Stéphane Breton has over 30 years of experience in the civil aviation industry, including 20 years as an international consultant. He has a Master's in Airport Planning and Management from Cranfield University and experience managing projects and teams for organizations like IATA and the EU. His expertise includes areas like airport management, aviation safety and security, strategy development, and training.

1. Stéphane BRETON
CURRICULUM VITAE
Proposed role in the project: Key expert – Civil Aviation / Airport Management
1. Family name: BRETON
2. First names: Stephane
3. Date of birth: 16.10.1965
4. Passport holder Ireland and Canada
5. Residence: Ireland
6. Education:
Institution (Date from - Date to) Degree(s) or Diploma(s) obtained:
Cranfield University, United Kingdom (2008 – 2009) MSc Airport Planning and Management
McGill University, Canada (1996)
Certificate in Transport Management
(partial)
Université du Québec à Montréal (1992 – 1994) Bachelor of Business Administration
7. Language skills: 1 to 5 (1 - excellent; 5 - basic)
Language Reading Speaking Writing
French Mother tongue: Excellent
English 1 - Excellent 1 - Excellent 1 - Excellent
8. Membership of professional bodies: Nil
9. Other skills: Fluency with MS Office Suite, good working knowledge of Visual Basic for Applications
10. Present position: Founder and Senior Consultant at BretonAviation
11. Years in the industry: 11 years as an international freelance consultant, 20 years in the airport / civil
aviation industry.
12. Key qualifications:
• Two decades of experience in the field of Civil Aviation
o Since 2000, technical assistance and training projects at the international level worldwide.
• Proven experience with the evaluation approach and methods for the EU’s external assistance
o Team Leader: Final Evaluation of the EU-China (EUCCAP) project “Institutional Capacity Building
for the Civil Aviation Sector in China” (2014);
o Team Leader: ex-post Final Evaluation of the EU-funded project “Support of ASECNA Training
Program” (2011);
o Aviation Expert: Mid-term Review of EU-funded “Aviation Sector Support Programme in Zambia”
(2014).
• Proven experience of leading a team and managing projects
o Led teams of training facilitators to deliver airport/civil aviation courses, worldwide;
o Led teams of consultants to deliver technical assistance projects, worldwide.
• Familiarity with the civil aviation sector in Europe, North and Central America, Africa and Asia
• Experience with such projects as the creation of an autonomous civil aviation authority (D.R. Congo),
the development of a new Civil Aviation Code (Madagascar), the human resources audit of a civil
aviation authority (Rwanda), and the development of a national strategy for a multi-airport system
(Algeria);
• MSc in Airport Planning and Management (Cranfield University);
• Former officer in Canada’s bilingual Armed Forces.
13. Worldwide experience in the civil aviation industry:
• Africa / Middle East: Algeria; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ivory Coast; Mali; Morocco; Niger;
Senegal; Soudan; South Africa; United Arab Emirates
• Americas: Antigua; Anguilla; Barbados; Canada; Dominica; Grenada; Haiti; Montserrat; St. Kitts and
Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; United States of America
• Asia: China; Korea (South); Malaysia; Singapore
• Europe: Poland; Portugal; Switzerland

2. Stéphane BRETON
14. Professional experience in Civil Aviation:
Dates Location
Company and
reference person
Position Description
April 2015 – January
2016
Bamako, Mali;
Dakar, Senegal
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert
Delivery of advisory and technical assistance services during the Project for the improvement
of Aviation Security in Africa. This included the conduct of AVSEC assessment site visits, re-
writing of AVSEC Programmes (NCASP, NCASTP, etc.), supervising the delivery of training
services, as well as arranging and supervising the delivery and installation of computer-
based training packages.
November 2014 to
February 2015
Beijing and
Tianjin, China
TIEG / Mr. M. Doumont
michel.doumont@tieg-
eeig.eu
Team Leader /
Aviation Expert
Final Evaluation of the EU-China Civil Aviation Project (EUCCAP). This €10.1 million, 4-year
Institutional Capacity Building project addressed the key critical bottlenecks within the rapidly
expanding civil aviation sector of China through the delivery of a variety of training activities:
workshops, lectures, study tours and even Master’s Degree Programs at the Civil Aviation
University of China. The Project focused on such issues as ATM and Airport Regulation,
Capacity & Performance in ATM, Airworthiness, Maintenance & Operations,
Accident/Incident Investigation, Flight Instructor Training, as well as Development of General
Aviation. The evaluation was carried out in accordance with the Project Cycle Management
(PCM) Guidelines and the Evaluation Methodology of the European Commission (EC). Main
beneficiary: Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC)
June to September
2014
Rabat, Morocco
IATA / Mr. L. DeLarue
delaruel@iata.org
Team Leader /
Aviation Expert
Study related to the improvement of the quality of air services in Morocco, including the
development of a computerized (Excel-based) dashboard tool to analyse the state of the
industry; the project included the objective analysis of the evolution of quality through
measuring indicators for each of 5 separate dimensions of quality over a 5-year period and
over a 5-country benchmark region. Final client: Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile,
Royaume du Maroc.
May to June 2014
Lusaka,
Zambia
ARS Progetti / Mr.
Daniele Fanciullacci
arsprogetti.spa@pec.it
Aviation Expert
Mid-term review of EU-funded Aviation sector support programme in Zambia, a European
Commission Framework Assignment under the 10th EDF. This evaluation was carried out in
accordance with the Project Cycle Management Guidelines and the Evaluation Methodology
of the European Commission. It analysed the relevance of the project objectives, the quality
of the project design, the effectiveness of the overall project and the impact the project was
having on the aviation sector of Zambia. Recommendations were formulated with a view to
help the EC draw on lessons learnt from past and ongoing interventions.
February 2013 to
April 2014
Kigali, Rwanda
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert
and Section Team
Leader
Complete internal HR Audit of the 208 employee-strong Civil Aviation Authority of Rwanda,
aiming to strengthen the institutional capacity of the CAA Tasks included: leading and
managing the complete process of creating, distributing, compiling and analysing individually-
tailored questionnaires to measure strengths and weaknesses, training gaps and job
suitability; the development of a 3-year training program supported by individual training
plans; the development of a motivational strategy along with the right salary structure, and
the redaction of a Personnel Rules & Regulations Manual.

