Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, announced the appointment of Denis Nayden to its Board as Vice Chairman and Chair of the Risk Committee. Mr Nayden is a veteran of the aircraft leasing industry and previously served as Avolon’s Chairman from its founding in 2010, through its successful listing on the New York Stock Exchange
STS Component Solutions (STSCS) reported the recent hire of Jim Naylor as Director of Sales within the EMEA region. Jim will work remotely from the United Kingdom to further develop existing accounts as well as create new accounts for STSCS throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.
Baines Simmons, Air Partner’s aviation safety consultancy division, has appointed Jason Greenslade and Malcolm Rusby as consultants. Both Jason and Malcolm are based at Baines Simmons’ headquarters at Fairoaks airport and will report directly to Joanne Welland, Practice Director. Jason specialises in Availability, Reliability and Maintainability within the MOD environments, while Malcolm focuses on drafting,
Boeing has named Ihssane Mounir new vice president of Sales and Marketing for Commercial Airplanes. Mounir succeeds John Wojick, who is retiring after 36 years of company service, effective early 2017. In his new role, Mounir is responsible for the sales and marketing of all commercial airplanes and related services to airlines and leasing customers
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has appointed Vincent Metz as Director Strategy, Robert Pruim as Vice President Procurement and Rodolphe Parisot as Vice President Digital & Innovation. All three will sit on the AIR FRANCE KLM Engineering & Maintenance Executive Committee.
Avtrade has appointed Janice Ho as Regional Sales Manager – South Asia. With strong sales and aviation knowledge gained at leading component suppliers based in Singapore, Janice joins Avtrade to take on the role of Regional Sales Manager – South Asia. Based at Avtrade’s Singapore office, Janice will be responsible for developing new business opportunities,
Airbus Group has appointed François Auque and Thomas d’Halluin to lead the European and U.S. venture investment activities, respectively, of its “Airbus Ventures” initiative. Auque previously served as Executive Vice-President of Space Systems and CEO Airbus Defence and Space France and d’Halluin was COO of Airbus Ventures activities since they began. The appointments are effective
ATR’s shareholders Airbus Group and Leonardo-Finmeccanica have appointed Christian Scherer as Chief Executive Officer of ATR. He succeeds Patrick de Castelbajac, who will become Company Secretary and Chief of Staff as well as member of the Executive Committee of Airbus. The transition will become effective on November 1, 2016. Christian Scherer will run the company
Airbus Group has appointed Rodin Lyasoff as Chief Executive Officer of A³, the advanced projects and partnerships outpost of Airbus Group in Silicon Valley. He succeeds Paul Eremenko who became Airbus Group’s Chief Technology Officer. The appointment is effective immediately. Lyasoff previously served as a project executive at A³; he has been a part of
AAR has named Andre Fischer, a seasoned aviation industry growth strategist, as Vice President of Programs, Business Development and Strategy. Fischer has a proven track record of identifying and honing in on business prospects, cultivating industry partnerships, and implementing development strategies. He began his career with Rolls-Royce before moving on to Fairchild Dornier as a
