Mr. Omar Hosari is a respected entrepreneur and passionate advocate of global business aviation. As co-founder and CEO of UAS International Trip Support he has applied his extensive knowledge to launching, developing and expanding the global aviation company. His ability to recognize and respond to emerging industry trends, identify business synergies, and curate a strong in-house team, has helped drive successful commercial growth. As a strategic architect Mr. Hosari is now spearheading UAS business expansion across the rapidly growing aviation sector in the wider Asia Pacific.
Mr. Hosari sits on the board of governors for AsBAA, the Asian Business Aviation Association. In addition, he represents AsBAA on the prestigious Board of the International Business Aviation Council, IBAC. He is committed to both Associations’ missions to advocate the benefits of business aviation at regional and international levels to business, regulatory and government stakeholders. Applying his entrepreneurial skills and influential industry network he also supports the Associations, and their members, in building a sustainable aviation future, as well as developing commercial strategies to underpin continued growth and expansion for aviation, and the economies and societies it serves. Mr. Hosari is also a member of the Dubai chapter of YPO.
Recipient of many Leadership Awards and listed in the Best 100 Arab CEOs globally at the Arabian Business Awards 2018, Mr Hosari aims to inspire his colleagues by supporting their personal and career development. He encourages lively, creative ideas and embraces innovative approaches to industry challenges. The introduction of various technologies at UAS, the company’s focus on environmental sustainability, and its support of enterprise development in emerging markets exemplifies his progressive style of business.
Mr. Hosari is a BSc graduate of Economic Science and Management, a Master of Science, Aviation and holds an Executive MBA from Hult International Business School.
He travels extensively and reflecting his approach to business, will often take the road less travelled, yet most rewarding. In Spring 2018 he took on the physical and emotional challenge of trekking to Everest base camp, an altitude of 5,354 metres. Summiting Mount Kilimanjaro is his next adventure.
Mr. Hosari was born in Syria where his father was among the pioneers of business aviation in the Middle East in the 1950s. At 14 he insisted on working and learning the family business after school and at weekends. Today he shares this same passion with the next aviation generation.
Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
Dudley King
President and Founder, FlightBridge
Dudley is the Founder and President of FlightBridge, which he established in 2011 and has been focused on technology solutions for the private aviation industry since 2006. Since he graduated from Dartmouth in 1988, he has worked with an array of companies listed anywhere from VentureWire to the Fortune 100. A rare blend of executive, entrepreneur, and consultant, Dudley’s executive roles have included acting CIO positions for several companies and tech advisory services to CEOs trying to rebuild their technology organizations or looking for an external, professional point of view. Highly skilled at deeply understanding his customer’s business challenges and drawing from a long and varied experience in information technology services, Dudley excels at designing technology solutions to solve their problems.
Dr. Paulo Alves
Global Medical Director, Aviation Health, Medaire
Paulo has extensive experience in medical advisory in the aviation industry. As a cardiologist, he provides technical guidance and analysis for MedAire’s MedLink medical advisory service and is MedAire’s liaison with civil aviation regulators and industry associations. Paulo worked with Varig Brazilian Airlines for 23 years, 10 of which were spent as General Medical Manager. A member of the MedAire Medical Advisory Board, Paulo is also President of the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine, a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee, a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Throughout his illustrious career, Paulo has held industry leadership roles including Chairperson of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee, President of the Airlines Medical Directors Association, President of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine and was a member of the IATA Medical Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006.
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