Objectives & Activities

The objectives of the Airline Catering Association are :

  • to represent, promote, and defend the common interests of its members in particular, and of the airline catering industry in general.
  • To monitor relevant regulatory initiatives and inform its members about those.

ACA may develop or carry out, alone or in collaboration with third parties all activities related to the realization of those objectives, including:

  • Addressing legislative and regulatory issues concerning the airline catering industry
  • Identifying, studying and solving problems of public interest connected with the airlines catering industry, such as the protection of the environment, health and safety
  • Representing and promoting its members at, as well as collaborating with, the appropriate national and international organisations, institutions, agencies, groups and industries as it sees fit
  • Developing common positions that befit its members’ interests
  • Participating in and organising relevant events
  • Organising and directing committees or working groups
  • Publishing or financing studies, articles and reports as deemed necessary, as well as using any relevant media
  • Keeping the members informed about policy and legislative developments, actual or potentially relevant

The Airline Catering Association may engage in any activities aiming at attaining the objectives mentioned above, including the provision of services to its members. It cannot however, carry out activities with a profit motive or activities aiming at restricting or distorting competition.

ACA Governance

Strategic Committee

Christoph Schmitz
ACA PRESIDENT
CEO gategroup

Robin Padgett
Division Senior Vice President
dnata Catering

Alfred Rigler
CEO EMEA
LSG

Wajdy Al-Ghabban
Board Member
Catrion

Pierre Bastjaens
CEO Service Subsidiaries
Cathay Pacific

Allison Budd
CEO
Air Fayre

David Cotton
CFO
Flying Food

Salim Hazife
Managing Director
Foodfolk

Zoltan Katona

Acting Unit Manager

Gastland

Samuel Koh
CEO in CPG/ Food
SATS

Pawel Litkiewicz
CEO
Ferier

Tim Miller
Manager Catering
Charleston Airport (US)

Sam Nkuranga
CEO
Rwandair Catering

Batkhuu Purev
CEO
Sky Catering Mongolia

Daniel Robinson 
CEO
Niche & Bespoke

Matshela Seshibe
CEO
Air Chefs

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Corrina Sheets
SVP
Sky Café

Jonathan Stent Torriani 
CEO
Newrest

Than Tan 
General Manager
Global Catering Vietnam

Michiel van der Eijk

Michiel van der Eijk
Managing
KLM Catering Services (KCS)

Erik Van Welzen
Owner
Erasmus Catering

Göksel Yildirim 
Managing Director
G.I.C. International

Guy Zacklad 
CEO
Servair

Board of directors

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CHAIR  Anne-Laure Perrin

Global Head of Operations & Continuous Improvement,  Catering & Retail
dnata

Pawel Litkiewicz

VICE-CHAIR Pawel Litkiewicz

CEO
Ferier

 

Siang Han Goh
SVP (Transition & Solutions)   SATS

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Angela Petzold
Chief Legal Officer
Gategroup

Alfred Rigler
CEO EMEA
LSG

Skycafe

Corrina Sheets
Senior Vice President
Sky Café

Jonathan Stent Torriani 
CEO
Newrest

Secretariat

Léa Bodossian
Managing Director
ACA

Mercedes Dieguez
Head of Marketing & Communication ACA

Ulrike Enneking
Food Safety Expert
ACA