Mr. Chris LeTourneur

Chris LeTourneur President & CEO MXD Development Strategists Chris has over 34 years of experience in planning, design, land economics, and airport area development. As President and CEO, Chris leads MXD Development Strategists (MXDdevelopment.com), an international planning and development consultancy. Chris' project portfolio spans over 6 continents and 50 countries across North America, South America, Western & Eastern Europe, Australia, Asia, India, Africa, and the Middle East/MENA Region. Chris has been at the leading edge of defining sustainable and resilient real estate planning strategies for Smart Airport Development, Economic Development, Innovation Hubs, Airport Cities, and Aerotropoli, through his involvement at international and regional airports including Denver (CO), Dallas-Fort Worth (TX), Orlando (FL), Phoenix (AZ), Pittsburgh (PA), Charlotte (NC), Atlanta (GA), Memphis (TN), Chattanooga (TN), Birmingham (AL), Brownfield San Diego (CA), Sacramento (CA), and Fort Myers (FL) in the USA; and, Vancouver (BC), Edmonton (AB), Calgary (AB), Regina (SK), Winnipeg (MB), and Hamilton (ON) in Canada. Chris has also led Airport Development projects in Australia (Western Sydney, Gold Coast, Townsville, Cairns), Ecuador (Quito), Bahamas (Nassau), Brazil (Belo Horizonte), China (Hong Kong, Shanghai), Hungary (Budapest), South Africa (Johannesburg-Ekurhuleni), KSA (Riyadh & Jeddah), and Oman (Muscat). Chris has been actively assisting airports and their regions with economic diversification and resiliency strategies and has been at the forefront of planning the development of Technology, Alternative Mobility, Advanced Air Mobility, Sustainable Green Energy, and E-Commerce Logistics projects. Chris has published various journal articles on the topics of "Airport Connected Development", "Airport Cities" and "Innovation", and chaired conferences around the world exploring these trends. Chris acts as a key facilitator bridging the "Airport World" together with the "Commercial, Real Estate, Economic Development and Innovation Worlds". Chris was a co-founder and Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institute's (ULI's) Airport Development Product Council, and he chairs the SMART Airports & Regions events held worldwide.