Dao’s aviation career started at Air France in 1996, where he held several leadership positions across core industry sectors and gained expertise in Pricing & Revenue Management, Network, Commercial and Alliances. As VP of Alliances & Strategic Partnerships, his last position at Air France, he was involved in the Air France – KLM merger and in the negotiation and implementation of Joint Venture agreements.

Dao holds an engineering degree in Industrial Process Optimization and a master’s degree in Business Administration.