Barbara Baumgartner, an Austrian native, is Managing Director of FAI rent-a-jet GmbH, Dubai (dba Flight Ambulance International).
Baumgartner, moved to Dubai in 1997, where she joined a Saudi family business conglomerate as Head of Family Office and oversaw the family’s wealth management, including private jet and yacht acquisitions. In 2003, she became the Local Representative of FAI rent-a-jet GmbH in the Middle East and since 2011 is managing FAI’s Dubai office.
She is a member of the Investment Committee of Mindshift Capital VC Fund and has a passion for mentoring and advising the fund’s HealthTech companies in the Middle East.
Her achievements have garnered significant recognition. In 2019, Baumgartner was honored with the “Outstanding Employee Award” from Mumtalakat, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain and a shareholder of FAI. She was also shortlisted as “Aviation Executive of the Year” at the ITP Aviation Business Awards 2021 in Dubai and received the “Aviation Business Innovative Leader Award” at the Middle East Aviation Gala Event during the Dubai Airshow 2023.
