Nick Fadugba, CEO of African Aviation Services, has been appointed chairman of AfBAA, the African Business Aviation Association. He was selected last week by the association’s board of directors during EBACE 2018 in Geneva. Fadugba replaces Tarek Ragheb, the founding chairman of the association.

Fadugba established African Aviation Services in 1990 and has provided consultancy and advisory services to international and African aviation organizations and governments over the years. He is a former secretary general of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) and an advisor to the Association of African Aviation Training Organisations (AATO).

Rady Fahmy, the association’s executive director, said, “We are delighted with the appointment of Mr. Fadugba as the new chairman of AfBAA. The new chairman is tasked with setting the vision, future direction, and strategic agenda.”

“My immediate goals are to build on the reputation of AfBAA, make it more relevant to its membership, and ensure its financial sustainability," Fadugba said. "In this regard, I am pleased to confirm that AfBAA will now embrace both the business and general aviation industry throughout Africa, giving it a much wider and deeper footprint on the African continent.”

AfBAA’s main event this year, the Commercial General Aviation Symposium (CGAS), will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 22 and 23.