Brian Humphries
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Brian Humphries CBE
is President and CEO of the European Business Aviation Association
(EBAA), based in Brussels. He has specialist knowledge of the business aviation community and the challenges facing it, having served separate tenures at EBAA as Chairman, President and CEO since 1996.
Humphries is also Chairman of the British Helicopter Advisory Board
and has served a three-year term as Chairman of the Montreal-based International Business Aviation Council
(IBAC), representing the interests of business aviation globally at ICAO.
After becoming Managing Director of Shell Aircraft Limited in 1994, his duties were expanded in 2000 when he also became the CEO of Shell Aircraft International, accountable for all Shell Aircraft’s operations worldwide, amounting to more than 100,000 flying hours per year. Humphries retired from Shell in April 2005.
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
is President and CEO of the European Business Aviation Association
European Business Aviation Association
European Business Aviation Association or EBAA, is a non-profit association based in Belgium that has existed since 1977. Its 400 member companies span all aspects of the business aviation sector in Europe and elsewhere...
(EBAA), based in Brussels. He has specialist knowledge of the business aviation community and the challenges facing it, having served separate tenures at EBAA as Chairman, President and CEO since 1996.
Humphries is also Chairman of the British Helicopter Advisory Board
British Helicopter Advisory Board
-History:The British Helicopter Advisory Board was formed in January 1969 at the instigation of some leading members of commercial helicopter companies in the UK. They realised that there was no single authoritative voice speaking for the whole helicopter industry similar to organisations which...
and has served a three-year term as Chairman of the Montreal-based International Business Aviation Council
(IBAC), representing the interests of business aviation globally at ICAO.
Career
Brian Humphries joined Shell Aircraft in late 1989 as an aviation adviser, having served in the Royal Air Force in ranks up to Air Commodore in a variety of appointments with both flying and engineering responsibilities.After becoming Managing Director of Shell Aircraft Limited in 1994, his duties were expanded in 2000 when he also became the CEO of Shell Aircraft International, accountable for all Shell Aircraft’s operations worldwide, amounting to more than 100,000 flying hours per year. Humphries retired from Shell in April 2005.