Trevor Caswell

Chair
Edmonton International Airport

As Chair of the Pharma.Aero Board of Directors, Trevor’s role is focused on the External representation of the organisation as well as Membership and Organisational Management.

In his position as Manager, Demand & Product Development (Cargo) at Edmonton International Airport, he is responsible for effectively executing air service development priorities, while cultivating strong relationships with the freight forwarder and business community, airline partners and key stakeholders at the airport.  Trevor has held various roles in aviation for over 20 years, including VP of Airport Services, Director and Manager roles.  Trevor led Edmonton International Airport (EIA) to be the first IATA CEIV Certified Community Airport in Canada and third in North America.

Zhong Yao Liew
(representing Lim Ching Kiat)

Vice-Chair
Changi Airport Group

As Vice-Chair of the Pharma.Aero Board of Directors, Zhong Yao’s role is focused on project management and external representation of the association.

As Head of Cargo & Logistics Development team at Changi Airport, Zhong Yao is responsible for strategy formulation and business development of the airport’s air cargo business, as well as securing the future development of Changi’s air cargo hub. He manages a team to anchor air cargo connectivity and capacity, as well as to develop Singapore’s handling capabilities of key cargo verticals including but not restricted to pharmaceuticals, perishables and e-commerce.

Zhong Yao has held various roles in the aviation industry over the last 18 years, including network planning, revenue management, airport marketing and consultancy. During his free time, Zhong Yao enjoys reading and travelling.

Bruno Guella

Treasurer
Latin America Cargo City

In his role as Treasurer of the Pharma.Aero Board of Directors, Bruno’s responsibilities are focused on finance, budget control, strategy planning and KPI monitoring.
Managing Director of Latin America Cargo City, General Manager at TCU (Uruguay Cargo Terminal – Montevideo Airport), and Cargo Corporate Director at Corporacion America, a holding that operates more than 50 airports across Latin America and Europe. He is also member of the Board of Directors at INALOG – National Logistics Institute in Uruguay.

Industrial Engineer Graduated in Business Administration and Diploma in Logistics (USA), before his current assignments Bruno has been Operations and Commercial manager in logistics services companies, having designed and successfully implemented regional distribution centers for global companies. He has also served as consultant to multinational organizations (private and public sector) in Strategic Planning and Management Control Systems.

Samuel Speltdoorn

Brussels Airport

In his role as Cargo Business Development Manager at Brussels Airport Company, Samuel is responsible for all pharma & life sciences developments at BRUcargo. He joined the company in early 2020, and has been closely involved with a multitude of Pharma.Aero projects.
Prior to that Samuel took on multiple cargo commercial positions within Virgin Atlantic, having graduated from Cranfield University with an MSc. in Air Transport Management.

Gergely Szorcsik

Zoetis

Gergely is a logistics lead with an 18-year background in warehousing, transportation, and cold chain management in the pharmaceutical industry.

A Hungarian, living in Belgium since 2014 and working for Zoetis as a Director, Global Distribution.  

In his role, he is responsible for both setting the strategy and ensuring world-class execution for all Global Air and Ocean activities and European road transportation. Gergely and his team work together with Zoetis’s partner freight forwarders to deliver consistently reliable service and strive to continuously improve the quality of the services to minimise the risk of in-transit temperature excursions.  

Hugo Repolho

Guarulhos GRU Airport

Hugo Repolho is the Head of Commercial Cargo and Strategic Cargo Infrastructure Development at GRU Airport.

Besides client management (airline companies, freight forwarders, cargo agents, consignees and e-commerce platforms), market prospection, area rentals, incentives programs, contracts management and team management, he is leading the project to restructure the cargo business of the airport, which includes proposing, sizing and negotiating new cargo facilities (200.000,00 sqm), targeting and negotiating with stakeholders to settle operations at the airport, design new cargo flows (transhipment), and ultimately creating the conditions to establish GRU as the Cargo Hub in South America.

