EUROPE. Aena Managing Director, Airports and Executive Member of the Board of Directors Javier Marín has been elected to lead European airports trade association Airports Council International (ACI) Europe, taking on the role of President. He succeeds Munich Airport CEO Jost Lammers.
Marín was elected during this week’s ACI Europe General Assembly staged at Geneva Airport, as part of its 31st Annual Congress and General Assembly.
Marín’s career with Aena spans 20 years. He is responsible for both its Spanish airports network and those airports which Aena manages abroad though its subsidiary Aena International.
Before joining Aena, he held positions within the Universidada Politécnica of Madrid, the Spanish Civil Aviation Authority, Eurocontrol Experimental Centra and Indra.
Marín said: “It is an honour and a pleasure to accept this position as President of ACI Europe. This comes, of course, at a challenging time for our industry. We are poised on the brink of an extraordinary step-change, readying ourselves for the post-pandemic reality.
“The role of our Association has never been more central – giving us voice on the international stage, defending and promoting our license to operate, and making us even greater than the sum of our parts as we digitalise and decarbonise our industry. I thank ACI Europe’s members for their trust in me at this critical time.”
Also appointed to the Board of ACI Europe for a first term at the General Assembly were:
- Geneva Airport CEO André Schneider
- GESAP – Palermo CEO Giovanni Battista Scalia
- Moscow Domodedovo Airport Deputy Airport Director Daniel Burkard
- Finavia CEO Kimmo Mäki
- Société Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur Chairman of the Board Franck Goldnadel
- CCIMBO Airport Director Concessions Gilles Tellier
- TAV Deputy CEO Serkan Kaptan
- Airports of Montenegro Executive Director Goran Jandreoski
- Heathrow Airport CEO John Holland-Kaye
- Fraport Chairman of the Executive Board Stefan Schulte
- Groupe ADP Deputy CEO Edward Arkwright
- IGA CEO Huseyin Kadri Samsunlu
In addition, Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport Managing Director, Romanian Airports Association President David Cicéo and daa CEO Dalton Philips were appointed to the Board for a second term.
