Biography
Hany Bakr is a strategic aviation security executive with over two decades of international leadership experience spanning the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United States, and Egypt. He has conducted aviation business across more than 160 countries and has a proven record of leading complex, multidisciplinary security operations within ICAO, IATA, air carriers, business aviation, airports and global regulatory environments.
As Senior Vice President of Aviation & Maritime Security at MedAire Hany leads global security risk management operations supporting more than 300 commercial air carriers and 7,000 business jets across six continents. He advises aviation and maritime leaders and operators on complex security threats, geopolitical developments, operational disruption and crisis response, enabling informed decisions that protect people, assets and operations.
Hany also serves as an ICAO Subject Matter Expert on risk management for civil aircraft operations over or near conflict zones. In this capacity, he is designing an ICAO Implementation Package (iPack) to help ICAO Member States establish systematic and effective frameworks for identifying, assessing and managing security risks to flight operations in and around conflict zones.
As a member of the MedAire Executive Leadership Team, Hany brings extensive expertise in aviation security policy and strategy, ICAO Annex 17 implementation, regulatory compliance and oversight, Security Management Systems (SeMS), threat and risk assessment, crisis management, organisational resilience and
geopolitical risk mitigation.
Previously, Hany served as ICAO Regional Officer for Aviation Security and Facilitation, supporting Member States with the implementation of ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices, National Civil Aviation Security Programmes, Universal Security Audit Programme activities, and capacity building. His responsibilities included strategic engagement with governments, regulators, international organisations, UN agencies and aviation industry stakeholders.
Hany served as Vice President Group Security for Qatar Airways and Head of Safety and Security for FlyNAS, with responsibility for global aviation security operations across a network spanning more than 130 countries. He also chaired the oneworld Alliance Aviation Security Group and the Arab Air Carriers’ Organisation Aviation Security Group and served as a member of the IATA Security Executive Group.
A recognised aviation security leader, Hany has extensive experience advising boards, executive leadership teams, government authorities and senior industry stakeholders. He regularly represents the aviation sector at international conferences, high-level forums and industry events, sharing operational insight, advancing security risk-management practices and promoting closer cooperation between governments, regulators and industry.