Hugo is a Civil Engineer, with a PhD in Spatial Planning and Transports at the University of Coimbra, and worked as a postdoc researcher at the EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland).

In  2016, Hugo was awarded the Youth prize for Transportation Infrastructure by Fundação BUNGE.

Frank Van Gelder

Consultant, Secretary General
Pharma.Aero

In his role as Secretary General at Pharma.Aero, Frank contributes to all functions of the Pharma.Aero office by managing contacts, maintaining the internal working of the organisation and developing working methodologies.

He supports and develops the external growth of the organisation and he manages partnerships.

As a senior consultant, Frank has been active in different industries related to healthcare, ATMP and supply chain for Life Science and Medtech Industry where he guided numerous projects related to critical supply chains, IT health applications and medical educational projects.

He is especially involved in digital solutions increasing transparency and recently in Immersive Learning developments through Virtual Reality Experiences. He is also the chairman of the Innovation & Sustainability Steering Committee of Air Cargo Belgium at Brussels Airport. Apart from being a fervent chef and stargazer, he is a guest teacher at different universities and is a strong believer of disruptive and innovative approaches in which he favors training and education as keys to success.

Aleksandra Jovic

Consultant, Back Office
Pharma.Aero

As a consultant for the Back Office, Aleksandra’s role focuses on setting out – together with the Secretary General – and streamlining all functions of the Pharma.Aero back office: member farming, finance, sponsorships, events, as well as assists the Board of Directors in the daily management of the association. Aleksandra has a Bachelor´s Degree in Business English Language and a Postgraduate Degree in Translation.

Sara Van Lerberghe

Consultant, Projects
Pharma.Aero

In her role as Project Coordinator at Pharma.Aero, Sara contributes to the success of the projects by assisting and coordinating each of them from their initial development through their implementation. She is the person who will help the puzzle pieces fit together with her tenacious and proactive behavior towards both internal and external projects members. After completing a Master in Labor Sciences, Sara has experienced different roles in the Human Resources field and in the coordination of projects organized in the pharmaceutical, life-sciences and medical industries. Her lifestyle and personal interest in art and culture have developed a creative mind that she is keen to use in all tasks she is assigned for. She believes that everything in life (both personal and professional) should be handled and lead with passion and positiveness.

Milton De La Paz

Dallas Fort Worth
International Airport

Milton was elected as representative of the Airports segment in Pharma.Aero Advisory Board. He is Vice President Airline Relations and Cargo Business Development at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

Rashmi Karnad

Qatar Airways Cargo

Rashmi was elected as representative of the Airlines segment on our Advisory Board. At Qatar Airways, she is the Manager of Climate Control Product – Pharma, responsible for the QR Pharma product. Her experience spans over two decades in the airline cargo industry.

Rashmi started with the passenger divisions at KLM and Jet Airways in India, before moving on to the cargo, where she has dedicated the last 21 years of her career.  At Qatar Airways Cargo, Rashmi is part of the wider Cargo team of product specialists involved in product design & development, quality management, training, commercial strategy, operational synergy & customer relationships.

Rashmi is a very keen proponent of collaborative partnerships to enhance co-working and improve industry standards in a rapidly evolving global environment.

Andy Faes

Expeditors

Andy was elected as representative of the Freight Forwarders segment in Pharma.Aero Advisory Board. At Expeditors, he is the Regional Manager Healthcare Vertical Europe. His career spans over 25 years within all sectors of the Healthcare logistics business. Andy’s role encompasses responsibility for 100 offices across Europe working with over 500 Healthcare and medical devices companies.

Andy started his logistical career in 1999 with American Airlines in various commercial roles in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. In 2007, he moved to London to join their Cargo Division for EMEA and become chairman of American Airlines Cargo Sales Advisory Board. In 2009 Andy set up AA Cargo Temperature Controlled Services EPXTC for the region, training 3,000 colleagues towards GDP compliance.

