After 17 years as the CEO of Norwegian Air Shuttle, Bjørn Kjos will leave the position and continue in a new role as an advisor to the Chairman, with effect from July 11th. Until Norwegian appoints a new CEO, CFO Geir Karlsen will act as interim CEO, while Chairman Niels Smedegaard will take on a
Effective July 1, 2019, John O’Donnell has been named Chief Executive Officer of Safran Aerosystems. O’Donnell started his career in 1987 at Air Cruisers, successively holding the positions of design engineer, manufacturing engineering supervisor and Vice President of Engineering. In 2008, John O’Donnell was named President of Air Cruisers Company (now Safran Evacuation Systems). From
Universal Avionics (UA), has appointed Hervé Rousselle to the position of Regional Sales Manager for Europe. Based out of Lyon, France, Hervé is responsible for UA’s product sales and overall market growth in France, Luxemburg, Italy, Belgium, and French-speaking areas of Switzerland. Hervé brings over 20 years of business and general aviation sales experience to
IBA Group, the independent aviation advisory, valuation, and consulting firm has expanded the remit of Chief Operating Officer, Dr Stuart Hatcher, to include the role of Managing Director – Aviation Services where he will steer IBA’s principal business divisions of Valuations, Advisory and Asset Management. In addition, the organisation has brought in respected industry expert,
Airbus has appointed Chris Emerson President of Airbus Defense and Space, a subsidiary of Airbus Americas, effective July 1, 2019. Emerson previously served as President of Airbus Helicopters and head of the North America region. Emerson’s new role moves him from the Airbus Helicopters headquarters in Grand Prairie, Texas to the Airbus Defense and Space
Steven Zaat has been appointed EVP Finance at Air France, as of July 3, 2019. He will report directly to Anne Rigail and will be a member of the Executive Committee. Zaat takes over from Marc Verspyck who stepped down from his position as EVP Finance of Air France on July 3, before leaving the
Dr. Thomas Wittmann will take over as one of two CEOs of Lufthansa Systems as of July 1. In this role he will be responsible for all production and technology issues in the company and the close collaboration with the IT organization of the Lufthansa Group. He will lead the company together with CEO Olivier
United Technologies has appointed Christopher T. Calio as president of Pratt & Whitney, effective upon the retirement of Bob Leduc in early 2020. Chris Calio will assume leadership of Pratt & Whitney after serving as president of its commercial engines business since 2017. As president of Pratt & Whitney’s commercial engines business, Calio is responsible
MRO service provider, SR Technics, has appointed Abdel Farah as Area Sales Director for the Asia, Australia and Indonesia market. Farah joined SR Technics in February 2015 as a Customer Program Manager, moving to the Commercial Department in March 2019 with the responsibility of the marketing and sales strategy as well as customer relations. With
Independent APU and Landing Gear MRO Revima, has appointed three board members and senior advisors, with the aim of accompanying the company’s success and development going forward. Following the acquisition of a majority stake in Revima by Ardian, a leading private investment firm, the Board has appointed industry veteran leaders David Hess, Marc McGowan and
