Maryann Simson has been active in the PaxEx media world for nearly a decade. A 2007 graduate of the acclaimed Humber College’s Print and Broadcast Journalism programme (Ontario, Canada), she immediately turned focus to aviation and the passenger experience as Creative Editor and then Managing Editor at PAX International Magazine. In 2012, Maryann oversaw the update and conversion of 225+ page coffee table book Jetliner Cabins into complex and interactive app. At this time she also began helping companies in aviation create and distribute engaging PR content (Jetway Communications) in addition to writing regular features for Aircraft Interiors International and the APEX Association’s experience magazine – the latter under then-Editor, Mary Kirby. Continuing to work with Kirby, Maryann became one of the original Runway Girl Network contributors as the popular aviation news site went live in January 2014. She soon shifted away from editorial content and focussed on growing RGN as Director of Commercial partnerships until 2017. In April 2017, Maryann joined Spafax in London as Director of APEX Media.