Group Head of Sustainability, International Airlines Group Jonathon is a Master’s graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, London and has an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
In July 2015 Jonathon became Group Head of Sustainability for the International Airlines Group with responsibility for the group sustainability strategy across the Groups’ four airlines Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia & Vueling.
In August 2019 he was elected as the Chair of the newly formed IATA Sustainability and Environment Advisory Council.
Jonathon is also Chair of the oneworld airline alliance’s Environment & Sustainability Best Practice Group.
In November 2020 Jonathon became Chair of the UK Government’s Jet Zero Council’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Delivery Group.

Robin is a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s San Francisco office and a leader in the Firm’s Aerospace & Defense, Travel, Transportation & Logistics and Sustainability practices. He leads the Firm’s global Disruptive Aerospace sector and the Advanced Industries Disrupter sector in North America. Through his client work he serves the whole ecosystem, from OEMs to investors to suppliers to operators to government agencies, across geographies and both established players and startups. 

Mark Pilling is an experienced journalist, editor and publisher covering the global airline and aviation industry for 25 years. In the 1990s and 2000s he was the editor of several leading industry titles, including Airline Business, Airports International and Airport World. He went on to become publisher of the FlightGlobal aviation brands, featuring flightglobal.com, Flight International and Flight Daily News, and helped establish FlightGlobal (now Cirium) as a leading aviation data and information business.

Sean Doyle was appointed Chief Executive of British Airways in October 2020, and Chairman in April 2021. 

Sean first joined British Airways in 1998, where he began his career as a financial analyst. During his time at British Airways Sean held a number of senior roles including Finance Director BA Cargo, Head of Corporate Strategy and Executive Vice President British Airways Americas. In 2016 Sean was appointed to the airline’s executive Management Committee as Director of Network, Fleet & Alliances. As part of this role, Sean was accountable for network and fleet planning, airline partnerships and oversight of British Airways’ business units at London Gatwick and BA CityFlyer.  

Prior to his appointment as Chairman and Chief Executive of British Airways, Sean was Chief Executive of Aer Lingus from January 2019.  

Sean is married with a son and is a graduate of University College Cork. 

Shai joined Virgin Atlantic in 2014 as Chief Financial Officer later assuming the role of Chief Commercial Officer and took up the CEO role in January 2019 leading the Company through Covid-19.  In 2006 he was a Founding Partner of Virgin Green Fund and an Investment Partner with the Virgin Group from 2012.  Before joining Virgin, he held several senior management positions at ntl:Telewest (now Virgin Media) and prior to this Shai established the European office of early-stage technology venture fund JVP and was a Senior Associate with Morgan Stanley Technology Group in London. 

Brian Moran is the chief sustainability officer of The Boeing Company and serves as a member of the Boeing Executive Council. Moran is responsible for advancing the company’s approach on aerospace sustainability priorities, stakeholder engagement and integrated reporting. His Executive Council responsibilities include driving shared awareness of sustainability trends, opportunities and risks to guide company decision-making
and global impact. Moran reports to both the CEO and the Governance and Public Policy committee of the Board, and is based in Amsterdam.

Julie Kitcher is Chief Sustainability Officer and Communications at Airbus. In her position, she oversees the Company's sustainability roadmap, driving Airbus' contribution to current environmental, societal, regulatory and technological challenges. She also leads communications company-wide, promoting the Airbus brand internally and externally in support of Airbus' strategic objectives.

Julie is a member of the Airbus Executive Committee, reporting to the CEO, Guillaume Faury. Since taking on her responsibilities in 2019, Julie led the articulation of Airbus’ purpose: to pioneer sustainable aerospace for a safe and united world. In addition, Julie drove the performance management, internal controls and corporate audit functions as well as the Company’s transformation agenda. Under her leadership, Airbus received approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its near-term greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.

Julie was appointed Chair of the Airbus Foundation board in 2021. As such, she is actively involved in shaping the Foundation’s work in humanitarian support, environmental action and youth development. She has been appointed member of the board to the Toulouse School of Economics’ Fondation Jean-Jacques Laffont. Julie also sits on the boards of Airbus Helicopters UK and the International Chamber of Commerce France as well as the UK Government’s Jet Zero Council, fostering the development of aerospace technologies, facilities and regulatory framework in the UK. In 2023, Julie was honoured with the "l'Ordre National du Mérite". In her previous position, Julie was the Executive Vice President Communications and Corporate Affairs, also serving as the CEO’s Chief of Staff, prior to which she was Head of Investor Relations and Financial Communication at Airbus. She is a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA) and holds an MSc from ESC Skema (Lille)

Shashank Nigam is the founder and CEO of SimpliFlying. Having consulted for more than 100 airlines over 15 years, Nigam is a frequent keynote speaker and has been widely featured in major media outlets like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the BBC. His first book, SOAR, was an Amazon bestseller and is currently being taught to Masters students at Cranfield University (UK) and Embry-Riddle (USA). Sustainability in the Air is his second book that shares lessons from innovators helping aviation become sustainable. He is the host of a leading podcast with the same name. A Canadian, he lives in London, UK with his wife and two daughters.

