Meet the board
London City Airport is owned by a consortium made up of AIMCo, Macquarie Asset Management, OMERS and Wren House Infrastructure.
Representatives from each organisation sit on the airport’s board, taking responsibility for setting our long-term strategy and overseeing performance to make sure we meet our objectives
Mel Ewell | Chairman of the Board
Mel was appointed Chair of London City Airport in December 2023. Mel’s career spans 35 years, with 15 spent as CEO of the leading UK public and regulated services provider Amey. Under his tenure he successfully guided Amey through its sale to Ferrovial before retiring in 2016. He previously held a number of senior management positions for TNT International, Xerox and ADI Group.
Mel is a Trustee of the Duke of Edinburgh Award. He studied at Kingston University where he gained a BSc (Hons) in Geography and subsequently an honorary doctorate.
Eric Machiels | Director, OMERS
Eric joined OMERS Infrastructure’s London office in October 2017. As Managing Director, Asset Management, his main focus is to drive value growth within OMERS portfolio companies at the board and senior executive level, while drawing on his prior executive background in turning around and growing private equity-owned companies. He also supports the OMERS transaction teams at the asset acquisition stage.
Prior to this position, Eric served for eight years as CEO of Infinis Energy, a UK renewable energy company owned by Terra Firma Capital Partners, which joined the London FTSE-250 following its IPO. He also held executive turnaround positions with two portfolio companies owned by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, the US private equity firm.
Eric has a Licentiate in Law from the University of Leuven (Belgium), and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Luca Lupo | Director, OMERS
Luca joined OMERS Infrastructure in November 2022. He is a Managing Director and is based in London, where he leads the investment in transportation and community infrastructure assets across Europe. Prior to joining OMERS, Luca was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in the Transportation & Infrastructure team in the Investment Banking department.
Luca holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Engineering with a specialisation in Finance from Politecnico di Milano, where he has also been a lecturer of Corporate Finance.
Greg Pestrak | Director, Wren House Infrastructure
Greg is a Managing Director at Wren House Infrastructure, where his focus is on Asset Management across the portfolio.
Prior to joining Wren House in July 2017, Greg was a Partner in KPMG’s Global Strategy Group based in the UK, where he was the Infrastructure lead since 2009. In this role, he worked with Infrastructure investors, leading value creation reviews with management teams across a number of global portfolio companies.
Greg has over 17 years consulting experience, working with Investors and Corporates to drive performance improvement. Prior to his career in consulting, he worked in Finance with Rothschild Asset Management and Jardine Fleming Asset Management in Hong Kong and the UK.
Greg holds a Sloan Fellowship Masters in Management from the London Business School and B.A. from The University of King’s College, Canada.
Naser AlAujan | Director, Wren House Infrastructure
Naser joined Wren House in 2015 and is a Director involved in the origination, execution and asset management of investments. Prior to joining Wren House, Naser worked for Asiya Investments in Hong Kong and Kuwait, as well as for Wafra Investment Advisory Group in New York.
Naser holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
Gordon Parsons | Director, Macquarie Asset Management
Gordon joined Macquarie in September 2007 and is a Senior Managing Director based in London. He was previously the Managing Director of Npower Business and was a member of the Executive Team of RWE Npower Retail, Britain’s largest electricity supplier. Prior to Npower, Gordon's career was in the energy industry, previously working for TXU Europe, Powergen (now E.On) and East Midlands Electricity.
His background is primarily in commodity trading and risk management, but he has also operated in Sales Director and Marketing Directors roles for TXU and RWE Npower respectively.
Ahmed Mubashir | Director, AIMCo
Ahmed Mubashir joined AIMCo in a direct investment role in 2011. In his role as Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Europe and Asia, Ahmed leads the origination, execution and management of infrastructure investments across Europe and Asia out of AIMCo's London office.
Ahmed serves on the Boards of multiple investee companies. He has an MBA from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering from McGill University. He is also a CFA Charterholder.
Ross Clemmow | Director, AIMCo
Ross Clemmow is CEO of HomeServe EMEA, a portfolio company of Brookfield Infrastructure. Prior to joining HomeServe, Ross fulfilled the dual role of CEO of WiggleCRC, the international online sports retailer, and Managing Director at Bridgepoint, where he was responsible for improving digital capability across Bridgepoint’s portfolio.
Prior to Bridgepoint, Ross held senior roles in digital retail with Argos and Debenhams, and in consulting with Bain & Company. Ross started his career at Procter & Gamble in marketing. He has a Masters degree in Engineering from Imperial College London.