AIB boss bags Fellow Royal Aeronautical Society

The Chief Executive Officer, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB), Akin Olateru has been elected Fellow of the prestigious Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), in London.
He was also elected as a member of Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), United Kingdom.
RAes was established as an independent and impartial professional body with members from all the aerospace disciplines globally.
His election on June 5, 2018, was contained in a letter dated July 5, 2018 and signed by RAeS President, Rear Admiral Simon Henley and the Chief Executive, Simon Luxmoore.
Olateru is among the few Africans to make up the 3,201 persons worldwide that were elected Fellow in the 152 years old body.
Established in 1866 and headquartered in London, United Kingdom, the Society is the world’s most prestigious aviation society; the only aviation professional body dedicated to the aerospace community (military and civil) and seeks to further the advancement of aeronautical art, science and engineering around the world.
Since its creation, the body has admitted only 24,300 members and almost 300 corporate partners around the globe, reflecting its high and uncompromising operational standards and untainted integrity in its quest to remain at the forefront of developments in aerospace.
It seeks to promote the highest professional standards in all aerospace disciplines, provide specialist information & act as a central forum for the exchange of ideas, while playing a leading role in influencing opinion on aerospace matters.
Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), United Kingdom – an international affair think tank and worldleading policy institute with a mission to help governments and societies build a sustainably secure, prosperous and just world.
The institute analyses and promotes the understanding of major international issues and current affairs.
It is ranked as one of the most influential think-tanks in the world.
In the University of Pennsylvania’s rankings (announced in January 2017) for their Global Go To Think Tanks Report, Chatham House was ranked the think tank of the year, and the second most influential in the world after the Brookings Institution, and the world’s most influential non-U.S.
think tank.
In November 2016, Chatham House was also named Prospect magazine’s Think-Tank of the Year, as well as the winner in the UK categories for International Affairs and Energy and Environment.
Founded in 1920, Chatham House has 3,300 members based in over 75 countries.
Its members and subscribers are drawn from the worlds of business, diplomacy, academia, politics, the media and civil society, and large numbers of students.
Olateru’s election as a Fellow of the RAeS, is coming after the Society conducted very strict and rigorous due diligence bordering on records of his personal integrity, good conduct, and outstanding contributions to the aviation industry; so also, with his election into Chatham House.
These are global testimonials and recognition of his achievements and professionalism that clearly highlight his zest to grow and strengthen the aviation sector.
His experience and pedigree acquired in more than 30 years of versatile work exposure, crisscross’s the Aviation Industry in the UK, Europe and Nigeria, at hands-on operational, management and top executive levels.

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