Following the opening of Avtrade’s new office in Guangzhou China, Avtrade has appointed Toby Smith as Regional Sales Director – North Asia. Toby joined Avtrade’s Sales team in 2008 and developed his career managing key accounts in Europe and importantly the Asia region. Since 2013, Toby has become a key figure in the development of
Aviation Capital Group, the commercial aircraft leasing subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Company, has promoted James A. Zembrzuski to senior vice president and general counsel. In this role, Mr. Zembrzuski will lead ACG’s legal department and serve as a member of the senior leadership team.
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has appointed three independent non-executive Directors to its Board. Dr (Mr) Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, Mr Joe Nellis and Mr Denis Kalscheur joined the Avolon Board on January 4, 2017.
C&L continues its global expansion with the hire of Juraj Pikna, who will be based in Prague, Czech Republic, and will cover the European, Russian and African markets. Pikna comes to C&L with a wide range of training in the aviation industry – air traffic control, MRO for regional and commercial aircraft, sales and support
Dion Garner has joined the team of Werner Aero Services. He will be focused on expanding the company’s current business in Asia Pacific with increased emphasis on the growing APU business. Dion joins Werner Aero Services with over 30 years experience in the aerospace industry; much of it spent in the Asia Pacific market. He
On January 1, 2017, Joseph Weiss, President and CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced the appointment of Mr. Eli Alfassi as the company’s Executive VP Marketing. Mr. Alfassi is currently Executive VP for IAI’s operations in India and following his appointment to the position of Executive VP Marketing, the two operations will be merged
As of 01 January, 2017, Andreas Tielmann is the new CEO of Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services (LTLS). He is taking over the role from Dr. Christian Langer, who is moving to Lufthansa Technik as Head of Digital Fleet Solutions. Andreas Tielmann has been with Lufthansa Technik since 1998. He began his career as project coordinator
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has hired Bertrand Grabowski as Senior Strategic Advisor. Bertrand was most recently Member of the Board of Directors of DVB Bank in charge of Aviation and Rail. Under his leadership, DVB Bank solidified its pre-eminence as a leading aviation asset based lending platform and expanded its franchise to include aviation asset
Farsound Aviation, a provider of global supply chain and logistics solutions for the aerospace industry, has appointed Yamei Yang to the position of Business Development Manager in China. She will be responsible for seeking out new business opportunities as well as supporting existing customers in the region.
Air Transport Services Group reported the retirement of John Starkovich, President of ABX Air, an airline subsidiary of ATSG, and the appointment of his replacement, David Soaper, effective February 1, 2017. Soaper most recently held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer at Connecticut-based Southern Air. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice
