Speaker Bio

Frédéric (Fred) started his career in aviation in 1990 working at Brussels airport for an American carrier.
He was recruited by EUROCONTROL to start his training as Air Traffic Controller for the EUROCONTROL Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre.
For the last 33 years, he is an active Air Traffic Controller holding enroute civil and military radar ratings in the Hannover sectors of the Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC). He has occupied several positions in the OPS environment for training, and in system developments.
As President of the Staff Committee at MUAC and vice-President of the Trade Union EUROCONTROL Maastricht, he was involved since 1998 in all EUROCONTROL Reforms and various high-level committees until 2018. He also followed the various evolutions of the Single European Sky (SES) since the initial discussions. He was involved in the SESAR definition phase in the Human Factors package as international staff representative and held the position of Functional Airspace Blocks (FAB) coordinator for IFATCA.
Since April 2020, as IFATCA Executive Vice President for Europe, he oversees the Federation’s activities and involvement in the various groups and bodies in the European region (EUR). As such, he also acts as the focal point for the representatives of 41 European countries.
Frédéric is a forward-thinking leader who blends technical expertise with diplomacy and collaboration. He is dedicated to fostering teamwork and ensuring progress in the aviation industry, in ATC, complex international issues while maintaining a positive, people-centered approach in leading, and managing groups of multicultural professionals. He often says that “it’s not because we do a serious job that we always have to be serious!” so he brings issues with a smile and humanism He brought us the IFATCA European spirit: “TOGETHER – FURTHER!”
Fred speaks 4 languages, is married and proud father of three children. He shares his family time between Belgium and Greece.