc., PwC LLP, Arthur Andersen LLP.

Principal advisor to ITT on its 2007 $1.85 billion ADS‐B award from the U.S. FAA.

Former clients include the world's leading aerospace companies such as Boeing, Embraer and Rolls‐Royce, airlines such as American, Swiss, and easyJet. He has been a senior advisor to several FAA administrators.
Speaks widely on aerospace matters, and his opinion is regularly sought by the media.

Holds a Master of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.Sc.Eng. in Geodesy and Geomatics from the University of New Brunswick.

Omar held commercial and programme management roles at AAR Group and GE before joining ADS as Head of Business Development and Operations . At ADS, Omar manages the Sustainabily, AAM and Digital working groups, as well as high profile trade engagements with global OEMs . His career of nearly 10 years has taken him on assignments to Singapore, Dubai, and Chicago, managing multi-million MRO and digital programmes for leading global airlines. Omar builds drones in his spare time, and graduated with an MEng in Aerothermal Engineering from the University of Cambridge.