Sunil Arora

Career Senior positions:
• President ACCAI - Air Cargo Agents Association of India 2019-2021
• President ACCD - Air Cargo Club of Delhi 2004-2007
• Chairman Convention ACAAI- 2004-2008, 2014-2017
• Member Managing Committee - DCBA Delhi Custom Broker Association 2010-2015
• Managing Director- Delta Air Freight Pvt Ltd 1989-2019
• Regional Head- Air Freight – India Sub Continent – ASIA SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

Profile Summary:
• An avid professional with 33+ years of extensive experience in freight forwarding Custom Clearance and logistics sectors of the Cargo Industry.
• Immediate Past President of ACCAI – Air Cargo Agents Association of India
• Managing Director at Delta Air Freight Pvt. Ltd from 1989 to 2019.
• Have actively worked with MoCA & MOC on Industry Issues for over decades.
• Part of all Logistics and infrastructure committees of National Organizations like CII - Confederation of Indian Industry, FICCI, PHD Chambers of Commerce.
• Part of the committee on Civil Aviation Policy under Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India.
• Active member committee interacting with DGCA-Director General Civil Aviation, BCAS - Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and the Ministry of Commerce. Govt. of India
• Have been actively involved at all senior level meetings with BAR - Airlines, Airport Custodians
• AERA- Airport Economic Regulatory Authority.
• Part of Customs Facilitation Committee, interacting with stake holders like APEDA, FSSAI, ADC, P&Q, Wildlife and other Allied agencies.

JASRAJ SINGH CHUG

Progressing the company with a pragmatic approach, Jasraj Chug has been leading Cargo Flash towards a digitized future for the Air Cargo Logistics Eco System. His Vision is to see Air Cargo business operating seamlessly connected to the Internet devices pushing for Algorithm led action on the foundation of real time data feed from such an Eco System. His extensive experience of near 30 years in the Aviation and Logistics Freight and Customs broking helps him to understand the constraints to find workable solution for all the stakeholders

Mr Chug’s experience in the airline industry, both Passenger and Cargo, has contributed to the success of Group Concorde and his vision for digitizing the Air Cargo industry has entrusted his full time to the plan growth and success of Cargo Flash.

Having a thorough acumen for business development, innovative ideas and expansion plans, Mr Chug, with his progressive views, leaves no stone unturned to keep his organization ahead of the curve.

Sanjeev Gadhia

Sanjeev launched cargo carrier Astral Aviation in 2000, which has grown to become the largest private cargo airline in Eastern Africa, boasting a fleet of B747-400F, DC9F, B727F and F27 freighters. He is also Vice Chairman of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Cargo Task Force, Africa’s largest airline association and promoting co-operation in operational, commercial, technical and training fields.

Steven Polmans

Steven Polmans started his career after graduating in 1995 in aviation joining a European handling company and his since spent most of his career in the industry. After having held several operational and management position at different airports in handling, he joined Brussels Airport in 2010 as Cargo Marketing Manager and was appointed Head of Cargo and Logistics in 2012. In this position, he was responsible for developing and implementing the overall cargo strategy of the airport.

Steven was also the founding father and first chairman of Air Cargo Belgium, a newly established air cargo organisation at BRUcargo, grouping all stakeholders. On April 1st 2019, Steven was promoted to Director Cargo & Logistics, adding all responsibilities for cargo real estate development and portfolio management to its existing role.

Steven joined the board of TIACA, The International Air Cargo Association, in August 2016, and became Vice Chairman in October 2017. As of July 2019, Steven took over the role of Chairman at TIACA, a position he still holds today.
In January 2021, Steven moved on and joined Nallian as their Chief Customer Officer, a data sharing company building amongst others the innovative BRUcloud platform. In February 2022, Steven became VP at Abu Dhabi Airport Company to realise the cargo ambitions and growth set by the airport.

Yashpal Sharma

Yash, as the world calls him, completed his education at the University of Delhi in 1995 and joined his family business after exploring a few options in the Export industry. He successfully completed an executive course in Strategic IQ from the Harvard School of Business in Boston, USA in 2014.

Skyways Group, Headquartered in New Delhi, was founded in 1983 by Yash's father, Mr. S.L. Sharma, as an Air Freight forwarder. The company expanded into various spheres of logistics over the next 4 decades and is now a leading player in Airfreight, Ocean Freight, Fairs & Exhibition Logistics, Express, First & Last-Mile logistics.

Kenneth Gibson

Kenneth Gibson is the Head of Business Development at the International Air Cargo Association.

He’s been with the organization since 2015; supporting members in strengthening their brands and growing their industry relationships.
Kenneth holds a Master of Science degree in Global Strategic Communications, with a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Consensus Building from Florida International University, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Glyn Hughes

Glyn has been involved in Air Cargo for over 37 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK.
He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA's Global Head of Cargo in June 2014, where he had overall responsibility to deliver the agenda agreed by the Cargo Committee to support the Air Cargo industry. In February 2021, Glyn joined TIACA as its first Director general where he will work with the Board to deliver the organization's vision for a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices to sustainably and fairly serve trade and social development worldwide. Priority areas include safety, security, digitalization and innovation. He is dedicated to developing collaborative relationships and is a firm believer in supporting the next generation of industry leaders and innovators.
Glyn spends a large amount of time on outreach programs with training and other educational establishments.

