Heart Aerospace has appointed Simon Newitt as President of the company with the responsibility of shaping and managing the growing organisation.
“We are designing and building the ES-30 electric airplane and at the same time we are building the machine that builds the machine, our company. In his new role, Simon will ensure a dynamic and effective organisation as we continue to scale the company,” said Anders Forslund, founder and Chief Executive of Heart Aerospace.
The position of President is new to Heart Aerospace and in this role, Newitt will lead the internal running of the company. He is also Chief Commercial Officer at Heart Aerospace, responsible for the commercialisation of the company’s electric aircraft, from marketing and sales through to contract negotiation, administration and aircraft delivery. He is also responsible for customer support & services.
Newitt has over 25 years of aerospace industry experience, a large part spent fulfilling a variety of senior leadership roles at Embraer. He was heavily involved in the commercial success of the Embraer E-Jets programme having led various regional sales and support teams, as well as global contracts, commercial operations and asset management. During his time at the Brazilian manufacturer, he also led the Customer Training department, serving each of the Embraer business units. Prior to Embraer, Newitt worked in the sales and marketing team at Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace.
