Captain ELZANATI, is currently the President of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority - Ministry of Civil Aviation. He graduated at the Egyptian Air Force Academy in 1974, and joined the Ministry of Civil Aviation in many senior management positions since 2002, as aviation security expert where he represented Egypt at the International Civil Aviation Organization (Montreal – Canada), then was assigned as the Vice President of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority until he became the President of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority - Ministry of Civil Aviation in February 2014.

Mr. Mohamed KHONJI is from the Kingdom of Bahrain. He joined Bahrain Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) and worked in Air Traffic Services (ATS) since 1970, was a fully licensed Air Traffic Controller in all Air Traffic Services (ATS) positions. He has experience in planning, implementation and coordination in various fields of Air Navigation and matters related to Civil Aviation; he was part of the CNS/ATM project team in the Bahrain CAA.

Having good technical/aviation background, he attended many management courses ,gained knowledge and experience in management. Mr. Khonji has a Masters degree in Business Administration (MBA).

In November 1994, was elected as the First Chairperson of Middle East Air Navigation Planning and Implementation Regional Group known as MIDANPIRG, and served the Group until joining ICAO on 5 May 1998 as the Deputy Regional Director for the Middle East Region in ICAO Regional Office in Cairo, Egypt.

On 1st January 2005, Mr. Khonji was appointed the Regional Director for the ICAO Middle East Office a post that he is serving until this date.

Finally, Mr. Khonji has a vision and a challenge that he is determined to accomplish as the ICAO Regional Director for the Middle East Region; and that is “to see the Middle East Region in the forefront in Safety, Air Navigation, Security and Sustainable development of Civil Aviation”.

Mr.Mashhor ALBLOWI is the Regional Officer for Flight Safety, ICAO MID Regional Office Cairo. Prior to his assignment in the MID region in October 2012, he worked at ICAO HQ, Montreal since 2007, starting with the Air Navigation Bureau in the Flight Safety Section, supporting ICAO’s airworthiness programme.

In 2009, he joined the Continuous Monitoring and Oversight Section (CMO), managing the MID States portfolio within the Continuous Monitoring Approach (CMA).

Afterward, Mashhor got another assignment with the ICAO Technical Cooperation Bureau (TCB) in 2011, managing projects in MID and Europe regions.

Mashhor is a certified ICAO‐USOAP Auditor since 2008, conducting USOAP Audits and ICVM missions as well as CMA workshops/seminars.

Mr. Jehad Faqir a Jordanian national with over 37 years in aviation industry, prior to joining IATA in Mar.2013 He began his carrier at Royal Jordanian Airlines in 1976 where he held numerous managerial positions within the airline encompassing Production, Engineering developments, Technical Planning, Avionics Shops and IT. During that period he was actively involved with various regional organizations including ICAO, Arab Civil aviation Commission (ACAC), Arab Air Carrier Organization (AACO) where he served as a Vice chairman of AACO Operations Committee and the head of Avionics Subcommittee for several years.

In 2000 he joined IATA Middle East office as Director Safety, operations & Infrastructure with responsibility covering technical & operational aspects of airport and air navigation services, CNS/ATM developments and implementation; as well as matters related to regional flight safety.

In April 2007 he moved to ICAO Middle East regional office acting as Deputy Regional Director and Technical Team Leader. He attended numerous training and managerial courses in aviation field and holds a Master of Science degree in Applied Electronics.

Mr. Mohamed ABBAS commenced his career as Air Traffic Controller in Aswan control tower in 1980 then Air Traffic Controller in area control center in 1981. In 1988, he became an instructor in the Egyptian Aviation Academy. Abbas worked as OPS ground inspector in 1995, general manager in ground standards department in 2001 and general manager in safety management department in 2005. In 2010 he was promoted to occupy the position of DASS Director of aerodromes safety and standards and in 2012 he was appointed as V.P of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority.

Abbas’ operational experience includes serving as operational inspector in all Egyptian air carriers including ramp, base and stations inspection in accordance with Part 121, being a member in cargo regulation reformation committee and serving as operational inspector in ground standards. He had a membership to approve syllabus, trainee and instructors in ground in line with ICAO SARPs in addition to his membership in incident and accident investigation

Abbas established SMS regulations requirements within the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority and related guidance material such as gap analysis implementation plan for airlines, airports and ATC. He took part in preparing SMS manuals acceptance for all service providers, SMS oversight, and safety managers’ approval as a post holder.

One of his accomplishments was leading a team establishing Acceptance Level of Safety (ALoF) in Egypt and leading a team in SSP implementation group in the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority.

Internationally, Abbas is instructor in Regional Training Center and Arab Air Carriers (AACO), ICAO OPSP member from 2001 to 2010 and Vice Chairman in MIDRMA Board ( RVSM post implementation)from 2007 until 2012).

Graduated from Ain Shams University in Cairo in 1982, Faculty of Engineering- as a B.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunications. Have a Diploma in the Total Quality Management from the American University in Cairo and is certified as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

In 1985 Joined EGYPTAIR as a Radio Engineer and in 2006, became the QA Director responsible for managing the changes required within the maintenance and engineering until it became fully rated EASA Part 145 and FAR 145 approved and for standardizing the Continuous Airworthiness Management Organization to meet EASA Part M subpart G requirements.

In 2011 he became the Vice Chairman and Accountable Manager; in February 2013 he joined the Board of Directors, in December 2013 became the Chairman& CEO and in December 2014 became Holding Company Chairman Advisor.

Also in April 2013 he was elected to be the Chairman of MRO Collaboration Steering Board in the Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO).

International expert in Standards, Quality and Sustainability with ISO, UNIDO and UNDP.

Aeronautical Engineer and over 30 years of experience with International organizations, Government organizations and private sector in Egypt, Arab and African region including Aviation business.