GATWICK AIRPORT - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Capital Programmes Director
Alasdair was appointed Capital Programmes Director in November 2019, with responsible for delivery of Gatwick's £1bn plus five-year Capital Investment Plan. He joined Gatwick in 2014 as Head of Commercial Operations before moving in 2017 to become Head of Capital Investment Delivery (Infrastructure), where he led the delivery of Gatwick's infrastructure focused Capital Investment Programmes across Airfield, Baggage and Piers.
Alasdair began his career serving as an officer in the British Army which took him across the globe in both combat and infrastructure roles. He has an honours degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Glasgow, and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Oxford.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director, GIP Representative
- Operating Partner of GIP
Bill Woodburn is the operating partner of GIP and is based in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut. Before joining GIP, he was the president and CEO of GE Infrastructure and previously president and CEO of GE Specialty Materials.
Prior to this, Bill was executive vice president and a member of the Office of the CEO at GE Capital, with oversight responsibilities for GE Capital Equipment Management businesses, including Americom, Fleet Service, Rail Services, TIP & Modular Space and Penske Truck Leasing. He served on the GE Capital Board in 2000 and 2001 and oversaw GE Capital India, GE Capital Global Sourcing, GE Capital Container Finance and GE SeaCo JV.
Bronwen Jones was appointed Development Director on October 2017. Bronwen joined BAA in 1989 as a graduate trainee with a degree in business studies from Aston University. In 1995 she moved to Heathrow Airport and worked in a wide variety of operational roles before returning to Gatwick in 2003 as Head of Customer Services. More recently, as Head of Development, Bronwen has played a central role in some of our largest transformational programmes, including self-service bag drop, the North Terminal development programme and the creation of Gatwick Connects.
A graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and the Institut Français d'Urbanisme, Cédric began his career in 1996 at the Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He then joined the Networks Deployment Department of Lyonnaise Communications (Suez Group) before joining the VINCI Group's Cofiroute subsidiary in 2003. He worked for five years as special advisor and subsequently project manager of the Duplex 86.
In 2008, Cédric joined Aéroports de Paris, where he worked for four years as Project director for the construction of the S4 satellite of Charles de Gaulle Airport before becoming Director of the project management division in 2012. He was appointed as Technical Director of VINCI Airports in 2018 and subsequently appointed Chief Technical Officer of Gatwick Airport in May 2019.
David was appointed as HR Director in January 2021 and has over 30-years experience in the oil & energy, aviation and retail industries for brand leaders including BP, British Airways and Safeway.
He joined Gatwick from BP where he worked for 13.5 years. His last role was HR Vice President for BP's Alaska business which operated the Prudhoe Bay oil field and the trans-Alaska pipeline. David previously worked for British Airways in Operations and HR and started his career with Safeway in Customer Service and Operations.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director, Calpers Representative
David McMillan has had a long career in the transport sector, with a focus on aviation. He is currently Chair of the Air Traffic Management Policy Institute. Previously he has held a number of key positions including Chair of the global Flight Safety Foundation and Director General of Eurocontrol, which coordinates air traffic across 40 European states. Before that he was UK Director General of Civil Aviation and spoke for Europe on environmental issues at ICAO. Earlier in his career, David led for the Government on the establishment of both the NATS PPP and of Network Rail; and was Secretary to the RUCATSE report on airport capacity in South East England.
David started his career in the Diplomatic Service and is a fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Transport and the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director, VINCI Representative
Eric is a graduate of the Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics and the Institut de l'Administration des Entreprises. Joining Quille (Bouygues Group) in 1995, Eric held various project management roles before moving into real estate development for Bouygues Immobilier, Hammerson, then Foruminvest as Director of programs and development, respectively.
After joining VINCI in 2009, he was appointed CEO of the Granvia concession company in charge of designing and building the R1-PR1bina motorway in Slovakia.
Eric joined VINCI Airports in 2012 and has held several roles within the company, including Managing Director for West Region in France and CEO of Cambodia Airports. In August 2019, Eric was appointed the Chief Technical Officer for VINCI Airports.
Jim was appointed Gatwick's Chief Financial Officer in September 2021. Prior to that, Jim served in various roles at American Airlines since 1996, including Senior Vice President - Airport Operation and Cargo; President of their Cargo division; and Managing Director of Commercial Planning and Performance.
Jim has previously led airport operations and had oversight of strategic initiatives across American's global network throughout the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific.
Jim has also served as a member of the Board of Directors of BAR UK; IATA Cargo Committee and the A4A Cargo Executive Council. Jim is also a licensed private pilot.
Job Titles:
- Interim Chief Operating Officer ( COO ) and Business Improvement Director
John was appointed to the newly created role of Business Improvement Director in October 2017, He began his career with General Electric as a graduate trainee and held a number of senior roles with the company, including MD of their Industrial Diamond business in Ireland and latterly running their pipeline business for Europe and Asia.
John joined Gatwick as Head of Airfield in 2012 and led the rollout of our programme to improve runway efficiency. He went on to oversee the development of our baggage strategy and, most recently, has been driving improvements in capital delivery.
