Ferda Yildiz
Founder and Chairman of KAAN Air with over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience. Under his leadership, KAAN Air became Turkey’s leading aviation company, exclusively distributing Agusta Westland / Leonardo Company helicopters and Gulfstream Jets. Ferda established a Joint Venture with Universal Aviation to found Universal Aviation Turkey in 2019 and now plans to bring his commitment to excellence and innovative vision to the UK with VulKaan Helicopters.
Barry Johnson
Owner of Executive Jet Charter (EJC) with over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry. He established the company following his departure from British Petroleum PLC and has consistently achieved many “firsts,” including bringing the first commercially certified BBJ-2, Citation X, and Falcon 50EX to the UK AOC. Today, his operation boasts a fleet of nine aircraft, ranging from Gulfstream 650/G450, Falcon 7X to AW139 helicopters. EJC maintains operational bases at Gloucester, Bristol, and Farnborough Airport.
Roger Whyte’s aviation career spans over four decades, beginning with Cessna Aircraft Company, where he started in aircraft sales and eventually became the SVP Worldwide Sales & Marketing in 1994. During his tenure, numerous new airplanes were launched, including the highly successful CitationJet series, Citation Mustang, Citation Excel, Citation Sovereign, and Citation X. He is actively engaged in the US business jet industry and is a non-executive board member of Duncan Aviation. Roger holds an Airline Transport Pilots license with multiple Citation ratings.
David is a private aviation veteran with over 35 years of experience in business jet and helicopter sales and operations. After graduation David spent 10 years in private aircraft management at the UK’s leading operator of private jets & helicopters. This was followed by a 25 year switch over to the rapidly expanding private jet broking sector, rising to Executive Board level at a market leading publicly listed brokerage. David has always believed in the value of providing a highly personal service to his clients and has decades of experience in providing fully independent aviation advice to blue chip corporations and ultra-high net worth individuals alike.