Alexander de Vos

Providing operational support to airlines and airports mainly in high growth regions. • Provided, the due diligence, business planning, fund acquisition, start-up and management of the UAE’s first dedicated regional air carrier. • Developed new markets. • Hands-on project management of a long-termed instrument procedure design contract with an international airport. The design passed successfully the required authorities' audit.

Eastern Express is the first dedicated regional airline in the UAE. • Pioneered the then new concept of a dedicated regional airline in the GCC. The company started-up successfully. • Implemented a board approved company strategy. The company successfully diversified its business model. • Contributed to a successful implementation of a workable and diversified revenue structure. This model has been copied by peers.

GSP is a specialized engineered services company to the hydrocarbon industry. • Responsible to set-up a proposals and contracts department with an integrated link into the finance, operations, engineering and quality department. The aim was to integrate the department into the ISO 9001 accreditation which was successful. • Business Development and branch establishment project management for the east coast of the UAE and the Sultanate of Oman.

GEA is a private jet charter company and an aviation consulting company. • Hands-on due diligence and business planning for the aircraft management of a business jet operation in Kuwait. Achieved 12% operating cost reduction. • Provided critical expertise for the first non-government owned commercial air operations in Qatar (passengers, cargo, and medevac). Consequent successful issuance of two separate AOCs. • Effectively positioned the business to a successful sale.

Anabeeb is one of the major industrial services companies for the hydrocarbon industry in the GCC. • Custodian of the tender process with signatory authority for projects up to US Dollar 30 million. • Streamlined the interdepartmental and interdivisonal estimation and proposal drafting process with an estimated cost benefit of 3% • Project Manager of the company's re-engineering cycle based on the implementation of an ERP software platform with a subsequent reassignment of surplus staff.

Ticket + Travel F1 is the largest Formula 1 tour operator in Europe. • Responsible for the start-up of the DACH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) countries’ operations. Managed to generate financial break-even in advance of the projected time frame. • Hands-on lead in the B2P and B2B account development that led to the company's dominant market position in Germany within 2 years from start date. • Assisted in the group's marketing strategies that resulted in a significant marketing cost reduction.

Air charter operator with its fleet of aircraft based in Germany, Austria, Poland and Slovakia. • Ultimately responsible for the introduction of a long-range fleet to the company's existing mid-range fleet with a subsequent 87% revenue increase. • Lead in the introduction process of the then newly introduced JARs followed by a successful audit by the relevant authorities. • Increased fleet efficiency by more than 15% through redesign of the interdepartmental sales - operations communication's process.

Air charter operator with its fleet of aircraft based in Germany, Austria, Poland and Slovakia. • Lead in the B2P, B2B, B2G accounts development and management with a subsequent diversification of the company's audience. • Assisted in the establishment of two separate long-termed blue-chip corporate shuttle operations. • During my tenure, the company's fleet utilization increased by 23%, mainly by introducing long-term charter contracts with corporations.

Dissertation topic: Regional airlines in the GCC; an economic viable business model?