John graduated with an honours degree in mechanical engineering and a Masters in Business from University College Dublin.
Jonathan joined Gatwick's executive team in September 2020. Prior to this, over a three-year period as Chief Commercial Officer at Luton Airport, he helped deliver significant growth in passenger volume, as well as the completion of a significant terminal transformation programme.
He holds a BSc in Air Transport Management from Loughborough University and joined National Express Group as a graduate in 2005, going on to hold several executive roles.
Job Titles:
- Deputy CFO
- Deputy Chief
- Financial Officer
Lorenzo was appointed Deputy CFO in August 2020. He started his career as an external auditor at PwC before joining VINCI in 2009 as a Financial Controller for Eastern Europe. Lorenzo held different positions in finance and internal audit within the VINCI Group before being appointed the CFO of Nantes Atlantique Airport in 2015.
Before joining Gatwick, he was the CFO of the Salvador Bahia Airport in Brazil since 2017. Lorenzo is a graduate in Finance from the Grenoble School of Business (MBA).
Job Titles:
- Chairman of GIP 's ESG Committee
- Non - Executive Director, GIP Representative
Lucy Chadwick is Chair of GIP's ESG Committee and an advisor to the Investment Committee. She is also on the Boards of NTV Italo, London Gatwick Airport and Naturgy.
Lucy has over 30 years of transport and government experience. Prior to GIP, Lucy was Director General in the UK Department for Transport, and an adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair on transport. She was a member of Accenture's senior management team for 13 years.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director, GIP Representative
- Principal at Global Infrastructure Partners
Marten Soderbom is a Principal at Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) focusing on transport infrastructure investment and portfolio management. GIP is an independent infrastructure fund manager with over $65 billion in assets under management. GIP invests globally in high-quality infrastructure assets in the energy, transport and water/waste sectors.
Prior to joining GIP in 2012, Marten spent 12 years at Credit Suisse, where he was a Director in the Transport team. His experience includes numerous airport, port and rail M&A transactions and privatisations. He also has M&A, capital raising and restructuring experience in other transport sub-sectors including airline, shipping and bus. At GIP Marten worked on the 50.01% sale of Gatwick to Vinci (2019), the sale of London City Airport (2016) and the acquisition of NTV Italo Rail in Italy (2018). Marten is also an observer on the Board of Directors of Gatwick, and a member of its Audit Committee, Regulatory Working Group and Policy Steering Group.
Education: BA, School of Economics and Management, Department of Business Administration, Lund University
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director, GIP Representative
- Transport Partner of GIP
Michael McGhee is a transport partner of GIP and is based in London. He was a managing director of the Investment Banking Department of Credit Suisse and has been head of the Global Transportation and Logistics Group since 1998. Previously he was head of BZW's Global Transportation Group, since founding it in July 1990, and has advised governments on several privatisations in the transport sector globally.
Nick was appointed IT Director in November 2019. He has worked in mission critical IT environments for nearly 30 years with a specific background in IT Operations, Infrastructure and Enterprise Architecture. Nick has worked in a number of business domains including Financial Services and Manufacturing as well as Transportation with nearly ten years at Network Rail prior to joining Gatwick. In his current role at Gatwick, Nick is responsible for the evolution and performance of IT Business Services and Infrastructure, as well as the delivery of technology projects that form part of Gatwick's Capital Investment Programme.
Nick joined Gatwick in 2012 and has held several roles including Head of IT Infrastructure and Head of IT Operations, where he oversaw significant improvements in IT system availability and security.
Nick has an Honors degree in English Literature from the University of Oxford and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of London.
Job Titles:
- Member of the VINCI Group Executive Committee
- Non - Executive Director, VINCI Representative
- VINCI Group in 2002 As Head of Operations
Nicolas Notebaert is a member of the VINCI Group Executive Committee and serves as CEO of VINCI Concessions, bringing together global market leaders VINCI Airports, VINCI Highways and VINCI Railways.
He oversees a network of world-class transport infrastructures spanning over 18 countries, including 35 airports, 26 road infrastructures and four railway projects.
Nicolas joined the VINCI Group in 2002 as Head of Operations for the French road concession Cofiroute, before being appointed Director of Business Development for VINCI Concessions France in 2004. In February 2008, he became Chairman of VINCI Airports and joined VINCI Concessions' Executive Committee. Prior to joining the VINCI Group, he held various positions in the French Ministry of Public Works and served as a cabinet member of the French Minister for Transportation and Infrastructure between 1995 and 2002. He started his career in 1994 as a consultant to the World Bank. Nicolas is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director, VINCI Representative
Olivier Mathieu is an alumnus of the ESSEC business school (MBA). He began his career as an adviser to the Chief Financial Officer of VINCI in 1995. He then became financial controller at G+H Montage (VINCI Group, Germany) in 1998-1999, Chief Financial Officer of Sogea-Satom (Africa branch of VINCI Construction) from 2002 to 2006, and Chief Administrative and Financial Officer of VINCI Construction International Network from 2006 to 2009.
