Akbar Al Baker (; born 1962) is the Group CEO of Qatar Airways and the Chairman of Qatar Tourism. under Qatar Airways Group, Al-Baker is also the CEO of Hamad International Airport, which opened in 2014. In May 2021, Al-Baker was appointed as chairman of Oneworld. Biography Al-Baker was born in Doha, Qatar. As a child, he studied at St. John's School, a boarding school, in the Panchgani hills in Maharashtra, India. He later moved to Mumbai and graduated from Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics. He holds a private pilot license. Al-Baker became Chief Executive Officer of Qatar Airways in 1997. Prior to this appointment, he worked at the Civil Aviation Directorate of Qatar. He is also the former Chairman of the Qatar Tourism Authority. He is CEO of several divisions of Qatar's national airline, including Qatar Executive, Qatar Airways Holidays, Qatar Aviation Services, Qatar Duty Free Company, Doha International Airport, Internal Media Services, Qatar Distribution Company and Qatar Aircraft Catering Company. Al-Baker led the development of Hamad International Airport, which opened its first phase in May 2014 and is now home to Qatar Airways. As of 2017 the airport services all inbound and outbound flights out of Doha. In June 2019, Al Baker announced that Qatar Airways would be buying a stake in a sixth overseas airline before the end of the year. The company has not yet been named, but would join the airlines interests on the International Airlines Group, LATAM Airlines Group, Cathay Pacific, and China Southern Airlines Co. Al-Baker is a member of the Executive Committee of the Arab Air Carriers Organization, a member of the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association, and a non-executive director of Heathrow Airport Holdings. In May 2021, Al-Baker was appointed to the role of Governing Board Chairman of the Oneworld alliance. Al-Baker's mother is from India. Controversies In 2015, it was reported that Qatar Airways told its female flight attendants that they could lose their jobs if they were pregnant. On 26 August 2015, Qatar airways updated its policy on marriage and pregnancy for its female cabin crew. In June, after the International Labour Organization's (ILO) report on Qatar to change its employment rules to end discrimination, Qatar Airways has loosened its restrictions prohibiting female cabin crew from getting married and having children. Pregnant women will now be provided temporary ground jobs under the new contract