For much of its 30-year history, the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has had to work with a small staff consisting of just a handful of full-time employees. Indeed, the size of its payroll has been extremely modest compared with that of its U.S. counterpart, the National Business Aviation Association. But the significant additional income brought in from the successful annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition is allowing EBAA to bolster its human resources judiciously.
The EBAA staff is currently led by CEO Brian Humphries, who reports to a board of governors chaired by Dr. Rodolfo Baviera (from Italian operator Eurofly Service) and composed of 18 persons who are elected by the annual general meeting (AGM) of members. In fact, Humphries is due to step down as CEO later this year to be replaced by someone who will hold the job on a full-time basis. Officially, he has been working part-time, although in practice he has been effectively serving on a full-time basis. Once a replacement CEO is found, Humphries will assume the part-time advisory roll of EBAA president.
