Gert-Jan de Graaff was appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer of Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Ltd in June 2018.

In addition to his role with Brisbane Airport Corporation, Mr de Graaff also holds several current Board positions, including: Director and Second Vice President on the Airports Council International Asia-Pacific and Middle East Regional Board; Director on Airports Council International World Governing Board; Director on the Australian Airports Association Board and Director on Tourism and Events Queensland Board.

Mr de Graaff has more than 30 years’ experience in leadership roles at major airports around the world. He started his career in airport management in 1995 with Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in The Netherlands where he had management positions in the commercial, finance and strategic departments.

In 2005 Mr de Graaff was appointed as Managing Director of ASDC AB, the Company that manages and develops the commercial activities in the terminals of Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in Sweden.

Between 2007 and 2012 Mr de Graaff held senior roles with Brisbane Airport Corporation Pty Ltd, including Executive General Manager Commercial Services and Executive General Manager Strategic Planning & Development.

Prior to his return to Brisbane Airport in 2018 Mr de Graaff lead the bid for Galeão / Rio de Janeiro Airport in Brazil on behalf of Royal Schiphol Group and his most recent position was President & CEO of JFKIAT LLC, the private operators of Terminal 4 at John F Kennedy International Airport since 2014.

Previous Board appointments include the position of Chair of Airport Coordination Netherlands, and Board Memberships with Airports Council International North America (WBP), Air Cargo Netherlands, Cargonaut BV, Member of the Australian Border Force Customs Advisory Board, Member of the Australian Jet Zero Council and several tourism and investment attraction agencies.