Catherine Buchanan is to head up the newly-opened Dubai office of charter sales company Vertis Aviation in January 2014. Buchanan hopes that Vertis will be able to widen its GCC network: “With executive aviation moving to Dubai World Central-Al Maktoum, the aviation landscape is changing,” she says.

“The region values bespoke service and the boutique-style model which we provide will be extremely attractive for our customer base.”