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August Whitcomb
Managing Director
August Whitcomb serves as Managing Director of The Windshear Group. His primary responsibilities include providing strategic counsel to clients before, during, and after crises.
He retired in 2021 from Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong as Head of Group Business Resilience with responsibility for global emergency planning and response as well as business continuity.
August has personally served on response teams for five fatal aircraft accidents. He also served as deputy crisis communications lead for American Airlines during the 911 terrorist attacks.
A sought-after speaker at resilience conferences, he is also a regular guest lecturer at the Hong Kong International Aviation Academy
August is a Communications “Wall of Fame” alumnus of the California State University, Fullerton.
His professional memberships include the International Association of Emergency Managers and the National Press Club (USA).