Ahmet Kötehne, Chief Strategy Officer of ATU Duty Free, has been working in the company since 2006. Previously he was the Operation Units and Business Development Deputy General Manager, responsible for 80 shops in 8 countries, along with the Business Development and Architecture departments.

Ahmet has spent much of his life travelling in various countries, giving him a strong background in change and cross-cultural management. He graduated from Radford University and holds an MBA from the same school. In his career he has worked at AT&T/AHS, Garanti Bank Luxembourg, Mezun.com and provided independent consultancy services.

Ahmet is a keen sportsman and is married with a son. He speaks English, French and Turkish.

Joe Harvey is the Head of New Business Development for leading concessionaire Tourvest Inflight Retail Services. Previously he headed up the global crew engagement programme, which is based around influencing change and customer service.

Joe took on the challenge of leading the new global business development and corporate marketing strategy of the company in May 2014, as Tourvest IRS expands into new global travel markets focusing on its ‘direct to passenger’ strategy, developing buy on board and duty free programmes for airlines.

Joe has over 11 years’ experience within the inflight retail industry, including a seven-year spell within the team that successfully developed the Aer Lingus inflight retail business. With a background in hotel management, he also holds a Masters degree in Tourism Management.

With its headquarters in South Africa, Tourvest is the exclusive inflight duty free service provider to British Airways, South African Airways, Kenya Airways, SA Airlink and TAAG.

David Freeborn previously worked in the UK for L’Oreal for ten years before moving to Dubai in 1998. He joined Seagram in 2000 and subsequently set up the Pernod Ricard Gulf business following the Seagram acquisition in 2001. As Managing Director he has responsibility for all the Pernod Ricard sales throughout UAE, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar as well as Sri Lanka and The Maldives. In addition the Pernod Ricard Gulf business also supports operational delivery into India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Key brands would include Royal Salute, Chivas Regal, Ballantines, The Glenlivet, ABSOLUT, Martell Cognac as well as wines such as Jacobs Creek, Brancott Estate and Campo Viejo.