P "Bala" Balasubramanian

Founder and CEO - ACCIS, Air Cargo Consultancy International Services, Bangalore
o Global
§ Associated with industry leading advisors - SASIWorld, Canada, Realog
Consultants, Germany and LabelMaster Services, USA
§ Transportation Research Board, Washington DC - aviation contributor
§ IATA
> Vice Chairman (past) – Dangerous Goods Board – 25 years
> Sole Smart Facility Auditor
> Founding team member - ICHC (IATA Cargo Handling Council) -
coauthored IATA Cargo Handling Manual
§ ICAO
> Advisor to Nominated Member UAE and IATA at ICAO
> Created/conducted global Air Cargo Supply Chain Safety & Security

Surender Bhardwaj

Head-Operations” at Delhi Cargo Service Center for last 4 years.
- Graduated with M.D. University, Rohtak in 1988 with a rare combination of Maths and Sanskrit subjects.
- Joined the Dignified Border Security Force and served the Country for 02 decades starting in 1990 to the year 2010.
- During his service with Indian BSF, his major achievements were to be a Chief Instructor to train the troops of the BSF. And 10+ years to work as Intelligence/Vigilance Officer in the insurgency-affected North-East region.
- Headed Safety & Security in the private sector in various organizations like Apollo Hospital, Phoenix Market City, etc.

Saurabh Kumar

Saurabh is a Supply Chain & Strategy Professional with more than two decades of experience in the Aviation, Logistics, Infrastructure and Retail sectors.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of GMR Cargo Business wherein he is leading the Pan India Cargo Terminal (CTO) Business including Hyderabad, Goa and other new locations. As part of his strategic focus, he is driving initiatives to expand the Cargo Terminal and its offerings to capitalize the opportunities from segments such as Pharma, Agri Products, Warehousing, Express & Allied Services. He is actively working on projects related to Automation and New Technology Adoption to improve Productivity, Traceability and Response Time.
Saurabh was instrumental in starting the Hyderabad Chapter of ACFI and served as its first Chairman of the HYD chapter during 2019-2021. He is also the Chairman of the Logistics Committee of ‘Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI)’ and Board Member of ‘Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI)’. Through his active association with Industry bodies, Saurabh has contributed significantly in identifying challenges/bottlenecks and working with concerned authorities and ministries to mitigate the same.

Prior to his current role, Saurabh was the CEO of GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo Business from 2019-2021 and successfully led the business during the challenging Covid environment. He was instrumental in ensuring the safe and swift supply of domestic vaccine distribution from HYD, biggest vaccine import into India as well as the uninterrupted movement of air cargo trade working closely with Central and State Government.

Anuj Thapliyal

Anuj has been part of the air cargo industry since 2004. An experienced Supply Chain and Logistics
professional Anuj is currently the Chief Operating Officer of Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal
Management India Pvt Ltd.

JASRAJ SINGH CHUG

Progressing the company with a pragmatic approach, Jasraj Chug has been leading Cargo Flash towards a digitized future for the Air Cargo Logistics Eco System. His Vision is to see Air Cargo business operating seamlessly connected to the Internet devices pushing for Algorithm led action on the foundation of real time data feed from such an Eco System. His extensive experience of near 30 years in the Aviation and Logistics Freight and Customs broking helps him to understand the constraints to find workable solution for all the stakeholders

Mr Chug’s experience in the airline industry, both Passenger and Cargo, has contributed to the success of Group Concorde and his vision for digitizing the Air Cargo industry has entrusted his full time to the plan growth and success of Cargo Flash.

Having a thorough acumen for business development, innovative ideas and expansion plans, Mr Chug, with his progressive views, leaves no stone unturned to keep his organization ahead of the curve.

Sanjeev Gadhia

Sanjeev launched cargo carrier Astral Aviation in 2000, which has grown to become the largest private cargo airline in Eastern Africa, boasting a fleet of B747-400F, DC9F, B727F and F27 freighters. He is also Vice Chairman of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Cargo Task Force, Africa’s largest airline association and promoting co-operation in operational, commercial, technical and training fields.

Tushar Jani

Tushar Jani is the Chairman of Cargo Service Center (CSC) Group and SCA Group of Companies.
He began his journey in the logistics industry over 40 years ago and has successfully founded
and led many companies in varied areas of the logistics and supply chain sector, namely -
Custom House Clearance, Transportation, Freight Forwarding, Aviation, Warehousing,
Courier and Express logistics, 3PL and 4PL Logistics, Supply Chain IT Services, and NVOCC
services.
Tushar is the co-founder and former Chairman of Blue Dart Express Limited, the premier
International and Domestic Courier Company and the Co-founder and Chairman of Blue Dart
Aviation Limited, the first private air cargo carrier in India.
Tushar is an appointee member of the first executive council of Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation
University promoted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India. He continues to
lead several Trade and Industry Associations. He is the President of ACFI – Air Cargo Forum of
India and is the Chairman of Air cargo Handlers Association of India.

Cyrus Katgara

Mr. Cyrus Katgara is the 4th generation founding Partner of Jeena & Company which is 123 years young organization. Headquartered in Mumbai, the veteran logistics organization which is also an authorized customs house agent, has thrived in the industry over the years and has set the highest benchmark of service for itself and its peers alike under the leadership of Mr.Katgara.
Mr. Katgara is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University and also a rule 9 CHA license holder. His hobbies include reading, playing sports like golf, tennis and chess.
Mr. Cyrus Katgara had been appointed as the Ambassador to the 'Port of Halifax' and is presently, the Board Member and one of the founding members of Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI).

