Speaker Bio

Vincent De Vroey is Director of Civil Aviation at the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD). In this role, he is in charge of the management of the Civil Aviation Business Unit and represents ASD vis-à-vis the European and international civil aviation community. He also represents civil equipment manufacturers at the Board of the SESAR-Joint Undertaking and the Provisional Council of Eurocontrol. Before joining ASD, Vincent De Vroey was General Manager Technical & Operations at the Association of European Airlines (AEA). In this role, he was also the Chairman of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Advisory Board from 2009 until 2014, and he represented civil airspace users on the Board of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SESAR-JU). Vincent De Vroey holds a Master of Science (1993) in Electronics Engineering from the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and a Master of Science (1994) in Transport and Business Economics from the Free University of Brussels (VUB).