Céline Hourcade

Founder and Managing Director of Change Horizon, Céline is a driver of positive change with 20 years of experience in international environment, mainly in the aviation & logistics sectors.

As former Head of Cargo Transformation at IATA and Transition Director of TIACA, Celine has a proven expertise in air cargo, sustainability, innovation, digitalization, unmanned aviation, diversity & inclusion, strategy setting, change management, outreach campaigns, project management & delivery. Jury of several industry awards, Celine is also a regular speaker at industry events and in the press about innovation, sustainability, and transformation in transport. Acting as strategic advisor to several leaders of industry associations, corporates and start-ups on sustainability matters affecting transport, Celine has been appointed as non-executive Board member of the Foundation for Future Supply Chain.

Celine is also passionate about learning & development and diversity & inclusion matters. She is the co-founder of the Future Air Cargo Executives (FACE) program to attract, develop and retain the young talents in the air cargo industry started in 2013 and the co-founder of the Women in Aviation & Logistics (WAL) initiative to improve the gender balance within the aviation & logistics sectors in 2021.