Vagn Sørensen is currently Chairman of Air Canada Inc. and serves as Chairman of FLSmidth & Co. A/S, Scandlines A/S, Zebra A/S (Tiger) and TIA Technology A/S. He is also Vice Chairman of Nordic Aviation Capital, a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, CNH Industrial, Unilode Aviation Solutions and VFS Global AG, and a Senior Advisor to EQT Partners A/S.
Vagn has professional experience from positions in the aviation industry and has spent most of his Executive career in the aviation business. He first worked for SAS AB for a period of 10 years,
after which time he joined Austrian Airlines AG where he served as CEO from 2001 to 2006.
Vagn has since pursued a career as a Non-Executive Director in the leisure, hotel and aviation sectors.
He has 20 years’ experience in private equity, mainly with EQT AB.
Vagn was previously Chairman of SSP Group plc, Chairman of British Midland Airways Ltd, Chairman of Scandic Hotels Group AB, a member of the Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG, Deputy Chairman of DFDS A/S, Chairman of the Association of European Airlines, a member of the Board of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Chairman of deSter Holding BV.
He has also served on the Boards of the Scandinavian International Management Institute and the Vienna Stock Exchange, JP/Politikens Hus, and was Chairman of TDC A/S, the Danish incumbent telco operator.
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Victor Chu is Chairman of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based international investment firm, and Non-Executive Director of Airbus SE. Victor has served as Director and Council Member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, as a member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel and an Advisory Committee Member of the Securities and Futures Commission.
David Jiménez-Blanco is Vice Chairman of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, Chairman of the Madrid Stock Exchange and Chairman of Gawa Capital Partners SGEIC, SA. He is also an Independent Board Member of SIX Group AG (the owner and operator of the Swiss and Spanish Stock Exchange) and of Arima Real Estate SOCIMI SA, and a Member of the Board of Trustees at Fundacion Pablo Horstmann.
Sir Roger Carr is the Chairman of BAE Systems plc and a Senior Advisor to Kohlberg Kravis and Roberts & Co LP. In addition, he is Chairman of the English National Ballet, Vice-President of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, and a Visiting Fellow of Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Fulvio Conti serves as Chairman of FIEE SGR SpA (Fondo Italiano Efficienza Energetica), SGI SpA (Società Gasdotti Italia) and Innova Italy Partners Srl. He is a Board Member of Fine Foods Pharmaceutical NTM SpA, Aon plc, the Russian Broadcast Company JSPC, Unidad Editorial SA, PSC SpA., Take Off SpA and Alibert SpA.