Dr. Phil Latimier studied Finance, Banking and Business Administration at the University of PARIS PANTHEON-SORBONNE before earning a Doctorate from the PARIS University.

He has pursued a prestigious academic career, teaching primarily at the European Business School in PARIS.

He has also taught in numerous french Business Schools, most notably at ESSEC, E.M LYON, PARIS-DAUPHINE University and I.A.E PARIS.

With various postgraduate qualifications including a C.B.A (Certified Business Appraisal ) degree from the Institute of Business Appraisers, Inc and an Advanced Degree in Financial Management from the Donald T. Regan School of Advanced Financial Management -NY-USA, Phil LATIMIER brings a wealth of Airline Finance experience in Corporate Valuation and Aircraft Asset Value management to his contacts in the Airline Industry in Europe as well as in the European armament industry such as EADS , Bae Systems.

Dr. LATIMIER has also taught in numerous US and foreign Universities such as RUTGERS, TEXAS A&M, USD, The University of UTAH ( The David Eccles School of Business ), The University of Wyoming, Thunderbird , NGEE ANN POLYTECHNIC in Singapore , The Helsinki School of Economics and Business in Finland and The European School of Economics in London.

He is an Adjunct Finance Faculty at EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL University.

Since 1978 he has served on numerous committees including CITIBANK -Paris-, The NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT-Paris-, The SAUDI EUROPEAN BANK-Paris- Banque de l' EURAFRIQUE ( Compagnie Financiere Edmond de ROTHSCHILD Group).Serving in those roles, he has been involved in several projects related to Airline Credit Risk Analysis and Securitization of Aircraft Assets.

He was appointed Resident Team Leader and Manager for CAMBODIA by BARENTS/KPMG serving in that role from 1998 until 1999 as Technical Adviser to the NATIONAL BANK OF CAMBODIA and The Asian Development Bank. he was also appointed Senior Consultant by CARANA Corporation/US AID in 2000 within the Bulgarian Capital Markets Project.

Dr. LATIMIER also belongs to several learned societies and has published works on Airline Financial Management , Aviation Financial Markets and Airline Privatization.

He is a recognized Expert in Airline Finance in France.

Issues of prime importance on his publishing agenda include the search for Managing Aircraft Costs solutions through Passenger Value Management as well as the implementation of Models to improve Financial Decision Making.