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Richard Holt, SH&E Vice President

Area of Specialization
Richard Holt is a Vice President of SH&E with 19 years experience in airport management and strategy development. His primary expertise lies in air traffic forecasting, business planning and strategy and air transport policy development. These skills have been used and developed in a number of exercises including privatisation and due diligence, airport master planning, business plan development and government airports policy development.

Client	Engagement
Government of Slovakia	Assistance with privatisation of Bratislava and Košice airports including preparation of traffic forecasts and Airport Development studies
Budapest Airport	Study on airport charges at Budapest and development of a pricing structure for Terminal 1 as a reduced service facility
London Luton Airport	Preparation of traffic forecasts for Master Plan. Included consideration of factors determining the allocation of different traffic types between airports in the London airport system.
COWI-Larsen	Review of traffic forecasts for master plans for Muscat and Salalah airports in Oman
Irish Department of Transport	Review of Dublin Airport Authority’s business plans and capital expansion programme in light of regulatory determination Review of passenger forecasts and capex at Cork Airport
IFC	Assistance in the expansion of the Hajj Terminal for the King Abdulaziz International Airport at Jeddah under a Private Sector Participation
HOCHTIEF AirPort	Review of traffic forecasts and business plan for Budapest Airport
Balfour Beatty	reparation of traffic forecasts for London City and Exeter airports in support of bids to purchase airports
Goldman Sachs	Preparation of forecasts of passengers, aeronautical and commercial incomes in support of bid for BAA
Dube TradePort	Preparation of air services strategy for new airport at Durban, South Africa
Brussels Airlines	Assistance on discussions with Brussels Airport on the relocation of gates for the airline’s long-haul services
VLM Airlines	Preparation of traffic forecasts in relation to the proposed sale of the airline
Hutton Collins	Preparation of traffic and market forecasts in relation to the acquisition of Futura International Airways
Birmingham International Airport	Preparation of long-term traffic forecasts to support airport privatisation programme, airport master plan, credit rating and issuing of bonds.
	Development of airport company’s response to the UK Government’s major consultation on the future development of air transport
	Airport charges review including evaluation of alternative structures, impact on customer airlines and benchmarking against key competitors.
	Development of market case, including forecasts and aircraft performance evaluation, for a major runway extension scheme.

Background
Prior to joining SH&E, Richard Holt was Head of Strategy at Birmingham International Airport where key responsibilities included traffic forecasting, strategy and policy development and analysis of industry developments. He was also a member of the executive management team responsible for the day-to-day management of the UK’s fifth largest airport. Prior to joining the airport he worked in consultancy in the ports industry. He also has experience in airfreight and road haulage.

Education
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, BSc (Hons)
International Transport

Languages
English