• With SIAEC since 2008 in various roles including aircraft and components services, base maintenance and engine services. Currently in the Business Development and Partnership Management Portfolio since 2020, responsible for managing JVs and new business setups and investments

• Previously worked in various roles at GE, ABB Alstom, ICI and SAP.

• Looking forward to driving the development of the aerospace industry in Singapore through AAIS platform, with continued focus on sustainability, people development for the future and creating a platform for the industry anchored on both the OEMs, major MRO players as well as a pipeline for SMEs to contribute to the growth of the industry.

Hon is responsible for launching Volocopter’s first commercial air taxi service in Singapore, opening one of the most promising markets for this new form of mobility.

Before Volocopter, Hon entered the world of urban air mobility as Head of APAC Business Operations at AirMap, an Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) company headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Hon has also worked at Rakuten, Twilio, and Google in business and technical capacities across US and Asia. Hon was trained an Electrical and Computer Engineer at Duke University and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Christian Bauer has 15 years of experience in the mobility sector. He worked for Daimler in various functions including
Business Development and M&A, where he participated in merger, venture, fundraising, and IPO projects including
Airbus, myTaxi, HERE Technologies, Renault/Nissan, and others.
Before joining Volocopter, he was heading a department for
high-tech cooperations at Mercedes-Benz, pushing to bring innovations to series maturity. An economist and information
technologist by training, Christian is responsible for all commercial aspects at Volocopter and making Urban Air Mobility Services an integral part of transportation systems across the globe.

Yuan Chun is the Vice President and Head of Mobility at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). He is directly responsible for EDB’s strategies in developing the Mobility sector that is experiencing disruption in the way people and goods are moved. In addition, Yuan Chun is the Vice Present of Semiconductors, where he oversees the government agency’s investment promotion efforts and development of the Semiconductor industry in Singapore.

Prior to these appointments, Yuan Chun was the Vice President of Customer Experience & Marketing from 2020 to 2021, where he oversees the design and development of new digital systems as part of the organization’s digital journey.

Yuan Chun was the Director of Semiconductors Division from 2018 to 2020 and Head of Electronics Division from 2014-2017. During which, he worked closely with top international companies from the Electronics industry to facilitate their investments into Singapore and transform their operations in Singapore. Yuan Chun spent 3 years (2010 to 2014) in San Francisco, California overseeing EDB’s investment promotion efforts in Northern California, Washington, Utah and Idaho. In addition, Yuan Chun represented EDB as the Secretariat for Singapore Manufacturing Excellence Award (MAXA) and Manufacturing Excellence Community (MEC) from 2009 to 2010.
Yuan Chun is a Singapore GlaxoSmithKline-EDB scholar. He graduated with a Bachelors of Engineering Degree (Mechanical Engineering) from Cornell University (New York, USA) and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University (California, USA).

Chun Wei has over 20 years of experience in aeronautical engineering, operations as well as technology and industry development in aviation and energy sectors, having held various management positions in government agencies and large engineering corporation.

He is currently the Director of Technology & Partnerships with the Unmanned Systems Group, formulating strategies and policies, forging strategic partnerships to harmonize technology adoption in autonomy, connectivity and sustainability, to drive and ensure sustainable growth in the aviation sector.
Prior to his current appointment, Mr Tan held positions at Aviation Industry with CAAS, Industry Promotion and Human Capital Development with Energy Market Authority, Futures & Strategy with Ministry of Trade and Industry as well as technical and management positions with ST Engineering (Aerospace).
Mr Tan holds a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) with University of Sheffield, UK, and a Master of Science in Operations Research from Naval Postgraduate School, US.

Augustine Tai is the Business Development Lead for APAC for Eve Air Mobility. He leads Eve’s Business Development in APAC, being responsible for the sales strategy of Eve’s eVTOL and Services, for securing Partnerships throughout the UAM ecosystem, and for supporting future operations in the APAC region.

Augustine brings to the team over 20 years of experience in the aviation and aerospace sectors, and his experience includes Technical Services, Production Management, Program Management, Airline Line Operations and Sales, covering both MRO and OEM segments. Prior to joining Eve, Augustine held the role of Services & Support (Commercial Aviation) Director (APAC) at Embraer. He was responsible for all Services & Support activities for Embraer Commercial Aviation in the APAC region, and has direct responsibilities for Services Sales, Field Service, and Material Services in the region.

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical & Production Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) of Singapore

Derek Cheng is the Head of Commercial Asia-Pacific at Vertical Aerospace. He is responsible for leading all commercial, business and partnership development activities for Vertical in the Asia-Pacific region.

He was previously Head of Asia-Pacific for Airbus Urban Mobility, and more recently the Head of Asia-Pacific for Government & Public Affairs, and Strategic Partnerships for Airbus group (Commercial Aircraft, Helicopters, Defence & Space), where he was responsible for leading Airbus’ APAC regional business development strategy, and sustainable aviation partnerships. Derek joined Airbus in 2016, and helmed various positions in Airbus’ Strategy & International organisation in Airbus HQ in Toulouse, including for international development strategy, airline aftermarket services, and new business strategy. He is a member of the Airbus STAR program.
Prior to joining Airbus, Derek was with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) for 7 years, where he was responsible for industry development, and the promotion of foreign direct investment into Singapore. At his last appointment, he was EDB’s Regional Director for Europe, based in Frankfurt, and earlier the Assistant Head of the Transport Engineering (Aerospace) division in Singapore. For his contributions, he was accorded the Ministry of Trade & Industry’s “Go the Extra Mile” excellence award.

Derek flew as a pilot in Singapore Air force, and holds a Private Pilot License.

He obtained his Masters of Philosophy in Technology Policy from the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK, and graduated with First class honours in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, USA.

Derek was awarded the EDB government scholarship, plays competitive squash, and speaks English, Mandarin, German and French.

As a trained aerospace engineer, Oliver Reinhardt has played an instrumental role for over nine aircraft certification projects in
the past 25 years. As CTO at Flight Design, he managed the design organization setup and certified, manufactured, and
delivered aircraft to 42 countries worldwide. Additionally, he served as industry representative on several major international
aviation rulemaking committees.

At Volocopter, Oliver combines his aviation and automotive background to manage all product and corporate certification aspects, along with the quality, risk, safety, and compliance management systems.

Robin Thevathasan has been consulting on local and international projects since January 2018 when he retired from 33 years of service with the ST Engineering Group. He Chaired a COVID-19 Taskforce for AAIS to help manage issues affecting the aerospace industry and sits on advisory groups for AAIS and a South Asian MRO Group.

He worked for several years as stress engineer in Europe (British Aerospace & Fokker Space) and with ST Engineering he undertook various engineering functions, Strategic
Planning, International Business Development, secondment to DSTA (a Ministry of Defence Statutory Board). Prior to retirement he was involved in Change Management of
a Group-wide Shared Services project.

His qualifications : Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (1974), Master of Science in Aircraft Design from the Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK (1979). He also has a Graduate Diploma in Financial Management, Singapore Institute of Management (1998) and attended the Programme for Executive Development, International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland. He enjoys classic cars and music.