Pedro Heilbron (born March 5, 1958) is the CEO of Copa Holdings S.A., the parent company of the Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines and the Colombian carrier AeroRepública[citation needed]
Heilbron joined Copa Airlines as CEO in 1988.[citation needed] Under his leadership, Copa expanded and transformed from a regional player into one of the three large air groups in Latin America, increasing the fleet from two (1988) to 98 aircraft (2014) and annual revenues growing from $20 million to $3 billion in the same time period.[1][2] The company joined the Star Alliance in 2012.[3]
In December 2016, Heilbron was elected as chairman of the Star Alliance chief executive board, succeeding former chairman Calin Rovinescu.[4]
Pedro Heilbron is also a member of the board of governors of IATA,[5] past president and current vice-president of the Latin American Airline Association (ALTA).[6]
In 2006, Heilbron received the Bravo Award as CEO of the Year by Latin Trade magazine and was named Executive of the Year by the Panamanian Association of Corporate Executives (APEDE) two years later. In 2009, he was awarded the Airline Business Lifetime Achievement Award by Airline Business.[citation needed]