"Sarah Jones is the Member of Parliament for Croydon Central, and Shadow Minister of State for Industry and Decarbonisation. She was first elected in 2017. Sarah set up and led the national cross-party campaign against knife crime. She has held the positions of Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister - where she led the response to the Grenfell disaster - and Labour’s Shadow Minister for Policing and the Fire Service. In September 2023, Sarah was appointed Shadow Minister for Industry and Decarbonisation. Sarah’s responsibilities sit across the department for Business and Trade and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Before becoming an MP, Sarah had a long career in the voluntary, public and private sectors, including as a senior civil servant running gov comms on the Olympics." 

Murdo Morrison FRAeS is head of strategic content for aviation news and intelligence site FlightGlobal and edits its Flight Daily News show newspaper portfolio. A 37-year veteran of business publishing, he has covered the car industry to commercial road transport and town planning to printing. Murdo has been a senior editor with FlightGlobal since 2001, and regularly appears as an industry commentator on TV and radio. He is a former Aerospace Journalist of the Year. 

Mr. James Michael Stephens has been the Vice President of Corporate Affairs at DHL since September 2021. He is responsible for public affairs and stakeholder relations for DHL in the UK and Ireland. Prior to joining DHL he had global responsibility for Government & Corporate Affairs at Aston Martin Lagonda and served in a number of senior positions for, Nissan Motor Company in Europe and BAE Systems in both the UK and United States. He first joined BAE Systems in their London HQ in 2003 as a Government Relations Executive, leading on defence and strategic policy. In 2008 James was seconded to the Ministry of Defence to work for the then Chief of Defence Material, before taking up a posting in Washington DC as the Director of International Government Relations in 2010. In 2012 James joined Nissan Motor Company in the UK as Head of UK Government Affairs dealing with all policy and strategic engagement relating to Nissan’s activities in the UK. In 2014 he took on the role of Head European Strategic Policy in addition to his UK responsibilities. He moved to Aston Martin Lagonda in the summer of 2015 to develop a government affairs function for the growing luxury automotive business. During the course of his tenure, he expanded this to cover all aspects of corporate affairs, including corporate PR and sustainability, developing the company’s first sustainability strategy. Born in Hampshire, England, he earned a degree in Information Technology in 2003 from Southampton Solent University and studied International Affairs at Georgetown University in Washington DC. James is married with two children.

Hemant Mistry has over 30 years’ experience in aviation, including technology application, commercial strategy and regulatory reform. He leads IATA’s Net Zero Transition activities to support decarbonization of the industry, working across airlines, governments and the supply-chain. 

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hemant has been responsible for IATA’s work on securing financial support for airlines and supply chain partners.  Prior to this Hemant was IATA’s Director of Infrastructure and Fuel where he worked with governments, airports, ANSPs and jet fuel suppliers to build opportunities for partnership, pricing & efficiency improvement, as well as effective capacity development.  

Before joining IATA, Hemant worked as a Senior Associate for Booz Allen Hamilton, a global management consultancy, where he led competition and regulatory assessments for the European Commission and performed safety audits for national aviation authorities. Hemant’s first employment was with UK National Air Traffic Services where he helped develop ICAO standards and recommended practices for new aviation technologies and operational concepts. He was sponsored by the UK Civil Aviation Authority and is a graduate of the University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology.   

Jonathan Torres is a General Engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Airports’ Emerging Entrants Division where he assists with development of policy for the safe integration of new technologies, infrastructure, and aircraft positioned to operate in the National Airspace System (NAS). His primary focus is Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure.  Prior to working in the Office of Airports, Jonathan oversaw various research efforts for the FAA Airport Technology Research and Development Branch at the William J. Hughes Technical Center. His areas of research included Vertiport Design Standards for Advanced Air Mobility, Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, Airport Safety and Surveillance Sensors, and Wildlife Detection Technologies.  Jonathan has been part of the FAA for over seven years. Before joining the FAA, Jonathan was as a research contractor working on various airport-related research projects for the FAA.  Jonathan graduated with a Bachelor and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University.

Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, M.V.O., MBA is Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Markets Initiative, a global organisation that mobilises the private sector to put sustainability at the heart of global value creation.  

His Majesty King Charles III, a champion of sustainability for over 50 years, launched the Sustainable Markets Initiative (when he was Prince of Wales) in 2020.   

From 2018 to 2023, Ms. Jordan-Saifi served as Assistant Private Secretary to The King covering foreign affairs, the Commonwealth, and supporting His Majesty’s sustainability leadership on the world stage. In this role, she established the Sustainable Markets Initiative, developed its guiding mandates, the Terra Carta and Astra Carta, and its storytelling platform RETV.    

Working for the Government of Canada (2008-2018), Ms. Jordan-Saifi led on a wide range of foreign policy priorities and initiatives, including United Nations Strategic Policy and Reform and as negotiator for the Sustainable Development Goals. From 2000-2008 she served with the ICRC, the UN, international/local NGOs and as a journalist in the Middle East building local capacity to enable social enterprise, market development, and community-based design.   

Luis Gallego became International Airlines Group’s chief executive in September 2020, joining from Iberia where he was chairman and chief executive from January 2014 having been appointed chief executive in March 2013. 

Professor of aerothermal technology and director of the Whittle Laboratory. Member of the UK Department for Transport’s Science Advisory Council, the FlyZero Design Advisory Group, and a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He leads the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics and the Aviation Impact Accelerator (AIA), an international expert group aiming to build an interactive whole-system simulator to accelerate the journey to climate-neutral aviation. 

Harriet Wollerton is the ADS Supply Chain Solutions Services Director.  The Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) Framework is a single, simple access, cross sector programme, enabling suppliers to improve their competitive performance, highlight opportunities to invest in innovation and digitalization, as well as helping them make progress towards their sustainability goals and demonstrate advancement towards net zero. 

She began her career as a technical non-production purchaser at Lucas Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace) and has more than 25 years’ experience of programme management, supply chain, supplier management, strategic sourcing, marketing and business development in the Aerospace industry. 

Harriet joined ADS at the beginning of January 2016 as Aerospace Operations & Business Development Manager, coordinating and leading ADS Aerospace industry business development activity, as well as supporting sector specific aerospace special interest groups.  

Group Head of Sustainability, International Airlines Group Jonathon is a Master’s graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, London and has an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
In July 2015 Jonathon became Group Head of Sustainability for the International Airlines Group with responsibility for the group sustainability strategy across the Groups’ four airlines Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia & Vueling.
In August 2019 he was elected as the Chair of the newly formed IATA Sustainability and Environment Advisory Council.
Jonathon is also Chair of the oneworld airline alliance’s Environment & Sustainability Best Practice Group.
In November 2020 Jonathon became Chair of the UK Government’s Jet Zero Council’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Delivery Group.

Rachel is a member of the UK Jet Zero Council and Chairs the Zero Emission Flight Delivery Group. She has a wealth of experience in leading complex programmes and improving the operational effectiveness of organisations through people, process and technology. Rachel has a strong background in the aviation, science and technology sectors and has worked in Executive/senior leadership roles at the Civil Aviation Authority, the UK Space Agency and Connected Places Catapult. She is currently a Director for Aviascia which provides consulting and delivery services.

Eliot Whittington is a climate change and sustainability leader and Chief Systems Change Officer at CISL, with responsibility for initiatives uniting business, government, and finance for systemic transformation, such as CISL’s Corporate Leaders Groups, and policy engagement, its work on sustainable finance and its research and analysis work. He also co-leads the Aviation Impact Accelerator, working with Cambridge’s Whittle Laboratory. With over 20 years of experience, he drives action on climate, nature, circular economy, and social justice implications of economic change, collaborating with organizations like the World Bank and the UNFCCC. He's an influential advisor to both businesses and government bodies, playing a key role in the transition to a sustainable future. 

Laurence Wildgoose was appointed as the Assistant Administrator for Policy, International Affairs, and Environment at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January 2021. 

In this role, he is responsible for leading the FAA's policy efforts to improve the safety and capacity of the global aerospace system in an environmentally sound manner. His focus is coordinating the FAA's reauthorization efforts before Congress, improving the safety and efficiency of the National Airspace System, and advancing innovation-friendly policies related to the safe integration of new entrants, including uncrewed aircraft systems. Laurence also oversees the agency's international activity, including advancing the FAA's global leadership on safety and environmental initiatives. 

