Romy Hawatt is an Australian entrepreneur known for innovation and transforming start-up & fledgling businesses into successful, multi-million-dollar projects.
With a passion to seed & develop sustainable business models and with a significant history & experience in international trade, business consulting, property & education, his resume includes transactions worth well in excess of a $billion. He is active in philanthropy and from his Dubai based Riana Group rianagroup.com develops and supports various water, education, orphanage, refugee and other projects internationally.
He is a Founding Member of the Global Sustainability Network (GSN) gsngoal8.com with in excess of 1300 renowned members and influencers pursuing Goal 8 of the United Nations 17 Sustainability Goals.
Romy has written and sponsored numerous articles in partnership with Inter Press Service (IPS) ipsnews.net to create awareness around the plight of victims of Modern-Day Slavery, Human, Human Organ Trafficking and Child Labour.
He is also a Director of Football for Peace under the Patronage of HRH Prince William the Prince of Wales footballforpeaceglobal.org and on the Advisory Board of the New York based charity funding group Charidy. Charidy raises over $ 500 mil annually for qualified NGO’s charidy.com

Romy’s passion for aviation started from young age and he became a helicopter pilot flying his own fleet extensively through the years, until he decided to combine his passion for aviation with his business experience and founded Airways Aviation Group in 2014 which expanded globally through several acquisitions and organic growth. His strategy of creating a multinational group dedicated to Aviation Ab Initio training, combined with a bespoke Airline Pilot Pathway Program, make him one of the industry leaders, invited to speak at international events promoting aviation training and education as well as women in aviation, of which he is a strong supporter.