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Mounir Seifeddine

Mounir Seifeddine joined Lebanese flag carrier Middle East Airlines in 1998 as advisor to the Chairman. He subsequently became Head of In-Flight and Catering Purchases in 2001, before being named Director of Purchasing in June 2016.

Mounir holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Rennes in France, where he began his career as an export manager in an F&B company.
At MEA he has managed the inflight retail business with great success, positioning it as an essential part of the service on board and achieving one of the highest levels of sales per passenger in the global airline business.

One of the world’s oldest airlines, MEA recently celebrated its 70th anniversary.

Arnaud Piorkowski

Arnaud Piorkowski joined Philip Morris International in 2003, after 6 years of experience in trading commodities in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. After 4 years spent in PMI OC in Switzerland in Financial Planning, Marketing and Sales Strategy for Africa, he joined the company’s Middle East headquarters in Dubai, holding several senior positions in Area Management, Sales & Trade Marketing.

He joined the travel retail industry in June 2012, taking over the position of General Manager Middle East and Indian Sub-continent. Africa was added to his responsibilities in early 2014.

Gary Mayger

Gary Mayger joined GuestLogix in early 2013 and forms part of the EMEA Senior Management Team delivering the company’s strategic objectives for company growth. Based in the UK, Gary has been delivering travel industry solutions for over 20 years, with deep market knowledge across a global customer base and broad market sectors including airlines, online travel, tour operators, car rental, business travel management, duty free and catering providers.

Prior to joining GuestLogix, Gary held senior management positions at various leading solution providers including Travelport and Oracle RightNow, within sales and business development, client services management, channel and strategic partnerships roles.

Peter Irion

Peter Irion was born in 1969 and grew up in Mannheim in Germany. He completed a degree in business economics at the University of Mannheim, specialising in marketing and international management.

He began his career in 1995 with Blaupunkt GmbH, a member of the Bosch Group. He subsequently spent time abroad, performing various marketing and sales roles in Madrid and London.

Between 2001 and 2010 he headed the sales and export departments of two family-run companies as a Management Board member (firstly in the fashion sector and later in the packaging industry). Peter then assumed responsibility for Distribution at Gebr Heinemann, when he was appointed Executive Director in 2010.

Simone Horn

Simone Horn has over 10 years’ experience in the tobacco industry and worked in several markets, including Norway, Estonia and Germany, before joining the company’s Global Duty Free department in 2010. Her career path has consisted of roles in Consumer Marketing, Trade Marketing, Business Intelligence and Category Management.

Simone is passionate about working in a multi-cultural environment, and understanding different nationalities’ needs and behaviours. She helps drive business development for Imperial Tobacco by translating these shopper insights into strategies for the category and customers in travel retail.