Richard Morris is an aviation safety executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience across commercial aviation, business aviation, training, and regulatory oversight. A former regulator, airline captain, and senior airline manager, he currently serves as Vice President of Global Safety & Governance at CAE, where he leads the design and execution of an integrated global safety, risk, quality, and compliance-monitoring framework supporting CAE’s worldwide operations.

In this role, Richard directs a global team of more than 165 safety, quality, and compliance professionals. He is advancing CAE’s Safety Management System by incorporating machine learning and artificial intelligence to strengthen predictive hazard identification, risk- and performance-based oversight, and enterprise decision support across complex international operations.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics with a focus on Safety and Human Factors, and an MBA with a focus on Project Management. Richard previously served as a management pilot for a major Middle Eastern airline, where he was a captain on the Boeing 787 and Airbus A320. He also holds a type rating on the Bombardier Global 7500. He also serves on the Board of the Air Charter Safety Foundation and contributes to a number of regulatory rulemaking committees.