3. Stéphane BRETON
August to October
2013
Kinshasa, D.R.
Congo
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert /
Section Team
Leader
Development of strategies and plans to ensure that the Civil Aviation Authority of D.R. Congo
reaches and maintains financial autonomy – tasks included a salary benchmark, the creation
of an interactive, flexible and robust financial model using MS Excel, and the development of
air traffic forecast.
December 2012 Office-based
IATA / Mr. G. Brazeau
BrazeauG@IATA.org
Aviation Expert
Business Development for IATA’s Airport and Civil Aviation Consulting – Registration of IATA
as a preferred supplier with airports /civil aviation authorities.
July to November
2012
8 Caribbean
countries
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert
Complete redaction of eight (8) Airport Security Programmes and Screener Certification
Programs for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (8 States).
June to September
2012
Haiti
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Team Leader
Leading a team (architect, safety & security expert, commercial development specialist),
developed an action plan for the rehabilitation of Port-Au-Prince passenger terminal building,
including update of 20-year forecast (Haiti).
April to June 2011
Niger and
Senegal
NEA Transport
Research/Mr. A Roest
Crollius
ARC@nea.nl
Team Leader /
Aviation Expert
Final ex-post assessment, using the logical framework analysis, of project implementation:
EU support of ASECNA (Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation Aérienne en Afrique et à
Madagascar) training program. This evaluation, which included field inspections in Dakar and
Niamey, focussed on assessing achieved impacts, identifying and judging unexpected
impacts and verifying the sustainability of the intervention’s benefits. (Senegal and Niger).
February to April
2011
Algeria
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert /
Section Team
Leader
Technical assistance in airport certification which included the development and delivery of a
workshop to train aerodrome inspectors, leading those inspectors in a mock-up inspection,
complete update of a Certification Manual, and the review and analysis of the progress
towards certification for Algiers and Oran Airports.
February to
November 2010
Algeria
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert /
Section Team
Leader
Development and implementation of a national aviation safety incident reporting system for
Civil Aviation Authority Algeria, which included the redaction of rules and regulations, the
development and delivery of a workshop to all aeronautical service providers, and leading the
development of the computerized reporting tool.
January 2005 to
October 2010
Multiple locations,
including China
IATA / Mr. G. Brazeau
BrazeauG@IATA.org
Aviation Expert /
Course Developer
and Facilitator
Research, development and delivery of specialised airport/aviation training:
Airport Marketing and Private Sector Participation (Algeria)
Airport Marketing (China, South Korea, Sudan, Switzerland)
Airport Strategic Management (Canada, Singapore, Sudan)
Air Service Development (Canada, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Malaysia)
Airport Safety Management Systems (U.S.A.)
June 2007 to January
2008
Algeria
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert
Feasibility study to restructure the national airport system of Algeria (36 airports) and involve
the private sector in its management and development; this included the development of
marketing strategies and of 30-year forecast for these airports.
September to
December 2007
Algeria
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert
Development of a national airport strategy, including the analysis of measures to promote
competition in the air transport industry of the country.
February to March
2007
Canada
IATA / Mr. G. Brazeau
BrazeauG@IATA.org
Product Manager
/ Team Leader
Product development and the recruiting, hiring and managing of training facilitators for the
2007 IATA Aviation Security Courses (Canada).

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September 2005 to
January 2006
Kinshasa, D.R.
Congo
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert
Development of strategy, structures and plans for the creation of an autonomous civil aviation
authority in the Democratic Republic of Congo; this included the redaction of relevant texts
(draft laws and regulations).
February to
September 2005
Kinshasa, D.R.
Congo
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert
Feasibility study to restructure the operations of the national airport system and involve the
private sector in its management and development; this study included the development of
marketing strategies and of 30-year forecast for 20 airports.
June to July 2005 Malaysia
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Aviation Expert Development of a Strategic Marketing / Air Services Plan for Johor Bahru Airport.
January to February
2005
Canada
IMMPAQ Aviation Inc./
Mr. R. Lanthier
immpaq@yahoo.fr
Aviation Expert
Development of a new Civil Aviation Code (Basic Law and Regulations) for Civil Aviation
Authority Madagascar.
May to December
2004
Montreal, Canada
IATA / Mr. R. Lanthier
LanthierR@IATA.org
Project Manager
Project-managed aviation consulting services in air transportation at an international level for
the consulting branch of the International Air Transport Association.
February 2000 to
April 2004
Montreal and
various locations
IATA / Mr. G. Brazeau
BrazeauG@IATA.org
Product Manager
Managed the complete process of delivering, on the international field, numerous civil
aviation management and operation training courses, with an annual value in excess of USD
1 million. This included course research and development, marketing, promotion and sales
as well as the recruitment and management of instructors for these courses.
June 1994 to January
2000
Montreal, Canada
Aéroports de Montréal
/ Mr. M.A. Varin
marc-
andre.varin@keolis.ca
Senior Analyst
Performed analysis of aviation traffic flows and forecasts of air traffic, prepared the annual
budget of aeronautical revenues, completed market research and analysis projects.
Conducted the assessment, on an ongoing basis, of the level and quality of customer service
provided by the local airport authority and its various partners.
Developed and maintained databases on the aviation and tourism industry.