Eng. Kamil Al-Awadi represents IATA in 68 countries, serving 57 airlines across AME. He leads the execution of IATA’s priorities for the region and advocates on behalf of the airline industry to continuously improve safety levels, to enhance connectivity, particularly across Africa, to reduce costs for airlines and to ensure the sustainability of air transport.

Prior to joining IATA in 2021, Al-Awadi was the CEO of Kuwait Airways and held various key positions at the airline in the areas of safety, security, quality management and enterprise resource planning over his 31-year career in the aviation industry. Al-Awadi holds an MBA in Aerospace Management from the Toulouse Business School and an engineering degree in Aircraft Maintenance Management from Air Service Training (ATS) in the UK.