Bio

Kuljit Ghata-Aura is president of Boeing Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META). He is responsible for coordinating all company wide activities in the region and developing and implementing country and regional strategies. Ghata-Aura focuses on government affairs, new business and industrial partnership opportunities, corporate citizenship projects, expanding the Boeing presence and strengthening company relationships with customers and other stakeholders. He is based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and reports to the president of Boeing International, a member of Boeing's executive committee. Ghata-Aura joined Boeing in 2010 and has progressed through several leadership positions. He served as vice president and assistant general counsel for Boeing Global Services between 2017 and 2021. In that role he was responsible for all legal advice and counsel to the businesses and capabilities that comprise Boeing Global Services. Ghata-Aura was responsible for the development and implementation of the strategy and activities of the legal and compliance teams including business structuring, transactional support and governance. Prior to that, Ghata-Aura was regional counsel for Europe, Russia and Israel based in London. In that role, he was responsible for Boeing’s legal and compliance issues within the region, particularly business structuring, transaction support and governance. Prior to his post in Europe, he served as regional counsel for India, Middle East, Turkey and Africa based in Dubai between 2010 and 2016. In addition to his legal responsibilities, he also served as director of UAE Market Development, where he was responsible for planning and implementing key company initiatives in the United Arab Emirates. Before joining Boeing, Ghata-Aura was a founding partner of Eversheds in Abu Dhabi. He previously spent 13 years practicing law in London, predominantly focusing on cross-border mergers & acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures, capital markets and general corporate and commercial work. Ghata-Aura grew up in the United Kingdom, where he graduated from Oxford University and the College of Law. He was admitted as solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1997.