OUR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE YOU CAN PUT IN THE ROOM.
At 1BlueHorizon, senior expertise is not something that sits behind the project team. It is the project team. Our clients work directly with experienced executives and subject-matter experts who bring decades of real-world experience across aviation, aerospace, MRO, logistics, operations, innovation and international business. We deliberately keep our teams senior, focused and close to the client. Depending on the assignment, we complement our core team with selected industry specialists — bringing in the right expertise when and where it is needed. No unnecessary layers. Direct access to experience.
Leonard Favre
Managing Partner | Aviation, Aerospace & Strategic Advisory
Leonard brings 25+ years of international experience as a senior executive and strategic advisor, with a primary focus on aviation, aerospace and defense. He holds a PhD in Corporate Resilience, complementing his executive experience with research into how organizations anticipate disruption, adapt to uncertainty and build the capabilities required to remain resilient over time. He advises boards, shareholders and executive teams on strategy, transformation, operating models, performance improvement and critical business situations — combining strategic perspective, academic insight and real-world experience to move from analysis to decision and execution. His extensive experience across international and multicultural environments enables him to challenge complex issues from both an executive and operational perspective.
25+ Years | PhD Corporate Resilience | Executive & Board Advisory | Aviation & Aerospace | Defense | Strategy | Transformation | Operating Models | Turnaround
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Herve Collignon
Partner | Innovation & Human-Centered Transformation
Hervé brings 25+ years of experience across multinational and creative environments, specializing in innovation and human-centered transformation. He helps organizations challenge established ways of working, translate complex problems into practical solutions and use design-led approaches to support innovation, customer experience and organizational change.
His work connects creative thinking with business realities — helping leadership teams turn ideas into solutions that can be understood, tested and implemented.
25+ Years | Innovation | Human-Centered Transformation | Design Thinking | Customer Experience | Facilitation | Organizational Change
Jonathan Colignon
Partner | Air Cargo, Ground Operations & Aviation Safety
Jonathan brings 20+ years of hands-on aviation experience across air cargo, logistics, ground operations, safety, training and regulatory compliance. His expertise spans load control, freight and ground-operations set-up, Dangerous Goods regulations, aviation safety and local civil aviation requirements. As an experienced aviation trainer and IATA-certified instructor, he also supports organizations in developing operational capability, strengthening compliance and transferring critical aviation knowledge.
20+ Years | Air Cargo | Ground Operations | Aviation Safety | Dangerous Goods | Compliance | Training | Operational Capability
Khalid Saeed Al Hemeiri
Partner | Middle East Strategic Partnerships
Khalid brings 20+ years of hands-on management experience and an extensive understanding of business environments in the Middle East. With experience across hospitality, logistics and business development, he supports organizations seeking to establish, develop or strengthen their presence in the region.
His ability to build relationships at senior levels and navigate local business environments provides clients with valuable perspective when assessing opportunities, partnerships and market-entry decisions.
20+ Years | Middle East | Business Development | Strategic Partnerships | Market Entry | Logistics | Hospitality | Stakeholder Engagement
Kumaraswamy Segavalu
Partner | Aerospace, MRO & Aviation Policy
Kumar brings 20+ years of aviation experience spanning aerospace management, aircraft operations, aviation policy and MRO. He combines hands-on operational and regulatory expertise with a strategic understanding of aerospace industrial development, manufacturing and aviation services, with particular insight into India's rapidly evolving aviation and aerospace ecosystem. He holds an Executive MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), complementing his extensive aviation experience with a broader perspective on strategy, leadership and business transformation. He advises organizations at the intersection of strategy, operational capability, regulatory requirements and industrial development — helping translate ambitious aviation and aerospace objectives into practical and sustainable outcomes.
20+ Years | Executive MBA | Aerospace | MRO | Aircraft Operations | Aviation Policy | Industrial Development | Manufacturing | Regulatory Environment | India
THE RIGHT EXPERTISE FOR THE SITUATION.
Not every assignment requires the same team. 1BlueHorizon works with a trusted international network of senior executives, operators and subject-matter experts who can be brought into an assignment when specific industry, functional or geographic expertise is required. This allows us to remain agile while giving our clients access to specialized experience without building unnecessarily large consulting teams. The right people. The right experience. At the right time.
SENIOR BY DESIGN.
Our model is simple: the people our clients meet are the people who do the work. We combine technology-enabled analysis with senior judgment, direct client engagement and hands-on execution. Because when the decisions matter, experience should not be several layers away. AI-enabled. Experience-led. Execution-focused.