Yashpal Sharma

Yash, as the world calls him, completed his education at the University of Delhi in 1995 and joined his family business after exploring a few options in the Export industry. He successfully completed an executive course in Strategic IQ from the Harvard School of Business in Boston, USA in 2014.

Skyways Group, Headquartered in New Delhi, was founded in 1983 by Yash's father, Mr. S.L. Sharma, as an Air Freight forwarder. The company expanded into various spheres of logistics over the next 4 decades and is now a leading player in Airfreight, Ocean Freight, Fairs & Exhibition Logistics, Express, First & Last-Mile logistics.

Glyn Hughes

Glyn has been involved in Air Cargo for over 37 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK.
He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA's Global Head of Cargo in June 2014, where he had overall responsibility to deliver the agenda agreed by the Cargo Committee to support the Air Cargo industry. In February 2021, Glyn joined TIACA as its first Director general where he will work with the Board to deliver the organization's vision for a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices to sustainably and fairly serve trade and social development worldwide. Priority areas include safety, security, digitalization and innovation. He is dedicated to developing collaborative relationships and is a firm believer in supporting the next generation of industry leaders and innovators.
Glyn spends a large amount of time on outreach programs with training and other educational establishments.

Joeri Aulman

Mr. Aulman has over 15 years of experience in aviation, having worked for NACO Netherlands Airport Consultants on consultancy and planning projects for major airport hubs such as Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Changi and has been involved in planning for Indian airports from the onset of privatization in 2006. This involved air cargo planning and design projects for Delhi, Mumbai. Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangalore. As Director Business Development he actively pursues the decarbonization of aviation, through sustainable facility design and the inception and promotion of projects that explore the role of SAF-, Electric- and Hydrogen-powered aircraft-propulsion can have to make emission-free aviation possible, and their impact on airport infrastructure. Mr. Aulman has a Masters in Science (Arch) from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Sanjiv Edward

Mr. Sanjiv Edward is taking over as the Chief Executive Officer – Cargo and Logistics, GMR Group w.e.f. April 2023 responsible for handling Cargo business for Delhi, Hyderabad, Goa, etc. and all upcoming airports, in addition to continue to drive strategic projects for DIAL.
He has earlier served as Chief Commercial Officer – Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), leading the Aeronautical and Aero-related business verticals of IGI Airport, responsible for developing and driving the strategy for these verticals by achieving sustained growth of Aeronautical revenues through various streams, such as Cargo, Land & Space, Concessions and Aeronautical services. His profile also included leading the Airlines marketing and Route development activities to enhance IGI Airports’ Air connectivity network.
Earlier to this role, Sanjiv was heading the Cargo business of DIAL, where he was responsible for successfully driving the Cargo Strategy and Development of the Cargo Master plan, making IGIA as the no 1 Cargo Airport in the country. He has been actively engaged with Government, Regulators and Industry for Policy formulation at various levels. Sanjiv is working closely with WCO, ICAO, WTO, TSA, UNCTAD. He currently also serves on the Board of ACFI, CELEBI, DAFFPL and DASPL.

Vipul Bhalla

Vipul Bhalla is the Chief Business Officer of Pradhaan Air Express, India’s youngest cargo Airline that operates the world’s first and only A 320 Freighter. He has been associated with the Air Freight Industry for over three decades. He started his career with a stint of 16 years with British Airways and Etihad Airway at Delhi, Chennai, Dubai and Abu Dhabi in Senior Management roles covering Customer Service, Revenue Management, Commercial Optimization and Field Sales with Regional and Worldwide sales responsibility covering more than 71 markets and managing teams generating more than $1 billion in freight revenues. His last role was with Oman Air Cargo responsible for the Indian Sub-continent, Europe and Global Key Accounts. He is a Science Graduate from the Delhi University.

Brian Hermesmeyer

Brian Hermesmeyer is Senior Director, Freighter Customer Leader, for Boeing. He is responsible for representing the customer to all Boeing freighter programs, as well as representing freighter programs to Boeing Sales & Marketing leadership. He also leads a multi-faceted team tasked with communicating the value of Boeing freighters to airlines, lessors and financiers around the world.
After joining Boeing in 1996, Hermesmeyer was a Material Review Board Engineer on the 747, 767 and 777 programs, where he supported manufacturing, flight testing and delivery of new airplanes. In 2001, he transitioned to supporting post-production modification programs, including leading on-site engineering teams for the Boeing 757-200SF freighter conversion program. This led to a role in 2005 as a Project Technical Integration Leader for all Boeing Converted Freighter programs, leading design requirement definition and engineering integration of the 747-400BCF, 767-300BCF and other product development studies.

Steven Polmans

Steven Polmans started his career after graduating in 1995 in aviation joining a European handling company and his since spent most of his career in the industry. After having held several operational and management position at different airports in handling, he joined Brussels Airport in 2010 as Cargo Marketing Manager and was appointed Head of Cargo and Logistics in 2012. In this position, he was responsible for developing and implementing the overall cargo strategy of the airport.

Steven was also the founding father and first chairman of Air Cargo Belgium, a newly established air cargo organisation at BRUcargo, grouping all stakeholders. On April 1st 2019, Steven was promoted to Director Cargo & Logistics, adding all responsibilities for cargo real estate development and portfolio management to its existing role.

