Robert F. Agnew
President & CEO

Robert Agnew has over 30 years of extensive and diverse background in aviation and marketing consulting. Mr. Agnew has been pivotal in the significant growth of mba, and has experience as a leading provider of aircraft valuations to banks, airlines, and other institutions worldwide. He has led mba in becoming a significant player in the financial modeling and technical due diligence of airline and aircraft funding. Prior to founding mba, Mr. Agnew owned Agnew & Associates, which focused on consulting services to companies involved in travel, transportation, and telecommunications. Before the creation of Agnew & Associates, he was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales for World Airways. He began his commercial aviation career at Northwest Airlines (NWA) where he concentrated on government and contract sales, schedule planning, and corporate operations research. Mr. Agnew served in the United States Air Force as a Navigator with the Strategic Air Command where he served as a Wing Inspector.

Mr. Agnew brought mba to the final stages of accreditation for performing IATA Operational Safety Audits (IOSA). mba is one of seven firms capable of providing airlines with an audit leading to status as an IATA registered airline. In the near future, the FAA and other civil aviation regulatory authorities will accept the IATA registration as a basis for code share and other business agreements.

Mr. Agnew holds a Masters of Business Administration from University of North Dakota and is a member of the National Defense Transportation Association’s Military Airlift Committee. He is a recognized Certified Appraiser and member of the International Society of Transport Aircraft Traders (ISTAT) and the American Society of Appraisers. Further, he held Board positions with Sato Travel and the Airline Reporting Corporation (ARC).

Mr. Agnew is a frequent contributor to industry publications including the Euromoney Publication Air Finance Journal. As an industry authority, he has also provided expert opinions and testimony covering issues of breach of contract, traffic forecasts, and asset valuations in litigation procedures.

e-mail: rf@mba.aero

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