Chris was appointed Managing Director of Manchester Airport in June 2022.
He previously served as Chief Operating Officer at London Gatwick Airport where he led numerous successful people, process and system change programmes. Prior to that, he held a number of senior positions at the airport including Head of Engineering and Head of Security.
Chris is a chartered chemical engineer who left Imperial College, London, with a first class masters degree to join Nestle UK’s graduate scheme. He also holds an MBA with distinction from the University of Warwick.
Traditional airports organise in distinctive silos that separate the procurement, management and operations of the network infrastructure. Different stakeholders within the airport ‘own’ each of these systems and work to their individual ends to develop solutions that work within their silos of responsibility. However, this often leads to a fragmented airport experience and the nodes between each part of the passenger journey are not always as smooth as they could be. In order to promote a truly seamless airport experience, each department must be in constant collaboration with each other and always have the passenger at the heart of all their decisions. How can you:
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Manchester Airport (MAG)
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