Xie Xingquan to lead Iata in North Asia
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has appointed Xie Xingquan as its regional vice president for North Asia. Xie has held various appointments in China, Canada and Singapore during his 24 year career in the aviation industry.
Xie was director of the policy, law and regulation division at the R&D centre of the general administration of civil aviation of China (CAAC) (1998-2008), assistant legal officer at the international civil aviation organisation based in Montreal (2008-2010), and director general of the policy, law & regulations institute at the China academy of civil aviation science & technology (2010-2011). He has been with Iata since 2011, where he is currently the association’s assistant director, legal, based in Montreal. (cj)