Charlie Clifton
Chairman
With over 30 years of global experience in the low cost airline business there is very little that Charlie has not come across before. flypop is immensely fortunate that he is part of the team.
James Harrison
Head of Sales & Distribution
James has extensive airline experience both in the UK and overseas leading various teams on growth and start-up routes.
James has covered various sales, marketing and revenue management roles across many global markets over the past 25 years in Australia, the America’s, Middle East and Europe. In all roles the focus was either start-up operations or significant growth markets.
Starting his career in the UK with BMi in Sales & Marketing before moving to BA in various sales management roles. After 7 years he relaunched Gulf Air from the UK which led to various senior Management roles in Dubai (UAE Country Manager), Bahrain (GM–Corporate) followed by Dublin heading up inaugural services from Dublin finishing as GM for both the UK&I. After 8 years with Gulf Air he moved to Etihad (12 years) starting and finishing in the UK (GM UK&I) but in-between moving to Melbourne, Australia and Toronto, Canada as Senior Country Manager.
Always specialised in driving sales performance in-line with customer experience its now exciting times being involved in direct services from the UK to India.
Other members of the team
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(Nino) Navdip Singh Judge
Chief Executive and Founder - AOC Accountable Manager
An Aeronautical Engineer with a diverse career path as British Army Officer, Bond trader/broker and Formula 1 Team Owner, Nino brings the vision, passion, leadership and management experience to the flypop team
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(Bobby) Balvinder Singh Bhakar
CTO and Founder
Bobby has a keen eye for new technology gaps and opportunities in the marketplace. He has vast experience in e-commerce specialising in pricing and trading platform systems as well as product development.
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Hitesh Patel
Chief Operating Officer
Hitesh is regarded as a visionary in large-scale start up efforts and a global leader within the aviation industry. A start-up specialist with a stellar record of administering P&L, driving Multi-Million Dollar budgets, and overseeing mergers and acquisitions.
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Sinéad Conroy
Chief Commercial Officer
Sinéad is an Aviation professional with over 25years experience in the Airline industry. A highly regarded former member of the Ryanair management team.
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Ian Smith
Technical Director - AOC Nominated Person Continuing Airworthiness
Ian brings a wealth of knowledge of airline operations, having worked for multiple airlines and aviation companies across low-cost, charter and scheduled brands
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Harun Cordan
Director of Flight Operations
Harun has over 30 years of global experience as an airline professional.
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George Bogdan Marin
Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Bogdan has over 25 experience in aviation holding different senior management roles in various areas of the airline business, from Fleet Management to Strategy & Communication.
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Helen Cordan
Head of Onboard Services
Helen started working in aviation in 1995 for Ryanair as a cabin crew member. Promoted to Instructor and started interviewing and training new crews both in the classroom and on the aircraft.
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Adele Watson
Head of HR and Culture
Adele started working in the airline industry over 30 years ago as Cabin Crew for Ryanair, becoming supervisor for all Cabin Crew.
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Chris Rourke
Chief Investment Officer
Chris has a wealth of experience in advising and fund raising for private and public companies
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Rebecca McKenzie
Head of Accounts
Rebecca is an experienced finance and travel industry professional, bringing with her over 20 years of knowledge. As Head of Accounts she is the main contact for anything finance related.
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Dominic England
Chief Marketing Officer
An award-winning strategic marketer with 25 years experience across global and regional brands.
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Natalie Morris
Digital Marketing and Communications Director
Natalie has over 20 years of senior marketing experience in both client and agency environments.
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Gary Marsh
Head of Partnerships
Gary is a Marketing veteran having successfully worked years in various sales and marketing positions.
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Derek Samuel
Creative Director
Multi-award-winning creative director Derek Samuel comes from an international career of over 20 years based in New York and London.
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Mahendra Sinh Jadeja
Director of India Operations
Mahendra’s motto has always been “to serve”. Over the last 3 decades he has dedicated his time to serve the community.
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Jasver Singh Gill
Sales Manager
For the past 15 years Jasver he has been the Managing Director of Aviation Logistics Ltd offering aviation brokerage and Consultancy to airlines.
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Dr Neil Prem DMin
Head of Sustainability
Passionate about sustainability and a strong advocate for its business case, Neil Prem has over 20 years’ experience supporting purpose driven organisations to achieve their sustainability and financial goals.
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Gary Stephenson
Head of ICT
Meet the information communication technology (ICT) guru of the team, with over 17 years of experience and technical and analytical skills