Category Archives: Who’s Who

The Hon. Richard Marles MP is the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Minister for Defense and the Federal Member for Corio. Richard was first elected to the House of Representatives for Corio, Victoria in 2007. Richard’s previous ministerial appointments include Minister of Trade, Minister for Employment, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Parliamentary Secretary for PacificRead More

Mark Wardrop Mark has more than 25 years of aeronautical business experience starting out initially in the tourism sector before moving into aviation. Equipped with a Commercial Pilots Licence, he was nominated Responsible Manager with Civil Aviation Safety Authority. He is also An Angel Flight Australia volunteer pilot during his spare time. Mark was aRead More

Bill Nelson Sen. Bill Nelson was sworn in as the 14th NASA administrator on May 3, 2021, tasked with carrying out the Biden-Harris administration’s vision for the agency. Nelson chaired the Space Subcommittee in the US House of Representatives for six years and later served as the Ranking Member on the Senate Commerce, Science, andRead More

Neil is the Chief Executive Officer of the global communications company OneWeb. He joined the company in October 2020 to lead it through the next phase of its growth under the new joint ownership of the UK Government and Bharti Global Ltd. Before joining OneWeb, Neil spent over 20 years at Thomson Reuters in aRead More

René Obermann is Co-Head of Europe and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus Deutschland GmbH, a leading global private equity firm that he joined in 2015. In addition, he is Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board at 1&1 IONOS Holding SE, a leading European web hosting and cloud Company, and a Member of the Board ofRead More

René Obermann is Co-Head of Europe and Managing Director of Warburg Pincus Deutschland GmbH, a leading global private equity firm that he joined in 2015. In addition, he is Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board at 1&1 IONOS Holding SE, a leading European web hosting and cloud Company, and a Member of the Board ofRead More

In his 25 years of experience in finance, marketing and aviation have taught Marc anything, it is that great relationships are the keys to success. Creating connections with customers is what fuels his passion for Magellan Jets. “Where I’ve had the privilege of uniting people across the world through private aviation ever since we launchedRead More

VistaJet is led by Founder and Chairman Thomas Flohr. Thomas is a pioneer in the aviation industry who had the passion, skill and commitment to transform an idea into a fully-fledged, global business. Since its inception in 2004, Thomas transformed VistaJet from two aircraft into a leading global aviation company with over 80 mid andRead More

Born in 1954, Ross McInnes has dual French and Australian nationality and is a graduate of Oxford University. He started his career in 1977 with Kleinwort Benson, first working in London then in Rio de Janeiro. In 1980, he joined Continental Bank (now Bank of America), holding several positions in the corporate finance arm, firstRead More

After completing his degree in Business Engineering, Florian started his career as a top management consultant with primarily international assignments in the US and Asia. Before dedicating himself to mobility, he was creating technology start-ups for Siemens, repeatedly overcoming the challenges of the innovator’s dilemma. Since joining Volocopter as employee number five in 2015, FlorianRead More