Tanja Grobotek - CANSO
Biography
Tanja Grobotek, Director Europe Affairs, CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation) joined CANSO in 2018 and is responsible for CANSO's activities and objectives in Europe. These objectives are to support Members in their delivery of a safe, efficient and sustainable air traffic management system across Europe, and strengthen air traffic management (ATM) performance. CANSO's Europe Region leads CANSO's policy and lobbying input into the European Union bodies (Commission, Parliament, Council), EUROCONTROL, European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), SESAR Joint Undertaking and the SESAR Deployment Manager, as well as to the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) and the European and North Atlantic (EUR/NAT) Office of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and coordinates air navigation service provider (ANSP) best practice in the region. Much of the focus is on shaping and influencing the Single European Sky initiative.
Tanja previously worked at IATA (International Air Transport Association) as Regional Director Safety and Flight Operations (SFO) – Africa and Middle East where she was responsible for providing strategic direction, guidance and leadership for IATA's safety, flight operations and infrastructure activities and initiatives. From August 2013 to February 2014, Tanja was also ad interim Vice President Africa. Tanja has significant experience of working with governments and international air transport institutions across Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Before joining IATA, she was a flow control specialist with South African air navigation service provider, ATNS, where she established the Central Airspace Management Unit (CAMU). She started her aviation career in the airline maintenance planning division of Croatia Airlines.
Tanja holds an Executive Master in Business Administration in Aviation Management from Geneva University and a Bachelor of Science in Air Transport Engineering from the Transport Science University in Croatia.
