THE TEAM

Founder of ELIRE Group and ventures of Infra & Aero, is a serial entrepreneur who has started and scaled global ventures. Luke applies innovation and creative solutions with a commercial mind set to real world challenges and purposes. Luke is a successful commercial entrepreneur having lead, started, scaled and divested several global companies already.

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Sheereen is a Chartered accountant (ACA) with over 14 years of experience and joins us from KPMG. She has managed international M&A teams advising on transactions across real estate, infrastructure and the renewable energy sectors. Sheereen managed the financial diligence of OTPPs c.$1bn investment in GICs international portfolio of offshore wind projects, Brookfield’s investment in Scotia Gas networks (SGN), and others.

Rajeev is current Chief Engineer at Lockheed Martin, where he has a demonstrated track record in overseeing cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams in design, transformation, and engineering capacities. Rajeev has experience of working with major players in the global Aerospace and Defence sectors, such as Boeing, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, NATS, and QinetiQ. 

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Gerry is an innovative and visionary executive with over 20 years’ experience solving large scale and complex problems in the airline, helicopter, aerospace, and MRO industries. He has led the electric aircraft revolution and delivered the world’s first all-electric powered commercial test flight in Dec 2019.​​

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Paul is a highly experienced global sales, marketing and support leader with 35 years experience in the aviation industry. Paul has been directly responsible for >$260m aircraft sales and >$500m aviation system sales and managed sales teams generating further multiples.​

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Shareena is a comms specialist marketer with over 20 years of experience in strategy, international regional media relations, B2B/B2C PR, corporate comms, thought leadership, and more. Working across UK, MENA, Europe, BRIC, APAC and the US, she has advised UK & international governments, Saudi PIF, Shell, ALAT, ADNOC, ARAMCO, COP27/28, MASDAR City, ClimateTECH Forum, Vision 2030 & Expo City Dubai.

Georgie operates at the intersection of ESG, brand, finance and innovation. An experienced marketing strategist at HSBC, she brings global marketing experience within the sustainability and smart cities space. Expertise includes developing marketing strategies, launching global propositions and executing campaigns.

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Louise is a Chartered Marketer accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing, with over 20 years of experience in enhancing and expanding brands on a global scale. Louise has recently specialised in the energy sector, including solutions for offshore wind, carbon capture and storage, and renewable hydrogen. Louise has also led impactful ESG communication initiatives, promoting sustainability and corporate responsibility within the industry.

Martyn has over 20 years of experience leading strategic procurement and supply chain operations for global organizations, in highly regulated industries such as Energy, Oil & Gas, and Aerospace. Including leadership roles with global companies such as Honeywell, Aggreko and Wood Group, where he led the transition of the Procurement function into a key strategic business partner.

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Patrick is an operations, systems, and technology engineer with more than 27 years’ experience in project managing, executing and driving strategy to deliver cross-continent technical and data projects.  Patrick is a Chartered Engineer and has Formula 1, automotive, construction, and heavy industry sector knowledge across both hardware and software domains coupled with substantial commercial and marketing experience.

Ben is a senior commercial and procurement management strategist and leader, with extensive experience orchestrating start-up development, and optimising procurement functions across diverse platforms. With experience in the automotive industry (McLaren Automotive), and disruptive technologies in the electrification space (Volta Trucks). 

Mario is an award winning, experienced 3D design and visualisation professional, having worked on many automotive projects with some of the worlds leading brands including Ferrari.​​​​

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Greg is a partner in the Corporate/ Commercial and Dispute Resolution teams at Barringer Leather Lawyers. He advises listed corporations, private companies and individuals from a wide range of industries on all aspects of their corporate, commercial, property and financing dealings, including debt and capital raisings.

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Mo has a strong background in engineering, advisory, and engagement and has played a key role in the delivery of transit infrastructure projects around the globe. He has worked with leading companies such as Collins Aerospace and AECOM, where he led the successful delivery of complex aviation programs.​

Olga managed projects on new and innovative technologies, such as intelligent infrastructure, shared mobility, Mobility as a Service, Mobility Hubs and smart ticketing. I work for both public and private sectors such as Highways England, Transport for London, Department for Transport and various local authorities. And is also a co-founder of the Women in Mobility London Hub.​

Farah has more than 10 years of experience in the financial services sector with a focus on the investment space. She has experience in both private and public sectors, where she worked at the Central Bank of Jordan, the Social Security Investment Fund, Cairo Amman Bank, INVESTBANK Group, and VentureX. 

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Phil is an experienced Airline Director with a demonstrated history of working in the aerospace industry. He has strong expertise in supplier management managing more than $300M USD annual expense for GE Aviation, continuous improvement, business development for airlines generating more than $4B USD revenue annually

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Joerg is a highly experienced engineering executive and CTO with a PhD in Electrical Engineering. Joerg has successfully development a high speed, high power medium voltage drive and industrial drives with the R&D team at Wolong Electrical. At GE Power Conversion he has led engineering experts teams (200 engineers, $300M Revenue)​