Richard Wilson is a highly innovative and capable Aerospace Engineer (Whole Aircraft Specialist) with 30 years experience delivering the highest quality analysis of aircraft and engine level issues supporting major technical and business decisions. Richard is an active contributor to the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), serving as a volunteer Executive Committee Member for the Greener by Design.
Dan Walker is a Chartered Environmentalist with an interest in sustainability, particularly with regard to climate change. He has built in-depth knowledge of the technical and legal requirements of the travel and transport sector, specialising in aviation, especially with regard to carbon mitigation work programs and corporate social responsibility reporting. His previous experience of working in sustainability at two UK airlines (Thomas Cook and Jet2), regulating aviation emissions in the EU ETS and contributing to writing the monitoring, reporting and verification scheme for CORSIA.
Sameer Savani is a highly skilled and forward-thinking leader with a strong focus on innovation. With a deep background in both academia and industry, he brings a unique blend of technical expertise, large scale people leadership, and strategic vision.
Marjan Schoeke is VP of Commercial Strategic Projects at Vertical Aerospace. Marjan is a senior aviation manager with focus on commercial planning and strategy. He enables effective cooperation between departments with focus to create sustainable revenue opportunities, cost savings and meaningful data insights.
David Debney leads on overall aircraft technology assessments and analysis, including future aircraft concepts. He has responsibility for modelling capability, tools and methods to inform ATI’s technology strategy. David’s experience in the aerospace sector spans technology, product development, certification and in-service support. He currently chairs the UK Jet Zero Taskforce Task and Finish Group for Hydrogen Aircraft, and previously chaired the Jet Zero Council Zero-Emission Aircraft Group. He also led the creation of the FlyZero project, working with industry and government stakeholders to launch the groundbreaking study. He was Chief Engineer for Aircraft Integration during the delivery phase of FlyZero and worked closely with the Project Director on overall strategy.
Vanessa Lowe is part of the Structured Finance team at Santander CIB, specialising in debt advisory and project financing for the energy transition sector including CCUS, sustainable fuels and other energy transition topics.
Juliana Scavuzzi is a legal and policy expert specialising in International Law, Aviation Law, Space Law and Environment Law.
Greg Archer is the European Policy Director at LanzaTech. He is an experienced leader & board director across various businesses, public and the third sector. Greg is an accomplished communicator and advocate with extensive knowledge of UK and European public affairs and a track record in delivering regulatory change in environmental and climate policy.
Lahiru Ranasinghe is the Director of Sustainability at easyJet, having previously been the airline’s Head of Net Zero. An experienced aerospace professional with expertise in airline strategy, network planning and sustainability, Lahiru played a pivotal role in creating the airline’s net zero roadmap, putting his background in aeronautical engineering to use and working with experts across the industry to create the airline’s award-winning decarbonisation strategy.
Lahiru has been in the airline industry for over a decade, holding commercial and strategy roles at British Airways and Virgin Atlantic before joining easyJet, joining in 2019 as a Senior Strategy Manager before moving into the sustainability function in 2022. Prior to joining the airline industry, he completed a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering and started his career as an engineer working on Airbus commercial aircraft.