Steven joined the board of TIACA, The International Air Cargo Association, in August 2016, and became Vice Chairman in October 2017. As of July 2019, Steven took over the role of Chairman at TIACA, a position he still holds today.
In January 2021, Steven moved on and joined Nallian as their Chief Customer Officer, a data sharing company building amongst others the innovative BRUcloud platform. In February 2022, Steven became VP at Abu Dhabi Airport Company to realise the cargo ambitions and growth set by the airport.

Burak Ömeroğlu

He graduated from Istanbul University Industrial Engineering in 2001. Same year, he started working as a Research Assistant in Istanbul University School of Business Administration, Department of Quantitative Techniques.
He started working as a Business Development specialist in Marport Terminal Operators S.A. in Istanbul port in 2005. He resigned as an Operational Systems Administrator at the end of 2008 and started his career in Turkish Airlines. After working for Revenue Management, he started his new position in Turkish Cargo as Logistics Manager. He was appointed as the Regional Director for Eastern Europe and Russia in 2011. He started in Dubai as the Regional Director for the Middle East in 2016 and is currently the Vice President for the Middle East and South Asia

Zaheer Bakshi

Zaheer Bakshi is the Head of Cargo for Delhi International Airport Limited. He is a Recipient of “Great Manager award “2021 from Narayan Moorthy ( Founder Chairman of Infosys) winner among 5000 participants from various corporates organized by People Business School. He has a strong background in Cargo & Logistics working in companies Like FedEx and IndiGo where he has managed 20+ airports and had spear headed the chartered flight operation, his career expands over 23 years with several industries including fashion, banking and manufacturing apart from Cargo & Logistics. Zaheer strongly believes that learning is a continuous process of gaining knowledge and skills He is an MBA graduate , and completed few leadership courses from Harvard School of Business and Indian School of Business and is currently pursuing his Phd in Aviation.

Chandrakala Bobba

Chandrakala Bobba is the Director of the Bobba Group, a 30-year-old Bengaluru-based logistics company that has operations in aviation and airport cargo terminal handling. Her futuristic vision has led to the opening of Bobba Logistics, a micro fulfilment warehousing centre – the first of many.

Chandrakala holds a Masters in Finance from London College of Economics and has been working with her family business since 2004. She has a rich experience working with airlines, GSA's, GHAs and cargo terminal handling at airport. As Director of Marketing & Sales, she focusses mainly on business development and strategy planning of upcoming ventures as well as expansion plans of the group.

Steven Polmans

Steven Polmans started his career after graduating in 1995 in aviation joining a European handling company and his since spent most of his career in the industry. After having held several operational and management position at different airports in handling, he joined Brussels Airport in 2010 as Cargo Marketing Manager and was appointed Head of Cargo and Logistics in 2012. In this position, he was responsible for developing and implementing the overall cargo strategy of the airport.

Steven was also the founding father and first chairman of Air Cargo Belgium, a newly established air cargo organisation at BRUcargo, grouping all stakeholders. On April 1st 2019, Steven was promoted to Director Cargo & Logistics, adding all responsibilities for cargo real estate development and portfolio management to its existing role.

Steven joined the board of TIACA, The International Air Cargo Association, in August 2016, and became Vice Chairman in October 2017. As of July 2019, Steven took over the role of Chairman at TIACA, a position he still holds today.
In January 2021, Steven moved on and joined Nallian as their Chief Customer Officer, a data sharing company building amongst others the innovative BRUcloud platform. In February 2022, Steven became VP at Abu Dhabi Airport Company to realise the cargo ambitions and growth set by the airport.

Kenneth Gibson

Kenneth Gibson is the Head of Business Development at the International Air Cargo Association.

He’s been with the organization since 2015; supporting members in strengthening their brands and growing their industry relationships.
Kenneth holds a Master of Science degree in Global Strategic Communications, with a Graduate Certificate in Conflict Resolution and Consensus Building from Florida International University, School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Glyn Hughes

Glyn has been involved in Air Cargo for over 37 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK.
He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA's Global Head of Cargo in June 2014, where he had overall responsibility to deliver the agenda agreed by the Cargo Committee to support the Air Cargo industry. In February 2021, Glyn joined TIACA as its first Director general where he will work with the Board to deliver the organization's vision for a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices to sustainably and fairly serve trade and social development worldwide. Priority areas include safety, security, digitalization and innovation. He is dedicated to developing collaborative relationships and is a firm believer in supporting the next generation of industry leaders and innovators.
Glyn spends a large amount of time on outreach programs with training and other educational establishments.

Sakshi Gupta

An experienced air cargo professional since last 12 years.
Started my career with Condor Group as their business development head on the passenger division with China Southern Airlines & then moved onto a more challenging but rewarding Cargo GSSA division with Air Logistics Group !
Have been associated with ALG since last 9yrs and am currently positioned as Country Manager - India for the group,
I work closely with airlines to represent their cargo sales & operations in the Indian skies & bring forth innovative solutions to enhance the business.

The bouquet of airlines would include All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, ITA Airways, GoFirst International, Vietnam Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Icelandair Cargo & LATAM

'Carpe Diem- Seize he day' is what I strongly believe in & I thrive to convert every still moment into a pulsating roller coaster with my teams .

