Tony Freudmann is a director of RiverOak Strategic Partners. He is leading the campaign to secure a Development Consent Order to reopen Manston Airport in Kent as a freight hub to serve London and the Southeast, alleviating pressure on London’s passenger airports and reducing reliance on road trucking freight to and from mainland Europe. Tony has a Bachelor of Law degree from the London School of Economics and over thirty years’ experience as an airport acquisition and infrastructure specialist, delivering capital projects and developing aviation services across the US, UK, and Europe, including overseeing the original conversion of Manston from military to civil airport in 1999. Tony is also the former Chairman of PlaneStation plc’s European Airport Group and was responsible for planning and delivering projects valued at £125 million, including site infrastructure at Kent Business Park, Black Forest Airport and Cuneo Airport, among others.