A speaker of 5 languages, IATA CEIV certified and Licensed GDP trainer and auditor, part of IATA’s HCWG and Pharma.Aero Advisory Board, Andy graduated from Thomas More University Belgium with a degree in Supply Chain Management. He is an avid sports fan and enjoys tennis, running, cycling and yoga as well as spending time with his wife and two young kids.

Andreas Behnke

Swissport

Andreas was elected as representative of the Ground Handlers segment on our Advisory Board. At Swissport, he is the CEO and Station Manager Basel. 

Andreas joined Swissport in 2017 as Station Manager Cargo Basel, and in 2019 I was promoted to CEO & Station Manager Basel, responsible for passenger and cargo services at the bi-national EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse with over 600 employees.

Throughout his career, Andreas held various senior and country management positions with a large international logistics service provider, mainly in Japan, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.

Andreas graduated with a Master of Science in Logistics & Supply Chain Management from Cranfield University School of Management. He later earned the Diploma as a GDP Officer at Concept Heidelberg in Mannheim, Germany, to gain an understanding of CEIV/GDP requirements in one of Europe’s life science capitals.

Andreas is a Swiss citizen, living near Basel. He is married and father of a 16-year-old son.

Yana Vandyck

Pfizer

Yana Vandyck is a 28-year-old professional with experience in logistics and coordination. For the past 2 years, she has been working at Pfizer as a Logistics Delivery Operations Coordinator for the COVID-19 vaccines. In her free time, Yana enjoys playing tennis and staying active.

Alice Iacobescu

Consultant, Communication
Pharma.Aero

Alice is a journalist with over 25 years of experience reporting for prestigious media organizations, including the BBC World Service in London. 

In 2022, Alice opened a new professional chapter and dedicated herself to creating and implementing online communication and education projects. She joined our Pharma.Aero team, as a communication consultant, to spread the word about our Pharma.Aero global community, projects and events.

Alice is a Romanian, currently living in Bucharest. She is a theatre enthusiast, loves classical music and enjoys travelling.

Roland Yap

Novartis

Dr Roland Yap was elected as representative of the Life Science Manufacturers segment in our Advisory Board. At Novartis, he is Regional Head (Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa) for Policy, Partnership and Healthcare Systems for Radioligand Therapy and Nuclear Medicine. Throughout his extensive career of over 28 years, Roland has held various senior leadership and functional roles to drive growth in aviation, capital, diplomacy (ASEAN & EU), energy, digital, healthcare (pharmaceuticals and medical devices), infrastructure, power & water, oil & gas, transportation at General Electric, Merck KGaA, Medtronic, Novartis etc.

Roland graduated with a Doctor of Education with Distinction from Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM, Spain). In addition, he earned 5 Master’s degrees (Criminology, Training & Development, Public Policy & Management, Business and Corporate Communication, and Executive Master in Leadership, Strategy & Innovation) and completed the Sustainability Executive Programs with Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (USA) and Oxford University (UK); Health & Wellness Executive Program and the Advanced Leadership Program respectively with Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University; Technology Acceleration Program with Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (USA); and the Chief of Staff Executive Program with the AACSB-accredited Asian Institute of Management (AIM).

Roland is a Certified M&A Professional, M&A Expert and Certified Post-Merger Integration Expert. He serves as Adjunct Professor at AIM and the Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Alliances (IMAA).

Mission & Vision

Connecting those who care to those who cure

Our Mission & Vision

As a leading global cross-industry collaboration platform, our vision is to bring together LifeScience and Medtech manufacturers, certified cargo firms, airport operators and logistics specialists to collaborate through projects that focus on end-to-end chain visibility and address genuine issues and challenges faced by Life Science and MedTech industry. 

Our mission is to achieve excellence in reliable end-to-end air transportation for Life Science and MedTech shipments and to foster collaboration between Pharma certified (IATA CEIV, GDP or comparable) airport communities that are dedicated in developing and leading the handling of Life Science and MedTech shipments.

Our Objectives & Strategy

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