Moroof Gbadebo Ibikunle is a co-founder and Partner/Director of Trans-Africa Aviation Consultants Limited and has worked in the aviation industry for over 35 years, specifically in engineering and safety management systems.

Formally, as Deputy General Manager at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and the Safety Manager at Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA) Ikeja.

While at MMA, he was deployed to coordinate the safety management of the Airside Rehabilitation Project at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja between October 2011 and July 2012.

The project includes the total replacement of all the Airfield Ground Lightening Equipment and the upgrade from CAT I to CAT II while the airport was in operation with a daily Six Hour Window.

Within that period, there was no incident or accident in all the aircraft movement areas of the Airport. A pioneer of the SMS development programs in FAAN since 2005 and has attended many courses including those organised by ICAO, ACI, and IATA.

He specialises in Airstrip/Airport Development, Project Management, Aerodrome Safety Management Systems, Airport Emergency Planning, Aeronautical Studies, Risk Assessment, Airport Planning, Airport Certification Program, and the Development of all relevant manuals necessary for airport certification.

He has been involved in the development of many airstrips and has conducted many aeronautical studies which were approved by the approving authority the CAA.

He has a master’s degree in Transport Planning from the Lagos State University, and he is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultant (FIMC), a Certified Management Consultant (CMC), the Convener, and first Chairman Aviation Chapter CILT Nigeria.

In the aviation industry, he has consistently evolved and documented his records in the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program largely with the certified training courses organised yearly by ICAO, ACI, IATA, and many others.