Derek Cheng is the Head of Commercial Asia-Pacific at Vertical Aerospace. He is responsible for leading all
commercial, business and partnership development activities for Vertical in the Asia-Pacific region.He was
previously Head of Asia-Pacific for Airbus Urban Mobility, and more recently the Head of Asia-Pacific for
Government & Public Affairs, and Strategic Partnerships for Airbus group, where he was responsible for
leading Airbus’ APAC regional business development strategy,industrial and sustainable aviation partner
ships. From 2016-2020, Derek helmed various positions in Airbus’ Strategy & International organisation in
Airbus HQ in Toulouse.Derek obtained his Masters of Philosophy in Technology Policy from the Judge
Business School, University of Cambridge, UK, and graduated with First class honours in Aerospace
Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, USA.
Global Banking & Markets Investment Banking Executive Director, Goldman Sachs
Chao Chang is a senior banker of China Advisory team in the Global Banking and Marketing Division of Goldman Sachs, primarily focused on Transportation, Logistics and Industrials sector. Particularly, Chao has extensive experience in advising aviation and aviation tech companies on capital raising and strategic transactions.
Mr. Henry CAO was graduated from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics with Master degree, majored in Aircraft Design and Engineering. As the Deputy General Manager of ACCEL (Tianjin) Flight Simulation Co., Ltd., with more than 12 years of experiences in flight simulation industry, Henry is now responsible for leading the product engineering teams of Full Flight Simulator / eVTOL Simulation and Training Solution segments, managing all of the simulation system / integration / software engineering and developing tasks, while supporting the full life-cycle development of the Full Flight Simulators.
Henry masters the interdisciplinary approach in the system/integration/software engineering process starting from customer requirements capture/collection to system design and implementation, and software and hardware integration. Henry is also a Subject Matter Expert with extensive knowledge of Chinese Aviation Regulations (CCAR Part 60) and associated industry standards, providing technical inputs in the organization level technology and product road-mapping process. Henry also been dispatched abroad twice for technical exchange, during when attending the FSEMC (Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance Conference) in the United States at 2018, while giving a keynote speech on ADS-B IN topic.
Doug Cai joined CAE in 2020 as Country Leader of China to oversee all partnerships, joint ventures, sales,
aftermarket services and CAE new and expanding portfolio of digital offerings. Prior to joining CAE Doug has
proven himself a successful, dynamic leader in aerospace with an experience-rich career spanning over two
decades. Most recently, he served as Head of Ops and Services (BT SAR) at Bombardier, where he was also former
President of Aerospace in China. In the latter capacity, he collaborated with Bombardier’s aerospace units to
accelerate commercial and business aircraft sales and drive other business development opportunities country
wide. He also held various general management positions at Pratt & Whitney Canada, Pratt & Whitney and UTC
Aerospace China.
Doug received his MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, and his
B.Eng. from the University of Science and Technology Beijing.
The director of Strategic Planning Department, dedicated to the UAM operation platform & solutions, and the
reform of low-altitude airspace management.Driven by his strategic initiatives, Shenzhen Eastern GA,the largest
UAM operation platform in China, take the lead to practice in trials for Low-Altitude Economy operation scenari
os.
She specializes in research in the fields of digital economy and strategic emerging industries, such as low-altitude
aerospace economy, Artificial Intelligence and Fintech. She serves as a strategic expert of Guangdong Develop
ment and Reform Commission and Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission.
Ms Yu Chen is a senior analyst in the transportation industry team, which was named the Top 5 analysis team of the transportation industry by New Fortune, of Haitong Securities Research Institute. She is also one of the leaders of the low-altitude economic research group. She has been engaged in investment research in Huatai Securities Research Institute, Jingdong digital strategic investment Department, with more than 7 years of industry research experience in the civil aviation industry.
General Manager of Yangtze River Delta Business Unit
Ike CHAN
SHENZHEN EASTERN GENERAL AVIATION CO,LTC
General Manager of Yangtze River Delta Business Unit
Ike Chan is currently the general manager of the Yangtze River Delta Division of SHENZHEN EASTERN GENERAL AVIATION CO,LTC. and the deputy general manager of the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone (Jiangsu) Dongrong Low-altitude Economic Development Co., Ltd. He has over 12 years of industry experience in the field of general aviation and has been serving in low-altitude economic enterprises throughout. He possesses working experience in low-altitude domains such as civil aviation passenger transport, fixed-wing aircraft, business jets, helicopters, and unmanned aircraft. He has participated in the organization and planning of numerous significant events in the domestic low-altitude economy, including the first cross-border helicopter flight between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the test flight of the world's first eVTOL cross-city and cross-bay route, the implementation of the first seamless connection base between civil airports and helicopter airports, the opening of the first "civil airliner + helicopter" seamless connection route, the operation of the only domestic low-altitude urban sightseeing route that operates day and night on a regular basis, the opening of the first connecting route between passenger planes at a busy airport and helicopters in East China, and the first "military, police, aviation, medical, and enterprise" five-party collaborative "Air 120" aviation emergency rescue.
Having delved deeply into the low-altitude economic market for many years, he has led his team to innovatively implement the "low-altitude +" model, emphasizing the combination of helicopters with other fields and launching scenarios such as low-altitude tours, aviation science popularization, helicopter skydiving, film and television shooting, and aerial wedding shows. These efforts have received wide recognition in the market and broadened the scenarios and profit models of new low-altitude business forms. Simultaneously, he has interfaced with the earliest low-altitude economic digital infrastructure platform "Airbus VOOM" in China and participated in the development of the first domestic low-altitude travel service platform, "Air Taxi".
Sergio Cecutta is a partner and co-founder at SMG Consulting, an Aerospace, Defense and Autotech consulting firm, where he leads the Advanced Air Mobility practice and he oversees strategy, product management, market analysis and business development for a diverse client portfolio of worldwide companies.
As a senior executive at multiple Fortune 200 companies, he has been involved with the development and introduction of products like the Airbus A380, the SmartView Synthetic Vision System and the Gulfstream G500/600. He has also led the strategic due diligence of several M&A deals.
He received an MBA from the W. P. Carey school of business and he holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Rome and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.
He is a mentor at several business schools, promoting the development of the next generation of Aerospace and Automotive talent.
