AAR names Cheryle Robinson Jackson first President of AAR Africa

Aerospace and defense contractor AAR, a provider of aircraft maintenance and supply chain solutions worldwide, has appointed AAR Vice President Cheryle Robinson Jackson as its first President, AAR Africa. Jackson, who has served as AAR’s Vice President of Government Affairs and Corporate Development since she joined the company in 2010, more recently added business development to her responsibilities and has been successful in growing AAR’s business in Africa. She spent much of the last two years traveling between the U.S. and Africa to solidify AAR’s foothold in the continent and building on the company’s first power-by-the-hour (PBH) component inventory management and repair services contract with Kenya Airways fleet of 737NGs, aided by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Doing Business in Africa initiative.