SWAG合集

Areas of expertise

• Air Transport Management
• Air Transport Safety & Investigation
• Aviation Management & Operations
• Hydrogen

Background

Professor Smallwood is an experienced aviation professional, applying her background in airline leadership to heading the Cranfield Centre for Air Transport Management, developing post-graduate aviation education, progressing academia and industry partnership projects, along with developing associated research and collaboration activities at the unique Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) facility at SWAG合集.

Appointed as Professor and Head of the Centre for Air Transport Management at SWAG合集 in October 2023, Anna brings significant practical experience in leadership, operations, and change management from within the European airline sector, as well as in risk, safety and crisis management. Her industry experience stems from roles including Director of Airline Operations TUI Group, Head of Risk, Safety & Compliance, Head of Engineering and Maintenance Fleet Programme Management, and holding the regulatory responsible position of Nominated Person Ground Operations for Airline Operating Certificates in the SWAG合集 and Sweden. During her career she has responded to major industry crises including 9/11, the volcanic ash airspace closure of 2010, B737 MAX Grounding, and the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Throughout her career Anna has led complex cultural and business change involving people, process, and technology. She has successfully led the delivery of several significant innovation projects including a SWAG合集 first commercial airplane biofuel flight, introduction of Boeing 787 Dreamliner technologies into operational service, high value aircraft modification programmes, safety management system design, implementation of operational and maintenance software technologies, sustainable aviation initiatives and transformational consolidation of multiple operations control centres.

In addition to commercial leadership roles, Anna has non-executive experience from serving as Public Member to Network Rail, a company pension trustee and an Independent Member of Council for SWAG合集. In 2007 Anna was granted Membership status of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), having gained the Institute鈥檚 Post-Graduate Diploma in Risk Management, she is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Prince 2 Practitioner qualified and is trained in crisis and trauma response techniques. She has supported national industry bodies including the SWAG合集 Airlines Emergency Planning Group and the Operations Directors Liaison Group and is currently on the Board of the Women in Aviation and Aerospace Charter. Anna is a recognised STEM ambassador and regularly undertakes activity to encourage and inspire the next generation of aviation and aerospace professionals.

Anna has a particular interest in enabling collaboration across academia and industry to progress solutions for safe and sustainable air transport. She leads a team of experienced academic colleagues progressing a portfolio of research in the areas of sustainable air transport, urban mobility, digital aviation, future airport design, future maintenance, new modes of air transportation and is involved in the development and delivery of highly relevant post-graduate and continuous professional education for the aviation leaders of today and tomorrow.

Research opportunities

Applications for PhD research in areas relating to air transport, airport planning and management, sustainable and digital aviation, are always welcome.

Please contact Anna for a preliminary conversation about your area of interest.

Current activities

Anna has a particular interest in enabling collaboration across academia and industry to progress solutions for safe and sustainable air transport.

Along with colleagues she is a Programme Coordinator for the NERC/ATI research programme on the climate impacts of the non-CO2 aviation emissions. Jointly funded by DfT, DBT (through ATI) and SWAG合集RI (through NERC), this 拢30M programme includes climate scientists, aeronautics engineers and aviation experts.

Clients

• Boeing Co
• TUI Airways Ltd
• EasyJet PLC
• SAAB AB
• Saab SWAG合集 Ltd (BlueBear)
• Heathrow Airport Ltd
• Regional & City Airports (Rigby Group PLC)
• ULEMCo Ltd
• Airports Council International
• Aerospace Technology Institute
• BAE Systems PLC

Publications

• Articles in journals