James Reginald Hogan, is an Australian airline executive who is the founder and chairman of aviation advisory and investment firm Knighthood Global.[1]
He was the previous President and CEO of Etihad Airways from 2006 to 2017.[2][3] He was also the previous CEO of Gulf Air from 2002 to 2006.[4]
Early life
James Hogan grew up in Melbourne, Victoria, and attended Ivanhoe Grammar School, graduating in 1975.[5]
Career
Early career
James Hogan began his career in 1975 at Ansett Airlines as an ordinary employee including check-in assistant. He subsequently held senior positions with Hertz Corporation, where his roles included directorships of the marketing, sales, and operations divisions. In 1995 he joined the London-based executive management committee as Vice President of Marketing and Sales for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In 1997 Hogan became service director for British Midland International (BMI), leaving in 1998 to join the Granada Group as worldwide sales director, where he sat on the board of Forte Hotels. He returned to BMI in 1999 as chief operating officer, where he was responsible for flight and ground operations, sales and marketing, commercial, cargo, engineering and handling service companies; he was a member of the board of directors.
In 2001 Hogan moved back to his native Australia, where he was appointed chief executive of the Tesna consortium, which was created with the aim of acquiring Ansett Airlines from administration.
Gulf Air
Affiliations and awards
Hogan is a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a former non-executive director, and member of the board's Audit Committee, of the Gallaher Group. In 2010, he served as the chairman of the Aviation Travel and Tourism Governors at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He currently serves on the executive committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council. In June 2011 he was appointed to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Board of Governors.
CEO Middle East magazine named him Aviation CEO of the Year in 2008 and Visionary of the Year in 2010. He won the CAPA Airline Executive of the Year 2012 Award at the Centre for Aviation's global awards for excellence and leadership in 2012.
In the Australian 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Hogan was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).[18]
Further reading
References
- Ben Schlappig. Former Etihad CEO Now A Global Airlines Shareholder: Are We Being Trolled? One Mile At A Time, 1 May 2025^
- James Hogan Etihadairways.com, retrieved 10 November 2011^
- Alicia Buller. 'I would do nothing different': Former Etihad CEO James Hogan says he has 'moved on'