Glyn Hughes

Glyn has been involved in Air Cargo for over 37 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK.
He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA's Global Head of Cargo in June 2014, where he had overall responsibility to deliver the agenda agreed by the Cargo Committee to support the Air Cargo industry. In February 2021, Glyn joined TIACA as its first Director general where he will work with the Board to deliver the organization's vision for a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices to sustainably and fairly serve trade and social development worldwide. Priority areas include safety, security, digitalization and innovation. He is dedicated to developing collaborative relationships and is a firm believer in supporting the next generation of industry leaders and innovators.
Glyn spends a large amount of time on outreach programs with training and other educational establishments.

Samir Shah

Licensed Customs Broker; Logistician; Forwarder; Educator;
Influencer; Industry Leader.

P "Bala" Balasubramanian

Founder and CEO - ACCIS, Air Cargo Consultancy International Services, Bangalore
o Global
§ Associated with industry leading advisors - SASIWorld, Canada, Realog
Consultants, Germany and LabelMaster Services, USA
§ Transportation Research Board, Washington DC - aviation contributor
§ IATA
> Vice Chairman (past) – Dangerous Goods Board – 25 years
> Sole Smart Facility Auditor
> Founding team member - ICHC (IATA Cargo Handling Council) -
coauthored IATA Cargo Handling Manual
§ ICAO
> Advisor to Nominated Member UAE and IATA at ICAO
> Created/conducted global Air Cargo Supply Chain Safety & Security

Sanjeev Choudhary

Sanjeev Choudhary, in simple terms, is a logistician. Having worked & excelled in all forms of transportation, whether Air, Road or Surface. Besides trying to manage couriers, commercial or project cargo during his long & eventful career.

Sanjeev is layered by Business Development, Operations, Customer service, and P&L manager roles played in past companies. He is known for work punctuated by designing product lines, solving logistical nightmares, and making this business profitable. Through these sessions, Sanjeev strives to share his vision of myriads opportunities & challenges with young go-getters to inspire them to explore an exigent but equally exciting career for themselves.

His visionary perspective has allowed him to work in some leading companies like Blue Dart, TNT, DTDC, Skyways etc.

Sanjeev loves to share stories that acquaint us with the importance of logistics in every sphere of work worldwide.

He is happiest in the company of young, vibrant, energetic, go-getter & no-nonsense people like you.

Glyn Hughes

Glyn has been involved in Air Cargo for over 37 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK.
He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA's Global Head of Cargo in June 2014, where he had overall responsibility to deliver the agenda agreed by the Cargo Committee to support the Air Cargo industry. In February 2021, Glyn joined TIACA as its first Director general where he will work with the Board to deliver the organization's vision for a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices to sustainably and fairly serve trade and social development worldwide. Priority areas include safety, security, digitalization and innovation. He is dedicated to developing collaborative relationships and is a firm believer in supporting the next generation of industry leaders and innovators.
Glyn spends a large amount of time on outreach programs with training and other educational establishments.

Ramesh Mamidala

Ramesh is an engineer with masters in transport planning and MBA from Bradford University. Ramesh has been in logistics industry for more than 30 years, out of which he spent more than 2 and half decades in air cargo logistics industry.
Ramesh spent more than one and half decades with Emirates Group in Dubai working across multiple functions and business units such as Dnata Cargo, Mercator and Emirates SkyCargo. In his stint with Emirates SkyCargo, he managed infrastructure development, global products development/ management and special products operations at the hub.
He was associated with Qatar Airways Group as the Head of QAS Cargo wherein he managed the transition of airport cargo operations from the old airport to the current airport in 2014.
He was the CEO of Celebi Cargo business in Delhi from 2014 and 2019 wherein Delhi airport witnessed its cargo volumes exceeding 1 mil tons annually.
He was the Chief Cargo Officer for Adani Airports Holdings Limited until recently, managing both Cargo and GH business units.
He is currently associated with Air India Cargo as Head Cargo Commercial.

Sanjeev Gadhia

Sanjeev launched cargo carrier Astral Aviation in 2000, which has grown to become the largest private cargo airline in Eastern Africa, boasting a fleet of B747-400F, DC9F, B727F and F27 freighters. He is also Vice Chairman of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) Cargo Task Force, Africa’s largest airline association and promoting co-operation in operational, commercial, technical and training fields.

Glyn Hughes

Glyn has been involved in Air Cargo for over 37 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK.
He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA's Global Head of Cargo in June 2014, where he had overall responsibility to deliver the agenda agreed by the Cargo Committee to support the Air Cargo industry. In February 2021, Glyn joined TIACA as its first Director general where he will work with the Board to deliver the organization's vision for a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices to sustainably and fairly serve trade and social development worldwide. Priority areas include safety, security, digitalization and innovation. He is dedicated to developing collaborative relationships and is a firm believer in supporting the next generation of industry leaders and innovators.
Glyn spends a large amount of time on outreach programs with training and other educational establishments.

Vikram Singh

Vikram Singh Meena is a visionary leader, innovator, and entrepreneur with a mission to revolutionize the last-
mile and mid-mile logistics industry using drone technology. He is the founder and CEO of TechEagle Innovations Pvt Ltd, an end-to-end drone delivery service provider to enterprises and Govt organization that is changing the face of the logistics and aerospace industry. In 2022, his name was listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30.
Vikram has over 10 years of experience in the aviation & drone industry. He is a drone tech innovator by passion
and has won several national and international awards, including the Boeing, Lockheed Martin & NASA organized
events.

