Zhang Kaijian Senior Advisor Beijing Office, Aviation Practice

Zhang Kaijian joined GCW Consulting in December 2005 as a Senior Advisor, and is based in the Beijing Office.

Kaijian, a 35-year veteran of China’s airline industry, was Deputy Chief Economist, mainly in charge of airline alliances and partnership, of Air China for 5 years. He also held various positions in Air China in the 1990s, such as General Manager of the Passenger Transportation Department, and Director of Marketing and Sales Division. In the 1980s he was CAAC’s General Manager based at various times, in the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Kuwait. Kaijian was granted the certificate of Senior Economist by CAAC in 1998.

In 2005, Kaijian was invited to be a member of an expert team for “Management Encyclopedia of China Civil Aviation” as an expert in air transport industry. His name is mentioned in the book of “Who’s Who of Chinese Experts” published in 2001. Kaijian likes to study the air transport theory and to write articles related to airline business. Most of his articles were published in the newspapers or magazines of China civil aviation industry. He has also been invited to be a keynote speaker at various forums, such as “International Symposium Aircraft” in Tokyo, Japan, and “Boao Forum for Asia” in Hainan, China.

Kaijian can be contacted at GCW’s Beijing Office, via e-mail at kzhang@gcwconsulting.com

A Beijing University of Foreign Languages graduate, Kaijian is well verse in English and Arabic language.