Wim van Beers named new managing director of Airfoil Services

Wim van Beers has been named the new managing director of Airfoil Services Sdn. Bhd. (ASSB), a 50:50 joint venture between MTU Aero Engines AG and Lufthansa Technik AG. Van Beers joins ASSB from MTU Maintenance, where he spent the past three and a half years as Vice President Marketing and Sales Asia. He follows Derrick Siebert who returns to Lufthansa Technik after 4 years of service at ASSB. Van Beers holds a degree in business management from the University of Applied Sciences Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He has been with MTU Maintenance since 2009, having joined the engine MRO specialists from Chromalloy, where he held various roles including that of General Manager at Chromalloy San Francisco.