I am a professional aerospace, aviation, and transportation consultant, academic researcher, university lecturer, member of various industry boards, and regular speaker at industry events. I am presently a Consulting Partner leading Deloitte's transport, hospitality, and services practice in Southeast Asia, out of Singapore. Prior to this role, I led the Asia consulting business of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)’s transport and logistics consulting practice in the Middle East.

• Business skills: sector practice leadership and growth in a professional services context, go-to-market strategy planning and activation, offering definition across lines of service, business development and key account management at an executive level, consulting skills involved in delivering engagements, regional P&L ownership and high-performance team building, and brand eminence and thought leadership creation.

• Industry expertise: deep expertise in both aerospace and aviation from having worked extensively across the air transport value chain: passenger and cargo airlines, airports, ground handlers, air navigation service providers (ANSP), civil aviation authorities (CAA), departments and ministries of transport and tourism, aircraft manufacturers (OEM), and maintenance, repair and overhaul organizations (MRO).

• Functional capabilities: business-led transformation through emerging technologies, growth and competitive advantage, operational efficiency and resiliency, sustainability and climate adaptation, manufacturing and supply chain, data science.

• Global and multicultural professional experience: two years in the US, nine years in Europe, nine years in the Middle East, seven years in Asia.

Consulting Partner at Deloitte Southeast Asia in Singapore (2024 to present)

I lead Deloitte Southeast Asia's transportation, hospitality, and services industry (THS) industry segment, with a specialization in air transport. My role entails bringing the best capabilities of Deloitte, the world's largest professional services firm, to meet the need of THS industry clients around Southeast Asia (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam).

Asia Consulting Leader at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in Singapore (2018 to 2024)

I relocated from the Middle East to Singapore in 2018 to lead IATA’s advisory business in Asia, with a mission to deliver innovation and operational excellence for clients across the air transport value chain. I formulated and executed a go-to-market strategy to profitably grow the regional revenue, built and led a high-performing team of consultants (+7 FTEs) and subcontractors, nurtured senior client relationships, won and delivered projects at new accounts, and raised IATA’s brand equity in the market through speaking engagements.

Senior Director / Associate Partner, Transport & Logistics Leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Dubai (2011 to 2017)

I joined PwC Middle East as a Consulting Director through its acquisition of PRTM in 2011. I led PwC Middle East's transport & logistics industry segment and founded PwC’s global Aviation Center of Excellence that grew into a nexus of ~650 experts with the purpose of addressing the complex needs of aviation clients in underserved markets and across PwC’s lines of service (Consulting, Deals, Tax, Legal, Assurance).

Principal at Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd, & McGrath (PRTM) in Paris, France and Dubai, UAE (2007 to 2011)

I joined the global advisory boutique PRTM (~800 professionals) and delivered operational strategy, product and service innovation, and manufacturing and supply chain transformation projects (using the SCOR model) for aerospace, automotive, defense, mining, pharma, rail, sovereign wealth fund, and telco clients. PRTM was subsequently acquired by PwC in 2011.

Senior Consultant at CSC Peat Marwick in Paris, France (2000 to 2006)

I joined KPMG’s management advisory practice as a consultant in Paris after my MBA in 2000 prior to its acquisition by CSC. I worked on large customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain, and operational performance programs in the aerospace, automotive, private banking, and travel and tourism sectors for blue chip clients. Peat Marwick was acquired by Computer Science Corporation (CSC, now DXC Technology) shortly after I joined.

Ph.D. in Aviation at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA (2016–2023)

• Doctoral research: “A simulation of the impacts of climate change on civil aircraft takeoff performance”.

MBA at The George Washington University in Washington D.C., USA (1999–2000)

• Majored in the management of science, technology, and innovation. 

Masters of Management at Grenoble Graduate School of Business in France (1997–2000)

• Majored in technology management.

Functional certifications

• Singularity Institute Executive Program (2024)

• HarvardX Data Science (2023)

• Microsoft Power BI (2020)

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) (2015)

• APICS Supply Chain Operations Reference Model Professional (SCOR-P) (2014)

• APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) (2012)

• Six Sigma Black Belt (2010)

Sectoral certifications

• IATA Airport Master Planning (5-day course, 2023)

• IATA Airport Slot Coordination: Policy and Regulation (5-day course, 2023)

• IATA Air Cargo Business Strategy and Planning (5-day course, 2021)

• IATA Instructional Standards (5-day course, 2018)

• IATA Diploma in Aviation Studies (self-study, 2016) including

  • Airline Finance and Accounting Management

  • Airline Revenue Management

  • Airport Operations

  • Ground Operations Management

• Private Pilot License (PPL) (2015)

• Fluent in English and French, out-of-practice command of Spanish.

• Proficient in data analytics using Excel, Power BI, SQL, and R.

• Passionate about innovation, technology including AI and blockchain, and sustainability.

• Advisory board member of Aerial Futures, a U.S. non-profit organization exploring innovation in the architecture of flight, technology, and the broader urban mobility ecosystem.

• Advisory board member of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Asia Industry Board, which is meant to inform ERAU's curriculum design decisions to best meet the rising needs of the aerospace and aviation industries.

This is a non-exhaustive list of clients for which I have delivered or directed consulting projects:

Airlines:

• Air France-KLM in Paris

• American Airlines in Dallas and Tulsa

• China Airlines in Taipei

• Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi

• flydubai in Dubai

• Malaysia Airlines Cargo (MASkargo) in Kuala Lumpur

Airports:

• Aboitiz InfraCapital in the Philippines

• Airports of Thailand (AOT) in Bangkok

• Angkasa Pura 2 in Jakarta

• Changi Airport Group (CAG) in Singapore

• GMR Airports International in Indonesia and the Philippines

• Malaysia Airports Holdings Behard (MAHB) in Kuala Lumpur

• Narita International Airport (NAA) in Tokyo

• Public Investment Fund (PIF) (a Saudi sovereign wealth fund) in Riyadh

• San Miguel Corporation (SMC) in the Philippines

• Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (WSI) in Sydney

Ground handlers and Fixed-Base Operators (FBO):

• Arabian Aviation Services Company (ARABASCO) in Jeddah

Aircraft manufacturers (OEM), tier-1 suppliers, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers:

• Airbus (EADS) in Toulouse

• Advanced Military MRO Center (AMMROC) (a Mubadala–Lockheed Martin joint-venture) in Abu Dhabi

• Aernnova (a tier-1 aerostructures supplier) in Bilbao

• SR Technics in Zurich

Civil aviation authorities (CAA) and air navigation service providers (ANSP):

• Airservices Australia in Sydney

• Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in Jakarta

• General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) in Riyadh

• General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) in Dubai

Travel, tourism, and tour operators:

• Nouvelles Frontières (part of travel group TUI AG) in Paris

• Tourism Australia in Sydney

Non-aviation clients:

• Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) (a naval OEM) in Abu Dhabi

• Alstom (a train OEM) in Bucharest and Madrid

• Aptar (a global packaging manufacturer serving the agri-food and pharma industries) in Chicago

• GEFCO (Stellantis' automotive 3PL) in Paris

• The electric car venture of Mubadala (an Emirati sovereign wealth fund) in Abu Dhabi

• Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) (a global telco solutions provider) in Espoo

• Sandvik (a global mining OEM) in Brisbane

• TAQA (an oil and gas company) in Abu Dhabi

• Technicolor (an electronics manufacturer) in Rennes

• A CPG/FMCG manufacturer acquired by The Carlyle Group (private equity) in Jeddah

• Union Financière de France (UFF) (a private wealth management bank) in Paris