Charles Pace accumulated more than 40+ years of aviation experience starting out as cabin crew member, before moving into Ground Operations and eventually obtaining his CPL and ATPL in Scotland & the UK. Mr Pace started out flying 737s as a first officer and was promoted to captain a few years later. He was a TRI/TRE on the fleet and went on to become chief pilot Boeing 737 at the national airline. He has held posts as Air Malta's Safety and Compliance Manager where he was also involved in training and development of staff.

In 2013, Mr Pace was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Transport Authority in Malta and later became its Director General for Civil Aviation. Charles Pace is part of the National Security Committee, the Sanctions Monitoring Board and the National Aerospace Board.

Appointed as Chairman of the JAA TO Foundation Board in December 2023.

Mirjana Čizmarov graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. Throughout her career, she has dealt with the legal aspects of the European integration process in several institutions and in various civil aviation domains. From 2002 till 2005, she served as deputy minister of transport in charge of European integration. Since 2006, Mrs. Čizmarov has been employed with the Civil Aviation Directorate, working as legal and general affairs director, special adviser to the Director General for CRCO, Planning and Development director and acting deputy director. In October 2014, she was appointed as Director of the Civil Aviation Directorate, and in 2019 reappointed to this position for an additional five years.

First in 2015, and then again in 2017, Mrs. Čizmarov was elected as the vice-president of EUROCONTROL’s Provisional Council.

Appointed as Member of the JAA TO Foundation Board in November 2021.

Since 01 September 2020, Koen Milis is the Director General of the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority (BCAA). 

He holds a doctorate in Applied Economics, a post-graduate degree in Statistics and a European Master's degree in Business Information Systems and Disaster Management. 

Mr. Milis started his career in academia lecturing at various universities in Belgium and abroad. Prior to his appointment at the BCAA, Mr. Milis was the general manager of a training centre for police, fire brigades, emergency medical assistance and disaster managers. Under his management, the then-separate training centres successfully merged and he was a leading force that steered it through a strong growth curve. 

Mr. Milis is passionate about aviation. He is an enthusiastic hobby pilot. He has been committed to a local flying club for many years, both as Head of theoretical training, meteorology trainer and author of the ATO applications for the club. He also completed a number of specific training courses such as mechanics for light aircraft and fabric tensioning.

Appointed as Member of the JAA TO Foundation Board in November 2022. 

Ana Mata is a Member of the Board of the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) since November 2021. Her main activities relate to airport and air transport economic regulation, namely airport charges, air navigation economic performance, air services bilateral agreements, human resources, financial resources and procurement. Working in ANAC since 2000 she has performed several duties in the Authority, namely coordinating the Management Control and Studies Bureau from 2008 until 2020 and managing the Economic Regulation Directorate from 2014 until November 2021, accumulating both duties.

She is the Chair of ECAC’s Network of Chief Economists, since 2016.

Ms. Mata has a postgraduate in I&T – business engineering, a Master's Degree in Management and Strategy from the Lisbon School of Economics & Management, and a Degree in Business Management from the University Institute of Lisbon.

Appointed as Member of the JAA TO Foundation Board in January 2023.