Tzvetomir Blajev is Flight Safety Foundation Director Europe and Global Operational Safety. Tzvetomir leads the Foundation European strategy development. As a global operational safety champion for the Foundation, Tzvetomir bridges research with practice to deliver global safety improvements in operations, including the global operational safety initiatives such as Global Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Excursions, Conflict Zones Airspace Risk, Global Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Incursions and Learning From All Operations.

Tzvetomir is the EUROCONTROL Operational Safety Coordinator, leading the process to identify operational safety hazards for the ATM network, formulating the Top 5 safety priorities and the managing the corresponding operational safety studies and safety knowledge management.

Tzvetomir has over 30 years of experience in aviation, leading collaborative interdisciplinary teams for safety improvements, including global reforms to tackle specific operational safety risks and managing teams to develop the world’s largest aviation knowledge base SKYbrary.