Kritika Chaudhary

Kritika Seth is the Executive Director at Allied Aviation, one
of India's most prominent General Sales and Service Agents
(GSSAs) catering to a vast global network. She is responsible
for spearheading the company's business development and
marketing efforts.
Prior to joining Allied, Kritika gained valuable experience in
global affairs while working at the United Nations in New York.
Upon her return to India, she decided to join her family
business and had the privilege of working under the guidance of
the founder and Chairman of Allied Aviation, exposing her to the
world of air cargo management.

Prithviraj Chug

Prithviraj is currently serving as Group Concorde’s CEO. Group Concorde is a GSA based in Asia Pacific/South Asia and the Middle East. His immense capability to translate vision into reality can be seen through his committed and focused approach. He heads and oversees all activities at the group currently that consists of a 15 country operation managing over a team of 450 people. As a true strategist, he has been directing the organization to become an independent and organically grown GSA with more than 30 airline clients. His consistent mindful leadership has led the group in expanding its reach globally and in establishing Group Concorde as the largest and most successful Indian-origin multi-national GSSA.

About Prithviraj:
Born and raised in New Delhi, having attended high school in Delhi at the iconic St.Columba’s School. For university, he moved out to Boston University’s Questrom School of Business for BSBA and graduated in 2013 and joined Group Concorde the same summer.
He’s based in Delhi at the moment with his wife and two children.

Abhishek Goyal

Abhishek as executive director of Aeroprime Group provides strategic growth vision and direction to the future. He focuses on the Business strategies that strengthen the current business offerings and explore new growth avenues. He represents the young entrepreneurial spirit and leads the group’s strategic planning to create drivers of growth.

Glyn Hughes

Glyn has been involved in Air Cargo for over 37 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK.
He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA's Global Head of Cargo in June 2014, where he had overall responsibility to deliver the agenda agreed by the Cargo Committee to support the Air Cargo industry. In February 2021, Glyn joined TIACA as its first Director general where he will work with the Board to deliver the organization's vision for a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices to sustainably and fairly serve trade and social development worldwide. Priority areas include safety, security, digitalization and innovation. He is dedicated to developing collaborative relationships and is a firm believer in supporting the next generation of industry leaders and innovators.
Glyn spends a large amount of time on outreach programs with training and other educational establishments.

Libin Chacko Kurian

Libin has six years of experience in business journalism covering food & beverage, nutraceuticals and now logistics. He specializes in writing, interviewing and presenting on the global air cargo industry, market updates, aviation finance, e-commerce, pharma and supply chain.

Vivek Chopra

With over 31 years of experience in the logistics industry, Chopra has been at the helm of a broad range of leadership roles, covering operations management, supply chain optimization, import, freight, reverse logistics and warehousing.

He has been with DB Schenker for over 14 years and led multiple roles in Air freight, spearheaded the North & East region as Regional Director etc. During his stint with the company, Vivek has brought a long-term strategic vision as well as deep industry knowledge to the organization. In his current role, Chopra leads the expansion of the Air Freight service portfolio across key markets, growth strategy in supply chain solutions to existing as well as new clients.

Vivek has previously held strategic and managerial roles at Singapore Airlines.

Saurabh Kumar

Saurabh is a Supply Chain & Strategy Professional with more than two decades of experience in the Aviation, Logistics, Infrastructure and Retail sectors.

He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of GMR Cargo Business wherein he is leading the Pan India Cargo Terminal (CTO) Business including Hyderabad, Goa and other new locations. As part of his strategic focus, he is driving initiatives to expand the Cargo Terminal and its offerings to capitalize the opportunities from segments such as Pharma, Agri Products, Warehousing, Express & Allied Services. He is actively working on projects related to Automation and New Technology Adoption to improve Productivity, Traceability and Response Time.
Saurabh was instrumental in starting the Hyderabad Chapter of ACFI and served as its first Chairman of the HYD chapter during 2019-2021. He is also the Chairman of the Logistics Committee of ‘Federation of Telangana Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FTCCI)’ and Board Member of ‘Air Cargo Forum India (ACFI)’. Through his active association with Industry bodies, Saurabh has contributed significantly in identifying challenges/bottlenecks and working with concerned authorities and ministries to mitigate the same.

Prior to his current role, Saurabh was the CEO of GMR Hyderabad Air Cargo Business from 2019-2021 and successfully led the business during the challenging Covid environment. He was instrumental in ensuring the safe and swift supply of domestic vaccine distribution from HYD, biggest vaccine import into India as well as the uninterrupted movement of air cargo trade working closely with Central and State Government.

Bharat Bhushan Rathi

Bharat is a highly accomplished professional who worked across different industries with key expertise in aligning corporate and global programs with regional and local functions.

Have an exceptional success record of 16 years spanning roles involving inbound/outbound logistics operations, distribution, warehouse designing & management, vendor management, purchase/ procurement and planning.

Developed skills in successfully identifying and implementing innovative practices which lead to major cost savings besides optimizing the supply chain.

Satish Lakkaraju

Keku Bomi Gazder

Mr. Keku Bomi Gazder is presently the MD and CEO of Aviapro Logistics Services Pvt Ltd and is associated with the Air Cargo industry from the past 32 years.

He has experience in regions of Levant, Middle East, Arabian Gulf and Indian Sub-continent. Prior to his current position, he was the CEO of AAICLAS a 100% subsidiary of the Airports Authority of India which is India’s largest Air Cargo Terminal operations with a presence in over 45 airports.

