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.
Danesh Varma
Senior Investment Advisor
Danesh Varma is a highly accomplished, recognised and experienced global business leader having held a number of senior finance and Board positions over the past 4 decades.
Danesh holds a degree from Delhi University. He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants in India, England and Wales, Canada and Bermuda. Danesh is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation, England. He has sat on numerous professional committees in Canada and India, including the Bombay Stock Exchange, FICCI and ICAO, and has had his articles published on international banking and finance in leading Canadian publications.
Danesh has, over many years, held several senior positions in the banking, corporate finance and accounting fields and Mr. Varma was the President and Managing Director of Dundee Bancorp and Dundee Investment Management and Research Ltd and was based in Bermuda and India. He was responsible for the oversight of the company’s operations, formulating and executing long-term strategies, steering mergers and acquisitions, driving expansion into new geographies and building world class systems while managing client and investor relationships.
Subsequently, Danesh was involved within the junior mining sector and sat on the Board of numerous mining companies as their Finance Director / Chief Finance Officer. Within the mining sector, Danesh has been intimately involved in raising capital for junior mining companies and listing them in Toronto and London. He served on the Board of numerous mining companies including Aureus Mining Ltd., Canadian Zinc Corporation, Feronia Inc. and Ovoca Gold plc. He currently serves as Chief Finance Officer for Anglesey Mining plc, Xtierra Inc., Conquest Resources Ltd. and Minco plc. Laterally, he is on the Board of Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Ltd in Canada and Iron AB.
Given his long-standing relationships in the financial sector, Danesh also runs Global Preservation Strategies Ltd., an asset management firm in London that is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Danesh sits on the Board of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LLP as their Managing General Partner and is presently Director of Crowd For Angels, a London based crowd-funding platform regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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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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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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