NATS-Annual-Report-2015
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<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> and Accounts <strong>2015</strong> | <strong>NATS</strong> Holdings Limited<br />
Governance 49<br />
Directors of <strong>NATS</strong> Holdings Limited<br />
(continued)<br />
Officer<br />
Tony Tyler<br />
Tony is the Director General and,<br />
since 1 July 2011, CEO of International<br />
Air Transport Association (IATA) with<br />
over three decades of airline industry<br />
experience. Prior to joining IATA, Tony<br />
built his career at John Swire & Sons in<br />
Hong Kong. He joined the company<br />
in 1977 and in 1978 moved within the<br />
Swire Group to Cathay Pacific Airways,<br />
rising to the position of Chief Executive<br />
(2007 to 2011). Tony graduated from<br />
Oxford University in Jurisprudence.<br />
At IATA, he works from both its main<br />
offices in Montreal, Canada and<br />
Geneva, Switzerland. He is a Fellow of<br />
the Royal Aeronautical Society.<br />
Richard Churchill-Coleman,<br />
General Counsel and<br />
Company Secretary<br />
Richard is General Counsel and<br />
Company Secretary. He joined <strong>NATS</strong><br />
in June 2007 from TUI Northern<br />
Europe Limited where he held the<br />
position of Group Legal Counsel.<br />
Richard has more than 30 years’<br />
experience in the aviation industry<br />
having begun his career as an<br />
undergraduate aerospace engineer<br />
with British Aerospace plc before<br />
qualifying as a solicitor with Norton<br />
Rose and subsequently as a Chartered<br />
Secretary. Richard has previously held<br />
positions at Thomsonfly, Virgin Atlantic<br />
Airways and DHL Worldwide Express<br />
and holds a private pilot’s licence.<br />
Governance