Olivier became Chief Financial and Asset Management Officer of VINCI Concessions in September 2009, and he was appointed Executive Vice-President of VINCI Concessions in 2012.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director, GIP Representative
- Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners
Philip Iley is a Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) focusing on transport infrastructure investment and portfolio management. GIP is an independent infrastructure fund manager with over $65 billion in assets under management. GIP invests globally in high-quality infrastructure assets in the energy, transport and water/waste sectors.
Prior to joining GIP in 2016, Philip spent 20 years at Credit Suisse, where he was a Managing Director and Head of its Transport team. His experience includes numerous airport, port, toll road, rail and air traffic control M&A transactions and privatisations. He has worked in both Australia and the United Kingdom. He recently worked on GIP's acquisition of NTV Italo Rail in Italy and is now on the board.
Mr Iley has BA (Hons) in Law & Accountancy from Manchester University.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director, VINCI Representative
A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique (Paris) in 2001 and the French National University of Civil Aviation (ENAC in Toulouse) in 2003, Pierre-Hugues has also spent one year in UC Berkeley as graduate student in transportation engineering.
Pierre-Hugues worked at the French CAA for seven years, three of which as the head of the French Airlines Department (2006-2009). From 2010 to 2012, he worked as an advisor to the French Transportation Minister. Pierre-Hughes then joined Aéroports de Paris as deputy director of the Le Bourget division. In 2014, along with three partners he founded La compagnie, a scheduled airline based in Paris delivering pure business class service to New York.
Pierre-Hugues joined VINCI Airports in June 2017 where he supervises the airport business on air service development, extra aeronautical activities and airport operations.
Rachel was appointed Retail Director in July 2020, having joined Gatwick as Head of Retail in 2016. She is responsible the shops, restaurants, media advertising and foreign exchange across the airport. Her role includes developing and executing Gatwick's retail strategy and delivering projects that add to or reconfigure the retail space.
Rachel began her career at Marks and Spencer as a graduate trainee and went on to hold various roles at the retailer including working in international development in India, Russia and South Korea. She then worked in emerging markets for luxury retailer Burberry before working as a strategy consultant for OC&C and latterly at Homebase.
Rachel graduated from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University and holds a Masters in Business from City, University of London Business School (formerly Cass Business School).
Rachel Ford - Chief Legal Officer, Secretary
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- General Counsel
Rachel joins Gatwick from Capita where she has served as Group Legal Director and more recently as Chief of Staff to the Capita plc Group Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that role, Rachel worked as in-house Legal Counsel with Thomson Reuters for ten years. She trained as a lawyer in her native Australia and moved to the UK in 2006 to work for Linklaters.
Job Titles:
- Non - Executive Director, VINCI Representative
Rémi graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE in France and has also a Masters in Public Affairs from Sciences-Po Paris. He started his career at PwC where he was a member of the PPP/Project Finance team in Paris for two years. He joined VINCI in 2012 as Project Manager in the VINCI Concessions Structured Finance team where he took part in the financing of large infrastructure projects in Europe and Latin America (motorways, railways and stadiums).
In 2014, he joined the Business Development team of VINCI Airports as Project Manager. He was notably in charge of the successful bid, closing and operational take-over of the Kansai airports in Japan from 2015 to 2016. Rémi was then appointed as Project Director for the Middle-East and Central Asia region where he managed several airport acquisition projects before being named Chief Financial Officer of VINCI Airports in 2018.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Member of the Board of Directors
As Chief Executive of Network Rail, Sir David initiated a major reform programme focussing on transparency, value for money and accountability. Sir David also served as Chief Executive of the organisation responsible for the delivery of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Olympic Delivery Authority, establishing the organisation and negotiating the overall budget with HM Treasury, and led the commercial negotiations for Stratford City, London & Continental Railways, and Westfield.
Sir David holds a degree in Engineering from Sydney University and a Diploma from the Securities Institute. He is also a Fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Civil Engineers. He was appointed Chairman of United Utilities in January 2020.
Stewart Wingate is London Gatwick's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Previously he held different roles within BAA, first as Customer Services Director of Glasgow Airport, then as CEO of Budapest Airport and most recently as Managing Director of Stansted Airport. Prior to that he worked for Black & Decker. Stewart is a Chartered Engineer and Fellows of both the Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He has a Masters in Business Administration with distinction and a first-class honours degree in electrical and electronic engineering.
Job Titles:
- Chief Planning Officer
- Director of Corporate Affairs, Planning and Sustainability
- Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute
Tim joined Gatwick as Chief Planning Officer in February 2017 with responsibility for the development of the long term masterplan and subsequently took on the role of Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, creating a combined Directorate. He was previously Chief Planning Officer at EDF Energy with responsibility for securing consent for the Hinkley Point C Project and progressing the planning and environmental assessment work for nuclear new build at Sizewell. Prior to that, Tim held several planning roles in BAA at Heathrow and Stansted. Tim has also worked in local government and consultancy.
Tim is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute. He has a Masters in Town Planning from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a geography degree from the University of London.