Prior to that he headed Saudi Arabian Airlines Cargo as Regional Director Indian Sub-Continent.

Earlier he was based in the Middle East for over 21 years and headed airlines such as Kenya Airways Cargo, Martinair Cargo amongst others.

During his term at AAI Cargo Logistics and Allied Services Co. Ltd, he has set up India’s First Road/Air Transhipment via Kolkata successfully in 2018 and was instrumental in supporting the government of India’s “Lifeline Udaan”, Vaccine Maitri”, and Krishi Udaan” initiatives both internationally and domestically.

Reji John

Reji John is a journalist with 25 years of experience in writing, reporting, editing and collating content across media – print (magazine & newspaper), television and online. He has experience in writing and reporting across subjects and beats. In 2013 he joined the STAT Media Group and since then he has been responsible for all editorial functions of the group publications and leads a small team of journalists covering the logistics industry across all modes of transport.

Reji is also responsible for the conferences that the STAT Media Group organizes in India and Africa besides the ones that the group partners with external exhibition companies. He is regularly invited to moderate panel discussions in transport and logistics events from around the world. He has to his credit creating the Cargo Masterminds video interview series which will soon have its second edition rolling. He was also responsible for creating a 15-episode Logistics Tech Dialogue video interview series.

Kamesh Peri

Mr. Kamesh is a highly seasoned professional with over 31 years of senior leadership experience in the Aviation industry in different geographies spanning South Asia, Middle East, Europe, Africa and North America. He currently works as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Celebi Delhi Cargo Terminal Management India Pvt. Ltd.
His former experience has been with reputable organizations like Lufthansa Cargo AG & Menzies Aviation and as a Consultant for large clients in Aviation business, providing advisory, strategy & implementation.
He is a graduate from Delhi University in Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) and holds MBA degree from Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School, UK.
He has strong hands on experience in every aspect of cargo business including strategic planning, project management, business development, marketing & sales execution and finance.

Raveen Pinto

Raveen Pinto is the Vice President – Aviation Business at BIAL. He has over 33 Years of experience in aviation space both with the airline and the airport sectors.

In his role at BIAL, Raveen Pinto leads the Aviation Business portfolio focusing on (i) Route development; (ii) Passenger and Cargo business development; (iii) concessionaires management.

Prior to joining BIAL, Raveen Pinto was with GVK Airports as Vice President – Aero Commercial at Mumbai airport (2015-2018), GMR Airports Ltd as Head – Aero Commercial at Hyderabad airport (2007-2015) and with Lufthansa German Airlines as General Manager – Sales and Marketing, Western, Central & South India based at Mumbai (1986-2007)

Mark Sutch

Mark Sutch is IndiGo’s new Chief Commercial Officer – CarGo International, effective March 01, 2023. Mark brings with him 25 years of airline industry experience across different verticals, including extensive cargo experience. Mark’s most recent assignment was as Chief Commercial Officer with CMA CGM Air Cargo based in Marseille. Prior to that he was with Cathay Pacific Airways including being based for 5 years in Mumbai as the airline’s regional general manager for South Asia, Middle East and Africa. He also previously ran all commercial aspects of Cathay Pacific’s cargo division in their Hong Kong head office. Mark is a British and Irish national and has spent most of his career on international assignments.

Ashish Argawal

Ashish has been a senior leader in the industry with experience over two decades of leading teams in logistics in India. Working on the ground and also with management teams aiming to provide market leading solutions ranging from ocean transportation, Intermodal, supply chain management, e-commerce and other value adding logistics and services solutions. Over the last two years Ashish has been working as the Managing Director of Freightos India Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Freightos Ltd, which is a digital booking platform for international shipping helping freight forwarders and carriers come together digitally, adding speed reliability to booking and rate management.
He is passionate about solving customer pain points and networking within the ever-changing landscape of logistics technology while taking the time to travel and see new places.

Kunal Bhatt

Kunal Bhatt, is an independent air freight consultant, with 25 plus years of rock solid experience with two large cargo airlines, Air France KLM and Qatar Airways. He is currently engaged with Tata Air India for Cargo Transformation.
In his career spanning over more than two decades, Kunal has held various positions covering almost all facets of the air cargo business. He has led turnkey projects including implementation of Qatar Airways’ state-of-the-art, end-to-end cargo system called CROAMIS, delivered various digitalization initiatives centered around the industry’s "Simplifying the Business" objectives.
Kunal is a people’s leader and his forte lies in Air Cargo Digitalization and Cargo Revenue Management.
An Exec MBA with distinction from HEC Paris, Kunal is a regular speaker at industry events.
A lesser-known fact about him is that Kunal is also a voice over artist by passion. He has recorded more than 75 ads in English and Hindi for prominent radio stations in the Middle East

Gautam Mandal

Having over two decades’ experience as the Cargo Manager with various Airlines, Gautam Mandal has completed his Masters in Travel & Tourism Management with a specialization in Air Cargo. Also, he is an MBA, specializing in Information Technology. Gautam Mandal is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt and an IATA Advanced Cargo Certificate holder. Currently, at Cargo Flash, he is responsible for marketing and pre-sales activities for various IT products of the company. With his sturdy visualization, excellent writing skills, and the ability to translate marketing ideas and design concepts across all organizational levels, Gautam Mandal is currently responsible for the R&D, Marketing and Business Development for Cargo Flash’s products.