Prior to joining the FAA, Laurence served as a professional staff member on the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, where he handled aviation safety and security issues related to the FAA, the Transportation Security Administration, and the National Transportation Safety Board. He most recently served under the leadership of Chair Maria Cantwell (D-WA), after joining the committee under then-Ranking Member Bill Nelson (D-FL). 

Laurence earned an M.B.A. from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, where he was a member of the Bloomberg Scholars Program and a William C. Dulin Scholarship recipient. Laurence received his B.A. from Florida State University. 

Matteo Mirolo, Head of Contrail Policy and Strategy at Breakthrough Energy and Senior Policy Advisor, Arcadia eFuels 

Matteo Mirolo is an expert in climate and energy policy, on a mission to help make aviation sustainable. At Breakthrough Energy, a climate foundation founded by Bill Gates, he is working to scale up contrail avoidance, in an effort to significantly reduce the non-CO2 impacts of aviation. He is also policy lead at Arcadia eFuels, a company planning to scale-up e-kerosene production. In this role, he works with governments to foster industrial strategies conducive to a significant increase in Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) availability. Matteo also had a keen interest in the nexus between sustainability and defense, as a reserve Captain in the French Air Force, where he works on SAF.  

Matteo honed his expertise at Transport & Environment, the EU’s leading clean transport NGO, where he led the sustainable aviation work and helped bring the world’s largest SAF mandate, ReFuelEU Aviation, into EU law.  

Matteo is a French and Italian national and is based in Brussels. He holds a BA and MA in Human Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge. In his spare time, when he is not busy trying to bring his Private Pilot Licence (PPL) to completion, he enjoys cooking, swimming and visiting eccentric museums. 

Emilien was previously a policy officer with the European Commission’s Secretariat General, working on delivery of the European Green Deal, and with the Directorate Generals for Environment and for Employment. Before starting a career with the European institutions, Emilien was a consultant with the International Energy Agency and a policy officer for European consumer organisations ANEC and BEUC.

Aoife O’Leary is a lawyer and economist with deep environmental expertise, and a strong background in how to decarbonise shipping and aviation. Aoife founded Opportunity Green to realise her vision of working closely with governments, other NGOs and industry to close the gaps in global climate action. Aoife is also Director of the SASHA Coalition, which unifies the aviation and shipping sectors to send a clear demand signal for green hydrogen and DAC in these industries. 

Claire has been Deputy Director, Low Carbon Fuels at the Department for Transport since April 2023, with her jobshare partner Debbie Stockwell. Claire has nearly 20 years experience in public policy, starting her career in Government as an economist, working on a range of issues from oil and gas, electricity markets to higher education, with a period in the private sector at Shell as well. When not at work, Claire enjoys spending time with her young family and playing netball. 

Dirk Singer is the Head of Sustainability at SimpliFlying, an industry-leading aviation
consulting firm dedicated to shaping a greener and more environmentally conscious
future for air travel. He is also the co-founder of several successful creative agencies
including Honey, Rabbit and Cow. Singer's career has spanned more than two decades,
during which he has written white papers, newsletters and essays on climate change
related issues, reaching thousands of subscribers in the aviation industry. Sustainability
in the Air is his first book.

Yasar works as a sustainable aviation manager based in ICF's London office, supporting airlines, investors, fuel producers, airports and governments in their Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) related efforts. He provides services ranging from SAF market and policy analysis, and conducting SAF facility due diligence assessments, to building SAF strategies and implementing through offtake agreements. Yasar is a chemical engineer by training, and holds a MSc. Environmental Technology degree from Imperial College London.

Cesar Pereira, a seasoned leader with 20+ years of experience driving growth and empowering teams. As an accomplished executive, Cesar specializes in crafting effective growth strategies, penetrating markets, and achieving organizational objectives. His proven track record includes success in sales, marketing, business management, and key account initiatives. Cesar has led high-performing teams, resulting in multi-billion sales revenue across Asia Pacific and EMEA. Notably, he directed teams for a multinational company, contributing to a remarkable $5B+ annual revenue. 

Prem Lobo is the Energy Division Manager in the Office of Environment and Energy at the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He is responsible for managing a broad portfolio of research, development, and deployment projects associated with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and novel energy sources to mitigate the environmental and climate impacts of aviation. His primary focus on SAF is on supply chain development, life cycle assessment, emissions, testing, analysis, and policy. He coordinates FAA’s engagement with CAAFI (Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative), and the SAF Grand Challenge interagency working group. Dr. Lobo is a nominated member of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) Fuels Task Group where he co-leads the Technology, Production and Policy subgroup.

Kinto Chan is Regional General Manager for Europe at the Cathay Group. Based in London, he leads commercial and operational teams across the region to drive the company forward and deliver successful results. 

He has always been passionate about the aviation industry and, since joining Cathay Pacific over 20 years ago, has witnessed its power to connect people and empower social developments in different countries he worked in including his hometown of Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland, Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.  

Prior to becoming Regional General Manager for Europe, he was General Manager of International & Corporate Affairs, where he played a pivotal role in crafting and advocating its ESG strategy, advising and engaging relevant stakeholders on aero-political and community development matters. 

Trishla Shah, Aviation Decarbonisation Expert, Mission Possible Partnership 

Trishla has worked across the chemicals and fuels space over the last three years, and was deeply involved in the development of the Mission Possible Partnership’s sector transition strategies. She was a lead author of the Ammonia Sector Transition Strategy and has co-authored a number of other reports in the plastics space. Currently, Trishla is working on a soon to be launched project in the e-SAF space aimed at accelerating the scale-up of large-scale e-SAF production in Europe. Prior to joining the Mission Possible Partnership, Trishla studied at the University of Cambridge where she received a Masters of Engineering, specialising in aerospace engineering. 

Stephane is the Vice President of Commercial of LanzaJet, a US based sustainable fuels technology company dedicated to carbon recycling and expanding sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the decarbonization of the aviation industry.

Stéphane has 25-year extensive international experience developing sustainable and innovative renewable energy and chemical solutions for both startups and multinational companies.

Matt is Head of Carbon Strategy at Heathrow where he is responsible for its net zero plan and works with colleagues from across the airport and wider sector to deliver solutions to aviation decarbonisation. Matt is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, a Trustee at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.  

With over 16 years in the UK energy industry, Gianni began his career managing energy portfolios for some of the largest UK corporates. Following this he moved into the Renewables sector and spent a decade structuring PPAs and leading sales teams in the UK wholesale power market. Gianni now heads up Drax's Carbon Removal Origination team where he is responsible for sourcing carbon removal offtake agreements and promoting Drax and BECCS in the wider Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).

Steve Kelly is President and GM of 1PointFive International, a subsidiary of Oxy’s Low Carbon Ventures division, responsible for developing 1PointFive’s DAC and CCUS business in locations outside North America. 

Steve joined Oxy in 1995 and has held increasingly senior positions in Qatar, Houston and Oman, most recently as President and GM of Oxy’s businesses in Qatar and Oman from 2012 to 2022. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Dolphin Energy Ltd. and the Board of Trustees of H2Global. 

Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from UCL. 

Gabrielle is an expert strategist, speaker and moderator focused on unleashing capitalism on climate change. She is a TED speaker and works with global companies at boardroom-level, analysing emerging trends, challenging conventional thinking and driving meaningful action. Gabrielle is co-founder of two organisations aiming to accelerate action in the confused but vital area of carbon removals and figure out how to do them right: non-profit Rethinking Removals (working in partnership with the UNFCCC Climate Champions) and for-profit CUR8. 

Gabrielle gives keynote addresses to corporate audiences around the world and is an accomplished moderator of high-level debates. She has presented many BBC TV and radio programmes, was Climate Change Editor at Nature and Features Editor at New Scientist, has written extensively for many international newspapers and magazines including the FT, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, and has authored four books. She earned her PhD at Cambridge University and has taught at both Cambridge and Princeton.

Laurent Müller is Director Corporate Partnerships at Climeworks, one of the leading Direct Air Capture (DAC) companies worldwide. Climeworks is capturing CO2 directly from the air and storing it permanently underground. The role of Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) is to address hard-to-abate emissions (such as Aviation’s emissions), as well as historical emissions. Laurent has been at Climeworks for more than three years, developing commercial activities and CDR offtake agreements with several sectors.  
Laurent holds a MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the EPFL, as well as a MSc in Aerospace Engineering from Supaéro. Prior to joining Climeworks, he worked at aircraft manufacturers (Airbus, Kopter) and in the railway industry (Alstom), in various commercial and project management positions. He is now dedicated to help the Aviation and Shipping sectors on their decarbonization journeys. 

Leigh is part of International Airlines Group’s Sustainability team, which is responsible for setting strategy and policy for the group. Over the last 10 years, Leigh has worked on sustainable fuels, carbon markets, carbon capture and storage and non-CO2. She is a member of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s Fuel Task Group which sets the standards for CORSIA eligible fuels.  Leigh is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and works on developing the group’s investments and offtakes to deliver against IAG’s Net Zero targets.