Airport Development Partners s.a. (
ADP - About us )are a Swiss registered company which is a subsidiary of an American commercial property and infra-structure company, Westcore Properties Inc. (
Westcore Properties )based in San Diego.
Marc Brutten is founder and President of Westcore and chairman of ADP. He is also Chairman of a cosmetics company and part owner of an NBA basketball team, a hotel company, a regional bank and a multimedia video company. Additionally, he is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), National Association of Industrial and Office properties (NAIOP), Society of Industrial and Office Realtors and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICS). He is a current board member of The New Children’s Museum and a director of California Republic Bank.
The company blurb says Marc Brutten “has been particularly successful in the acquisition of portfolios and properties that require repositioning and aggressive management in order to function more successfully in their environments.”
ADPs Executives are Chief Executive, Thomas Frankl (a Luxembourger), Chief Investment Officer , Everett Frost (from USA) and General Manager, Zbig Labaj (from Poland). Not a Swiss in sight!
ADP has an Advisory Board which is most impressive. Past and current posts held by Advisory Board members include:-
* Director General of the Airports Council International
* Management and development positions at six major US airports including John F. Kennedy International Airport, La Guardia Airport and Newark International Airport.
* Official responsible for airport safety standards for the FAA
* President and CEO of Air Transport Association of America
* General Manager of Airports Group International
* Director of Göteborg-Landvetter airport
* Director General of Swedish CAA
* Council member of ICAO
* Director General of IATA
* Deputy Secretary General of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA)
* President and CEO of Swissport International
* CEO and Director General of SITA
ADPs way of working
“Based on the experience of its Advisory Board and management, and relying on its unique, extensive network of industry contacts, Airport Development Partners works with its own core team of experienced managers and consultants.
Our philosophy is not to replace an airport management team [different at CVT] but to support and supplement the existing airport management where necessary, e.g. in expanding the market base of the airport through developing their scheduled and charter passenger operations, air freight and business aviation opportunities.
By developing an airport´s growth potential and the breadth and quality of its services, the airport will make a substantive contribution to economic competitiveness, job creation and to the region´s image – and to the country´s international reputation.”
ADP give no details on their website about which airports they are involved in. From other sources it would appear that Coventry may be the first airport where they have had total control as opposed to working in partnership with others. Airports linked with ADP include:-
Sion, Switzerland
Gdansk (new terminal development) + another Polish airport
Vienna (development of Cargo facility)
Bratislava (development of Cargo facility)
Yemen (project not known!!!)