A conversation on Aviation’s role in making Seychelles a smart Destination

My conversation today is on the major developments in the Seychelles aviation, space and its objective of making travel to the paradise destination a seamless one. My Guests, Alan Renaud the Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine of Seychelles, and Tom Marten of Trivisory outline initiatives and ongoing development to make Seychelles a smart destination.

Alan Renaud is Seychelles’ Principal Secretary for Civil Aviation, Ports & Marine since November 2018. Prior to his appointment, Alan was General Manager for Alliances, Revenue Management, and Aeropolitical Affairs at Air Seychelles, capping a 15-year career at the national airline where he served in a number of executive positions. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Cornell University in Applied & Engineering Physics and served as Director on the Seychelles Tourism Board from 2017 to 2020.

Thomas Marten, Managing Director (Middle East, Indian Ocean) of Travizory Border Security, SA, is responsible for managing Travizory’s business in the Seychelles and developing the business throughout the region. He joined Travizory in 2019.

Thomas is an American national with over 30 years' experience in government and industry, with a consistent focus on national security, law enforcement, and information technology. Prior to joining Travizory, he was Vice President of Securitas Aviation USA (2014-2019). At Securitas, he led all of Securitas’ aviation business development and operations in the US, including negotiation and delivery of multi-million dollar security contracts with the Transportation Security Administration, and major US airports (Detroit Metropolitan, Syracuse Hancock, JFK, Kansas City International, etc.…). 

Prior to joining Securitas, he served as Director of Justice Services at French multinational Sodexo in Paris (2012-2014). Tom served for nearly 10 years as Vice President at SITA (2004-2012), a Swiss multinational based in Geneva, where he created and led the Government Solution Line to become the largest provider of border management and security software solutions (API/PNR and Electronic Travel Authorizations) to governments worldwide, including Italy, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Argentina, and all the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Kuwait, Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman).

Tom started his professional life as a career diplomat in the US Foreign Service, where he served for 10 years (1989-1999), with overseas assignments in Rwanda (1989-91); South Korea (1991-93); and France (1995-1999).