Speaker Bio

Urs Lauener has been Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Skyguide Executive Team since 2017. He trained as an air traffic controller and went on to serve as a Skyguide procedural expert before moving to the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation as an air navigation services specialist. He returned to Skyguide in 2003 and subsequently performed a number of executive roles in both military and civil air traffic management. He holds an executive MBA and an Advanced Certificate in Aerospace & Aviation from HEC Paris.