Rob is the Vice President of Research at Dubai Airports. He joined the airport in 2014, his role covers all capacity planning areas and traffic forecasting for both Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum. Prior to joining Dubai Airports he was an Associate Director with Leigh Fisher, responsible for capacity planning and modelling. Rob worked with the consultancy for 19 years on various capacity planning projects at airports, international railway stations and other transportation projects across the world. A significant proportion of his consultancy career was at Heathrow Airport, which he later joined, prior to Dubai Airports. Rob is responsible for the the seasonal capacity declaration for both airports, identification of future capacity projects to accommodate growth and the steering of major projects to ensure sufficiently balanced capacity is achieved.