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Glyn Hughes is new TIACA Director General
MIAMI: The International Air Cargo
Association (TIACA) has named Glyn
Hughes to take on the newly created
role of Director General effective
February 2021.
Hughes will manage
the team, work with
the Board of Directors,
the members and
industry partners to
establish and
implement TIACA's
vision and strategic
objectives and
advance the overall
cargo agenda.
Hughes brings over 36 years of industry
experience including leadership roles in
air cargo, passenger, financial, training
and industry affairs. Before joining
TIACA, he led a team of cargo experts at
IATA as its Global Head of Cargo.
“Our industry is and will be facing
challenging times ahead and I am
determined and excited to contribute to
making it stronger and to work with all
to lead this industry towards
a m o r e e ffi c i e n t a n d
sustainable future,” said
Hughes who noted he's
“convinced TIACA is in an
ideal position to bring all the
i n d u s t r y s t a k e h o l d e r s
together, including air cargo
businesses, governments,
s h i p p e r s a n d g l o b a l
organizations to enable this
change.”
“Although the COVID-19
crisis has brought a spotlight
on air cargo working hard to deliver
essential medicine and supplies fast and
safely, despite the global lockdown, the
global pandemic has also highlighted the
urgent need for air cargo to accelerate its
digital and sustainable transformation, to
develop collaborative business models and
speak with a united voice to come out of
this unprecedented crisis more resilient…I
am committed to building bridges
between industry players to tackle the
challenges and helping the industry get
ready for the transportation of COVID-19
vaccines which will be one of my first
priorities at TIACA next year,” added
Hughes who is a strong proponent of
innovation and sustainability in the air
cargo industry.
Steven Polmans, Chair of TIACA's Board of
Directors, described Hughes as “a
charismatic and a highly respected leader
who has an unparalleled track record over
the past three decades, of driving change in
the air cargo industry and promoting its
value to governments, partners and across
the aviation industry”
“We were looking for an exceptional
individual, passionate about the air cargo
industry and committed to making a longlasting
impact: Glyn is exactly the leader we
needed! I am thrilled to have Glyn onboard
and look forward to working with
him in the years to come to realize the
potential of the newly transformed TIACA
in supporting, leading and uniting the
entire air cargo industry,” said Polmans.
Ingo Ludwig will sit as CFO of Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG in 2021
LEIPZIG: Aviation financial expert Ingo
Ludwig will serve as the new Chief
Financial Officer of Mitteldeutsche
Flughafen AG effective January 1, 2021.
Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG includes the Leipzig/Halle Airport, Dresden Airport and
PortGround subsidiaries. The company's Supervisory Board said Ludwig will primarily be
responsible for the implementation of the complex investment projects that go hand in
hand with the growth and modernization of the airports in Leipzig/Halle and Dresden as
well as the development of its technology and IT.
Ludwig has many years of extensive operational experience
in the airport business. As CFO and Deputy CEO, he was
responsible for the commercial management of the
infrastructure programs at Budapest Airport from 2011 to
2016. He is currently Director M&A at AviAlliance GmbH,
which invests in airports and operates and develops them.
Ludwig will support CEO Götz Ahmelmann who is at the helm of Central German airports.
This means that both managers are jointly managing directors of Flughafen Dresden
GmbH and Flughafen Leipzig/ Halle GmbH. In his central role, Dieter Köhler will remain
General Manager of Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG and will be responsible for finance
and accounting, personnel policy, law and consortia, among other things.
Ludwig was born in 1970 and grew up in Westphalia. He graduated from the European
Business School ebs in Rheingau in 1997 with a degree in Business Administration with
focus on finance and auditing. He began his career as an investment banker in London
and Frankfurt.
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