Dr. Coutu is the founding President, Aviation Strategies International (ASI) and Chair, ASI Institute. He is a specialist in Aviation Business Strategy. He has taught in several Aviation MBA programs at: Concordia University (Canada), the Toulouse Business School (France), and the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (China). He is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Airport Management, and an Advisor to the Board of the Global Development Learning Network. In 1996, the Minister of Transport of Poland awarded Dr. Coutu a Medal of Achievement for his special contribution to the development of the Polish Air Transportation sector. In 2005, he was appointed to the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada by the Minister of Transport of Canada and, in 2011, he became the first recipient of the Airports Council International (ACI), Paul Genton Medal, receiving the award for his leadership in executive-level training. In 2013, he co-authored Airport Operations (McGraw-Hill), currently available in English, Japanese and Portuguese. He holds a doctorate in Education from Nova Southeastern University, Miami. Dr. Coutu has been the Executive in charge of the Global ACI-ICAO Airport Management Professional Accreditation Programme (AMPAP) since its inception in 2007.
