Meet our lovely writers!
Marcella Nethersole
Marcella Nethersole is a travel writer who has worked in Europe, the US, South America, the Middle East and Asia with book and magazine publishers in the corporate and finance market. For seven years she worked with the Flight Daily News team and specialised in aircraft interiors and inflight services.
Richard L. Aboulafia: Vice President, Analysis, Teal Group
Richard is Vice President of Analysis at Teal Group. He manages consulting projects in the commercial and military aircraft field and analyzes broader defense and aerospace trends. He has advised numerous aerospace companies, including most prime and many second- and third-tier contractors in the US, Europe and Asia. He also advises numerous financial institutions on aerospace market conditions.
Claire Apthorp: Freelance writer
As a freelance defence writer, Claire regularly contributes to some of the UK’s leading defence magazines, as well as taking on guest editor roles and in-house editorial staff roles where required. She also writes for monthly publications in Australia and Asia, and periodicals produced for the Royal Navy.
Alan Peaford: Editor-in-Chief, FINN
Alan Peaford is a former national newspaper journalist and the current president of the UK's Institute of Internal Communications. He edited Flight International’s Flight Daily News for 17 years and has won an Aerospace Journalist of the Year award on five occasions. He is the author of a best selling guide to business aircraft and has written for many newspapers and trade magazines.
Steve Nichols
Steve is a journalist and communications consultant specialising in space and technology. He has covered space shuttle launches in Florida and regularly writes about both European manned and unmanned space missions. As a communications consultant he has worked with some of Europe's leading technology companies.
John Schmidt: Global managing director for Accenture’s Aerospace and Defence business
Global managing director for Accenture’s Aerospace and Defence business.
Matthew Rosenquist: Cybersecurity Strategist, Artificial Intelligence Group at Intel Corporation
Matthew Rosenquist is an industry-recognized pragmatic, passionate, and innovative strategic security expert with 25 years of experience.
Nick Magliocchetti: CEO, Waves
Nick Magliocchetti is Co-Founder and CEO of Waves – a new data-driven airline currently servicing the Channel Islands. Waves is predicated on the idea that technology and data can make flying cheaper, quicker, and more fuel-efficient. Waves holds an Aircraft Operator’s Certificate (AOC) for the Channel Islands, but will be expanding to serve the rest of the UK and Europe in 2018.
James Elliott: Director, MRO Product Line, Aviation and Defense, IFS
James Elliott is the Director of the Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) product line for the Aviation & Defence Business Unit at IFS. With a wealth of experience spanning the Airline, Defence, OEM, and MRO market verticals, James has worked with aviation organisations on the selection and implementation of next-generation maintenance management IT.
Professor David Yu: IBA’s Executive Director Asia, CFA, ISTAT Certified Aviation Appraiser
Professor David Yu is an Adjunct Professor of Finance at New York University Shanghai where he teaches and focuses on crossborder investing, financing and transportation. He is also Managing Director of Inception Aviation.
Dawen Nozdryn-Plotnicki: Director of Advanced Analytics, Boeing Global Services
Dawen is responsible for leading the Analytics team in collaborating with Boeing’s airline, airport, and defence customers to enhance their operations and maintenance through applied analytics, and creating data-driven solutions.
Balaji Srimoolanathan: Strategy Manager for the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI)
Balaji delivers strategic insights that influence the direction of the ATI, inform the aerospace technology strategy and UK stakeholders. He is the author of the ATI’s market outlook, used to guide the ATI’s technology strategy and its portfolio. Balaji has led the development of the Institute’s Through-life Engineering Services (TES) strategy.
Robin Hopper, Senior Vice President Marketing, Guestlogix
Robin Harper, Senior Vice President Marketing, Guestlogix
Graham Mackrell, Managing Director, Harmonic Drive UK
Harmonic Drive UK is a high precision actuator manufacturer