Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has appointed Massimo Claudio Comparini as Deputy CEO and Senior Executive Vice President Observation, Exploration and Navigation Business Line at Thales Alenia Space as well as CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italia, with immediate effect. Comparini succeeds Donato Amoroso. Comparini, former CEO at
Acro Aircraft Seating has appointed Neil Cairns as the company’s Chief Executive Officer effective from March 9, 2020. Cairns brings with him many years’ aerospace seating experience, covering products in all seating classes. He has a wide-ranging track record of lean process improvement and performance improvement, most recently holding positions as the Vice President and
John Bordeaux has been appointed as GECAS’ Chief Investment Officer. He will take up the role from April 2020. Bordeaux will be responsible for the various teams that are involved in making GECAS’ portfolio and investment decisions, namely Aircraft Trading, Commercial Operations and Portfolio Strategy. Having all these under one leader will ensure that the
Trenchard Aviation Group has appointed Sohaib Ahmed as its Technical Sales Manager. Ahmed has worked in the aviation industry for over eight years and has held several sales positions within aircraft cabin interiors and MRO businesses. With an extensive technical sales background across the aircraft cabin interiors sector, Ahmed has worked with many of the
Markus Binkert, former long-serving member of SWISS’s management corps and Management Board and currently CCO of Lufthansa’s Munich hub, is to assume the previously vacant position of SWISS Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect. In a further move, Thomas Frick, Accountable Manager and Member of the SWISS Extended Management Board, is to assume the restored
AAR has released that H. John Gilbertson, Jr., retired Managing Director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc., has been elected to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. The addition of Gilbertson increases the size of the Board from 11 to 12 directors. Gilbertson served as a strategic and financial advisor to clients of Goldman Sachs
Heidi Capozzi, Senior Vice President of Human Resources, will depart the Boeing company in early April to pursue another opportunity. Following an orderly transition, Wendy Livingston, currently Vice President, Corporate Human Resources, will replace Capozzi on an interim basis until a permanent successor is named. Capozzi joined Boeing in 2009 and since 2016 has led
Sabre Corporation has appointed Otto Gergye as Vice President, Regional General Manager, North Asia, Travel Solutions Airline Sales. Gergye will be responsible for Sabre’s airline operations in North Asia, a key growth region for the company. His role will involve identifying business opportunities and further expanding Sabre’s already strong presence in this fast-growing region. He
The Board of Directors of Lockheed Martin has elected James D. Taiclet as President and CEO, effective June 15. Taiclet will continue to serve as a member of the corporation’s board, which he joined in 2018. He has served as Chairman, President and CEO of American Tower Corporation since 2004 and CEO since 2003. During
Éric Martel has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Bombardier Board of Directors, effective April 6, 2020. He succeeds Alain Bellemare. Martel joins Bombardier from Hydro-Québec, where he has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since July 2015. Prior to joining Hydro-Québec, he held several leadership positions at
