Management Team
Mario Hardy is Vice President Asia Pacific at OAG and is based at the company’s regional head office in Singapore.
Mario was promoted to this role in May 2007, having previously been VP Sales for the Asia Pacific region.
Mario has more than 22 years’ professional expertise in the travel industry. He began his career with People's Express Airlines in 1985, before joining Canadian Airlines in 1987 where he spent 12 years in a number of sales, marketing and operational roles, leading to his appointment in a senior management role heading the Group Sales & Charter division in 1997. He joined OAG in 1999 as Operations Director, moving to Sales Director, Europe Middle East & Africa and then Global Business Development Director. In 2005 Mario moved to China to take up a new role for OAG of Commercial Director, Aviation for the Asia Pacific region, based in Beijing. A year later he was appointed Vice President Sales, Asia Pacific, before his promotion to his current role.
Mario has a BSc from the University of Montreal; a Public Relations Certificate from L'École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal and an International Trade Certificate from the O'Sullivan College of Montreal. Mario is a Fellow of the Institute of Sales & Marketing Management and a Member of the International Business Leaders Association.