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BUSINESS BUZZ

ADB Safegate Appoints New
CEO

The appointment
of Laurent Dubois
as CEO of ADB
Safegate comes at
a time of unprecedented challenges for
all organizations connected
with air travel.
Dubois was previously the CEO of
Zurich-based GE Healthcare Partners, where he launched and led GE
Healthcare Partners globally and was
a member of GE Healthcare's Global
Executive Committee. GE Healthcare
Partners is GE's business unit driving
the development and commercialization
of digital solutions, including performance partnerships and advanced
analytics solutions. Previously, he held
prime positions among others as a Partner at McKinsey & Company. Laurent is
a Belgian citizen and holds a Master in
Economics and a Business Economics
Degree of the Vrije Universiteit Brussels.
He replaces former Group CEO Christian Onselaere, who remains with the
company as chairman and board member
and will support Laurent in his mission.
Joe Pokoj will remain as CEO for ADB
Safegate Americas, reporting to Laurent.
"It's certainly an exciting and challenging time to join the air travel industry," said Dubois. "I want to ensure that
ADB Safegate is a big part of the solution when it comes to recovering from
the impact of the current pandemic. By
enabling improved efficiency and more
accurate predictability, we can help our
customers create smoother airport operations that will deliver a better passenger experience and encourage people to
travel again, once it is safe to do so."

Mikosz to Join IATA

The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) announced that
Sebastian Mikosz will join IATA as the
association's senior vice president for
member and external relations, effective
June 1.

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Most recently, Mikosz was group
managing director and CEO of Kenya
Airways, during which time he served
on the IATA Board of Governors. Prior
to that he was the CEO of LOT Polish
Airlines and the CEO of Poland's largest
online travel agency, the eSKY. At IATA,
Mikosz will lead the organization's
global advocacy activities and aero-political policy development, along with
managing the association's strategic
relationships.
"Sebastian brings with him a wealth
of experience in the public and private
sectors that will be critical in advancing
the global aviation industry's advocacy
agenda. At this time of unprecedented
crisis, the airline industry needs a
strong voice," said Alexandre de Juniac,
IATA's Director General and CEO.
"Sebastian's experience in launching
and turning-around companies will be
invaluable in helping IATA meet the
expectations of our members, governments and stakeholders."
"I can't wait to get started at IATA.
Aviation is in crisis and all industry
and government stakeholders have high
expectations for IATA to play a critical
role in driving the recovery. From my
experience as an airline CEO and as a
member of the IATA Board of Governors, I know how important IATA is to
the global connectivity that we usually
take for granted. Today's challenges
could not be greater. And, in joining
IATA, I am determined to contribute
to the efficient restoration of the links
between people, nations and economies
that only aviation can provide," said
Mikosz.

Hatz Diesel of North
America Recognizes CFO,
Welcomes Treuer
Andy Crownover, VP and
CFO at Hatz Diesel
of North America,
Inc., marked 30
years of service in
April. Crownover's
leadership over

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these years has been key in the growth
and continued financial success of Hatz
across the North American continent.
Hatz Diesel of North America also
announced Cassie Treuer
has joined the company as an executive and marketing
assistant to the
CEO and marketing
department.
With a degree in
graphic arts and experience in merchandising, Treuer will be heading up
Hatz's effort in advertising and marketing
materials.

Edwards Chosen as ACL
Airshop's Managing Director
- Asia Pacific Region

ACL Airshop announced Mark
Edwards as the company's new managing director - Asia Pacific region for
ACL Airshop LLC and its affiliate entities in Singapore and throughout Asia.
Based in the Singapore office of ACL
Airshop, Edwards will report directly
to Jos Jacobsen, COO for those international regions and managing director
- global leasing.
Edwards brings more than 30 years
of exceptional qualifications to this
leadership and customer service role,
not least of which most recently in
his five years of successful growth as
the senior executive in Asia Pacific for
dnata, serving scores of airlines customers across the entire region from
their Singapore office.
Heretofore, Edwards has been a consultant to Ranger Airshop Holdings, Inc.,
the parent company of ACL Airshop,
assisting the parent and its board of large
institutional shareholders with assessing
their continuing strategic growth and
service strategies for Asia Pacific.

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