Stewart Wingate has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Stewart was with BAA from 2004 until September 2009, first as Customer Services Director of Glasgow Airport (2004-2005), then as Chief Executive Officer of Budapest Airport (2005-2007) and most recently as Managing Director of Stansted Airport (2007-2009). He was previously with Black & Decker (1988-2004), as General Manager of a start-up manufacturing plant in the Czech Republic (2002-2004), Operations Director in Spennymoor, County Durham (2000-2002) and European Marketing Manager based in Germany (1999-2000). He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology. Stewart has a Masters in Business Administration with distinction and a first-class honours degree in electrical and electronic engineering.

Until recently, Scott was the Chief Operating Officer of London City Airport, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations, including the implementation of the capital investment programme. He joined London City from Global Infrastructure Partners. His career embraces General Motors, General Electric, Honeywell and United Technologies. Career highlights include operations management for GE, supply chain restructuring in Europe for Honeywell, a new plant start-up in Mexico and China supply chain restructuring for United Technologies. He holds a BSc degree in engineering from Ohio State University.

Raymond Melee has been appointed as Projects Director. Ray is the founder of MAR Development Corp, which provides strategic business planning, infrastructure development, construction and construction management services. He has almost three decades of aviation experience and has worked as a project manager on airports projects around the world, including Abu Dhabi International Airport, the new Doha International Airport and Mumbai International Airport. Prior to this he was a Senior Project Manager and Manager of Aviation Services at Bechtel and a Senior Project Manager for Parsons Aviation. Ray has a Masters degree in architecture from the University of Florida and also a Bachelor of Design in architecture.

Mike was appointed Commercial Director in 2007. Before working for Gatwick Airport Limited, Mike was Project Director for £800 million redevelopment of St Pancras International Station for London and Continental Railways. He was previously Commercial and Marketing Director at both Newcastle and Bristol International Airports, having been Head of Marketing at Gatwick Airport in the early 1990s.

Stuart was appointed CIO in 2008. Stuart was previously Vice President for IT at ACCO Brands Europe Ltd. where he led the post-merger development of a single IT function. Prior to that, he held a range of senior IT and operations positions at PepsiCo International (UK), having begun his career in engineering with Nissan Motor Group UK.

Andrew was appointed Director of Communications and External Affairs in January 2010. Since 2008, he has held the role of Head of Communications, Gatwick Airport. Andrew was previously Group Head of Corporate Reputation at Centrica plc, having joined the energy group as a graduate trainee. During his career with Centrica plc, Andrew also held senior positions in media relations, corporate responsibility, marketing and brand communications.

Julian was appointed Human Resources Director in January 2010, having held the role of Head of Human Resources since 2008. He previously had a number of senior operations management positions at the airport. Prior to joining Gatwick, Julian was responsible for major restructuring programmes, change management and strategy development at Gillette UK. His early career was in civil engineering with ICI Engineering Technology.

Glenn was appointed as Programme Director in January 2010, responsible for transition activities arising from the acquisition of Gatwick by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). Previously he was an Operating Principal of GIP specialising in the application of technology and IT solutions in sales and marketing. Prior to joining GIP, Glenn spent nearly 30 years working for General Electric in a number of leadership roles which spanned the technology, marketing and sales disciplines. Glenn holds a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Penn State University.

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