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Martin Eley was appointed to the position of Director General (DG), Civil Aviation on May 4, 2009.

Martin started his aviation career in 1972 as an undergraduate with the British Aerospace Civil Division at Weybridge, Surrey, England. He graduated in 1977 with a B.Sc (Hon) in Aeronautical Engineering from the Imperial College of the University of London. He then moved to work on the application of composite materials to Jaguar and Tornado Aircraft with the British Aerospace Military Division at Warton, Lancashire, England.

In 1982, Martin moved to Canada to join Transport Canada (TC) as a structures engineer in the Airworthiness Branch. As a Senior Engineering Program Manager from 1985 to 1994, he was responsible for the Type Certification of many Canadair/Bombardier aircraft and various foreign products. He re-joined the Structures Section in Aircraft Certification Branch as Superintendent from 1994 to 1999. He was appointed Chief of the Engineering Division in 1999 and Director, National Aircraft Certification Branch in 2001.

Martin is a Professional Engineer and an Associate Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI).

Fabio Gamba began his professional career at the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), where he eventually took up the newly created role of Business Manager, tasked with overseeing the expansion of the organisation’s international profile and influence on the many issues affecting its members. Thereafter he joined the Boeing Company, where he assumed different positions before becoming Deputy Director, Business Development and Strategy Europe. In that role, from 2004 to 2006, he supervised the development of the US manufacturer’s Phantom Works Research & Development activities in Europe.

Appointed in 2006, Gamba spent nearly five years serving as Deputy Secretary General of the Association of European Airlines (AEA), where he focused primarily on promoting the interests of legacy carriers and established strong ties with the European Institutions and EU Member States.

In September of 2011, Gamba was appointed to the full-time position of EBAA CEO. He runs the EBAA business from the Association’s Brussels headquarters, and has taken on the significant role of actively liaising with EBAA members and further enhancing the Association’s relationship with Europe’s chief decision-making bodies.

Richard is Vice President of Analysis at Teal Group. He manages consulting projects in the commercial and military aircraft field and analyzes broader defense and aerospace trends. He has advised numerous aerospace companies, including most prime and many second- and third-tier contractors in the US, Europe and Asia. He also advises numerous financial institutions on aerospace market conditions.

Richard writes and edits Teal Group's World Military and Civil Aircraft Briefing, a forecasting tool covering over 135 aircraft programs and markets. He also writes publicly about aviation and defense, with numerous articles in Aviation Week and Space Technology, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Professional Pilot, and other publications. He has a regular column in AIAA's Aerospace America.

Frequently cited as an aviation industry authority by trade and news publications, Richard has also appeared on numerous television news and radio programs including ABC, BBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, CBS, CNN, NBC, NPR and PBS. He has spoken at numerous conferences, including ATRIF, NAFA, NARA, Network for Aerospace Management in Europe (NAME), and Speednews. He presents a yearly lecture to the National Defense University/Industrial College of the Armed Forces and has served as an expert witness in aerospace markets.

Before he joined Teal Group in 1990, Richard analyzed the jet engine market at Jane's Information Group, served as an aerospace industry consultant for an international trade advisory company and supported research projects at the Brookings Institution. He has a Masters degree in War Studies from King’s College, University of London and a Bachelors degree from George Washington University. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife, Casey, son, Simon, and daughter, Wren.