ICNS 2025 Keynote Speaker Overview

Florian Guillermet, Executive Director, EASA

Florian Guillermet has been executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) since April 2024.

He has worked in the aviation sector for over 25 years, holding top-level management posts in France and the European Union. In addition to extensive leadership experience, he has acquired profound knowledge of many aviation domains, particularly safety and air traffic management (ATM).

Guillermet joined EASA from France’s air navigation service provider DSNA, where he had been director of air navigation services since June 2021. Prior to that, he was executive director at SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU). He stepped up to this role in 2014, after two years as deputy executive director of the SJU.

He held various positions at EUROCONTROL from 2003 to 2011, ranging from system developments to operational service delivery. His earlier work experience involved various aviation roles in France.

Guillermet studied engineering, including applied mathematics, computer science and business administration at the École Polytechnique in Paris and has a master’s degree in air transport management and aeronautics from the French National School for Aviation (ENAC). He also studied at UCLA in Los Angeles, California.

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Pascal Luciani, Deputy Director ANB, ICAO

Pascal Luciani is an engineer with 25 years of experience in transport in the civil administration of France and international organizations, 15 years of which in civil aviation.

Prior to joining the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as deputy director for air navigation and aviation safety, he served as deputy director for the French Safety Oversight Authority from 2018 to 2022. From 2014 to 2018 Pascal was the aviation counselor at the Permanent Representation for France with the European Union, covering all fields of aviation and was also responsible for shipping. In 2008 he was tasked with creating the Sustainable Aviation Department, DGAC, France, which he headed from 2008 to 2013.

Pascal’s experience in public service before joining the aviation sector includes road infrastructure and road safety (1997 – 2001) and port infrastructure and development (2001- 2005). He also served for two years as technical advisor for the Ministers of Environment and Transport (2005 – 2007). Pascal also headed the modernization mission in charge of supervising the merging of the Ministries of Transport and Environment in France (2007-2008).