Sabari Ramnath

With over 17 years of experience in Air Cargo IT, Sabari is a seasoned Product Management leader for Air Cargo solutions. He has worked in various renowned organizations such as Accelya, IBS, Blue Yonder, and Accenture, focusing on Cargo Management products. He has a proven track record of building and scaling Cargo products from the ground up. He is dedicated to building innovative Air Cargo products that meet industry needs and drive business success.

Suneet Gupta

Suneet Gupta has over two decades of experience in commercial strategy and business development within technology, consulting services and manufacturing industries. He has worked with companies ranging from global MNCs to hyper-growth technology start-ups and has been in leadership roles across countries.
He is with Kale Logistics Solutions Limited as a Vice President and oversees the business development activities for the Cargo Community Systems throughout the Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Europe. He plays a pivotal role in emboldening Kale Logistics' vision for the global logistics industry.
Suneet holds a graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering and PGDBA in Marketing. He is a voracious reader in his leisure hours and likes to spend time with his family.

Sunil Arora

Career Senior positions:
• President ACCAI - Air Cargo Agents Association of India 2019-2021
• President ACCD - Air Cargo Club of Delhi 2004-2007
• Chairman Convention ACAAI- 2004-2008, 2014-2017
• Member Managing Committee - DCBA Delhi Custom Broker Association 2010-2015
• Managing Director- Delta Air Freight Pvt Ltd 1989-2019
• Regional Head- Air Freight – India Sub Continent – ASIA SHIPPING INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

Profile Summary:
• An avid professional with 33+ years of extensive experience in freight forwarding Custom Clearance and logistics sectors of the Cargo Industry.
• Immediate Past President of ACCAI – Air Cargo Agents Association of India
• Managing Director at Delta Air Freight Pvt. Ltd from 1989 to 2019.
• Have actively worked with MoCA & MOC on Industry Issues for over decades.
• Part of all Logistics and infrastructure committees of National Organizations like CII - Confederation of Indian Industry, FICCI, PHD Chambers of Commerce.
• Part of the committee on Civil Aviation Policy under Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India.
• Active member committee interacting with DGCA-Director General Civil Aviation, BCAS - Bureau of Civil Aviation Security and the Ministry of Commerce. Govt. of India
• Have been actively involved at all senior level meetings with BAR - Airlines, Airport Custodians
• AERA- Airport Economic Regulatory Authority.
• Part of Customs Facilitation Committee, interacting with stake holders like APEDA, FSSAI, ADC, P&Q, Wildlife and other Allied agencies.

Steven Polmans

Steven Polmans started his career after graduating in 1995 in aviation joining a European handling company and his since spent most of his career in the industry. After having held several operational and management position at different airports in handling, he joined Brussels Airport in 2010 as Cargo Marketing Manager and was appointed Head of Cargo and Logistics in 2012. In this position, he was responsible for developing and implementing the overall cargo strategy of the airport.

Steven was also the founding father and first chairman of Air Cargo Belgium, a newly established air cargo organisation at BRUcargo, grouping all stakeholders. On April 1st 2019, Steven was promoted to Director Cargo & Logistics, adding all responsibilities for cargo real estate development and portfolio management to its existing role.

Steven joined the board of TIACA, The International Air Cargo Association, in August 2016, and became Vice Chairman in October 2017. As of July 2019, Steven took over the role of Chairman at TIACA, a position he still holds today.
In January 2021, Steven moved on and joined Nallian as their Chief Customer Officer, a data sharing company building amongst others the innovative BRUcloud platform. In February 2022, Steven became VP at Abu Dhabi Airport Company to realise the cargo ambitions and growth set by the airport.

Yashpal Sharma

Yash, as the world calls him, completed his education at the University of Delhi in 1995 and joined his family business after exploring a few options in the Export industry. He successfully completed an executive course in Strategic IQ from the Harvard School of Business in Boston, USA in 2014.

Skyways Group, Headquartered in New Delhi, was founded in 1983 by Yash's father, Mr. S.L. Sharma, as an Air Freight forwarder. The company expanded into various spheres of logistics over the next 4 decades and is now a leading player in Airfreight, Ocean Freight, Fairs & Exhibition Logistics, Express, First & Last-Mile logistics.

Glyn Hughes

Glyn has been involved in Air Cargo for over 37 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK.
He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA's Global Head of Cargo in June 2014, where he had overall responsibility to deliver the agenda agreed by the Cargo Committee to support the Air Cargo industry. In February 2021, Glyn joined TIACA as its first Director general where he will work with the Board to deliver the organization's vision for a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices to sustainably and fairly serve trade and social development worldwide. Priority areas include safety, security, digitalization and innovation. He is dedicated to developing collaborative relationships and is a firm believer in supporting the next generation of industry leaders and innovators.
Glyn spends a large amount of time on outreach programs with training and other educational establishments.

Job John

Presently working with Everfast Freight Forwarders Pvt. Ltd (Since 2014 /For 9 years )in capacity as General Manager with Key Responsibility Areas such as; development of Corporate sales, Branding and International Agency network development. Having over all experience of 22 years in Freight Forwarding and Shipping Industry. Prior to Everfast worked with few renowned Multi National forwarding and Shipping Companies. Served as a resource person for FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organization) during the period 2012-2014. Academically holding double Master’s degree in Business administration and Bio Chemistry. Won prizes at national & State levels for elocutions and debates. Participant in socially active causes like literacy mission and community health.