Our Team

Areas of Focus

• Airport strategy development.

• Major airport transactions and refinancing processes.

• Development and review of airport capacity and capital investment plans. 

• Development of airport tariff and incentive schemes to reflect market demand and negotiation of airline deal structures.

Experience

• AviaSolutions: Founding Director responsible for developing and leading the transaction advisory team on a wide range of global assignments.

• Ernst & Young: Managing Consultant leading the Aviation Infrastructure Team on a range of Public Private Partnership (NATS, AirTanker), transactions and process improvement assignments across a range of airport and transport sector clients. 

• BAA: Senior Project Manager responsible for development and delivery of large infrastructure projects at Heathrow Airport and Stansted Airport from inception to completion.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• BSc. Quantity Surveying – University of Ulster

• Chartered Surveyor

• Masters in Business Administration – London Business School

Areas of Focus

• Traffic forecasting and route development.

• Transaction support, airport tariffs, airline strategy and network planning, economic / competition regulation, development of business plans / business cases. 

Experience

• AviaSolutions: Director responsible for traffic forecasting and airline support. Led the analytical team. Directly involved in traffic forecasts for more than 100 airports worldwide.

• Ernst and Young: Senior management consultant within the transport team. Assignments covered the airport, air traffic services, rail and transport regulation.

• British Airways plc: Various management positions, including Strategy, Network Development, Airport Operations and Alliances / Mergers & Acquisitions departments.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• BSc. Hons (1st Class) Mathematics – University of Liverpool

• MSc. Operational Research – University of Strathclyde

Areas of Focus

• Financial Modelling.

• Forecasting and financial analysis of transactions.

Experience

• Macquarie: Analysis of a traders deal proposals and recommendations to senior management.  Sole responsibility for all market risk analysis for four trading desks, total revenue in excess of GBP50m. Negotiation on relevant risk limits with the desk and senior management.

• Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down: Computer modelling of high energy impacts. Analysis of Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs) under tight deadlines, during live conflicts in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Report writing and presentations to middle ranking military officers.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Physics (University of Surrey)

Areas of Focus

• Traffic forecasting analysis

• Data Modelling

Experience

• British Airways (IAG Cargo): Route Optimisation Manager responsible for the revenue optimisation of IAG cargo routes to & from Asia-pacific.

• MBDA UK: Senior Engineer, Aerodynamics & Propulsion undertaking aerodynamic design work on a large, multinational defence project.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Master of Aeronautical Engineering (Hons) - University of Bristol

Areas of Focus

• Traffic forecasting analysis

• Data Modelling

Experience

• University of Surrey: PhD – Investigated modelling methodologies to analyse how a system evolved based on multiple influences.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Doctorate in Mathematics – University of Surrey

• Masters in Mathematics (First class) – University of Liverpool

Areas of Focus

• Capacity and capital investment modelling

• Administrative support including management accounting

Experience

• AviaSolutions: Business Support Manager supporting team with administration, accounting, marketing, IT etc.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• Masters in Digital Heritage - University of Leicester

• Bachelor of Arts English Local History (First class) - University of Surrey