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Olivier Meynot joined the Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) in 2005 after training at the Institut Régional d'Administration in Metz. From 2008 onwards, he followed, on behalf of France, the negotiations of European air transport agreements and their implementation alongside the European Commission. At the same time, Olivier was involved in the work of economic working groups at ECAC and in the work of the ICAO Air Transport Regulation Panel (ATRP) where, in particular, the conditions for the liberalisation of air transport services were discussed.
He joined the DGCA's Sustainable Development Sub-Directorate in November 2021 to represent France on the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection. Prior to this, Olivier had an aeronautical career that was more operationally oriented, as he was a pilot as well as an helicopter maintenance specialist.
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Oliver Richardson is President of the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) Civil Aviation Section, which represents all workers in the aviation sector in Europe. After being elected in 2017 to this position, Oliver has led the ETF’s aviation work on all its policy and industrial work. On a daily basis, Oliver represents aviation workers across the UK as the national officer for aviation in Unite the union.
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Marc Hamy is currently the vice president of corporate affairs at Airbus. He is an alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) de la rue d’Ulm and a civil aviation engineer, with a postgraduate diploma from the French national school for civil aviation (ENAC) and a master’s degree from the University of Paris Dauphine.
He has a background in aviation, transport, economy, and politics, with many senior executive positions.
He has served in the following positions: deputy chief financial officer of DSNA, the French air navigation services provider; general manager of the two air traffic control centres of the south of France; director of the civil aviation authority in the French Pacific territories; chief executive officer (CEO) of DSNA (8000 employees and a turnover of 1 billion Euros a year); chief of staff of the French Minister for Transports; deputy chief of staff of the Minister for Energy, Transport, and Environment; chief operating officer of Airbus ProSky; chief of staff of the Airbus CEO, vice president of Air Transport and Public Affairs, and finally vice president corporate affairs at Airbus SAS.
He is a founding member of the SESAR Joint undertaking, and of the EGNOS SSP, and contributed to create Airbus ProSky in 2010, three companies developing new technologies and services in aviation and space. He is holder of the Legion of Honour, of the National Order of Merit, and of the Medal of Aeronautics.
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David McMillan is a director of London’s Gatwick Airport. He was previously director general of EUROCONTROL, the United Kingdom’s director general for civil aviation, and a vice president of ECAC. He has also served as chair of the Flight Safety Foundation and the ATM Policy Institute.
David started his career in the diplomatic service and served in Morocco, Zimbabwe and the United States, where he was transport secretary for five years.
David is a Fellow of both the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport; and a correspondent of the Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace.