Judges
Alex McGowan
General Manager, Product - Cathay Pacific
Biography
Alex McGowan joined Cathay Pacific in 2005 from airline technology company Tenzing Communications (now Onair) where he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He started his career as a Management Trainee with British Airways where he spent 5 years working across different disciplines.
Mr McGowan has undertaken various roles in Cathay Pacific and was appointed General Manager, Product in July 2011. He leads the team responsible for developing the end to end customer proposition for Cathay Pacific and Dragonair. This includes the onboard and ground product portfolio encompassing worldwide lounges, aircraft cabin interiors and inflight entertainment. In addition he oversees the company\'s research and design functions.
Design Excellence
Design Excellence enhances the environment in which it\'s found; performs the function for which it\'s intended flawlessly; and inspires the people for whom it was created.