SITA Council

The SITA Council plays a significant part in the overall governance of SITA, as a Member representative body. It has the role of representing and safeguarding the interests of SITA's Membership with the right of final approval over specific, important matters relating to the high-level direction of SITA.

The SITA Council will also be consulted on any other matter having a material impact on services provided to the SITA Members.

Finally, and very importantly, the SITA Council is tasked with gathering community opinions and reporting back to the community on their actions.

The SITA Council is composed of up to 34 representatives, 20 from SITA's top 20 customers, 10 airline geographical group representatives and 4 industry specific group representatives.

The SITA Council is chaired by the Council President, who is a representative of a SITA Member organization.

The SITA Council has two standing committees to focus on certain topics:

  1. The Nomination Committee recommends SITA Board Directors and SITA Council President and Deputy President for appointment by the Annual General Assembly
  2. The Membership Committee addresses Membership policy and rules, as well as Member admissions and expulsions

Current composition of the SITA Council

Christoph Klingenberg
President		Deutsche Lufthansa
Adrian Coppini
Deputy President		representing the Southern Europe Group
(Air Malta)
Matthew Billingsrepresenting the Northern Europe Group
(Virgin Atlantic Airways)
Jappe BlaauwKLM
Susanna BrownAmerican Airlines
Paula de SousaSouth African Airways
Gianluigi Di FrancescoAlitalia
Hugh Noel DunleavyMalaysian Airline System
Richard ForsonCargolux
Jay FredericksDelta Air Lines
Takayuki FujiwaraAll Nippon Airways
Chris GavinUnited Parcel Services
Tewolde GebreMariamrepresenting the Sub-Sahara Africa Group
(Ethiopian Airlines)
Greg GilchristICT Group
(Sabre)
Philip HawkerBritish Airways
Omar JefriSaudi Arabian Airlines
Paul JonesQantas Airways
Joshua Koshyrepresenting the Middle East Group
(Qatar Airways)
Shyam Sundar KrishnamurtiAir India
Jean-Christophe LalanneAir France
Qiang Lirepresenting the North Asia and Pacific Group
(Air China)
Joe LocandroCathay Pacific Airways
Adnan MetinTurkish Airlines
Bill Millerrepresenting the North American Group
(United Airlines)
Patrick NaefEmirates
Mohammad Shah Newazrepresenting the South Asia and India Group
(Biman Bangladesh Airlines)
Hassan Nourrepresenting the North Africa Group
(Egyptair)
Francis RajanAirport Group
(Bangalore International Airport)
Tzu Chieh SooSingapore Airlines
Vicente Tredinickrepresenting the Latin America & Caribbean Group
(Lan Airlines)
to be announcedTAM

SITA Council Committees

Nomination Committee

The Nomination Committee mission is to provide recommendations to the SITA Council on the proposed appointment of Directors of the SITA Board and the appointment of the Council President and Deputy President.

Composition

  • Jay Fredericks (Chair)
  • Chris Gavin (co-Chair)
  • Susanna Brown
  • Hugh Noel Dunleavy
  • Greg Gilchrist
  • Omar Jefri
  • Bill Miller
  • Hassan Nour

Membership Committee

Handles Membership issues.

Composition

  • Matthew Billings (Chair)
  • Adrian Coppini
  • Bill Miller
  • Hassan Nour

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