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Bombardier Business Aircraft announced strategic changes to its leadership team and organizational structure. The changes, which take effect immediately, are designed to optimize functional alignment and strengthen the company’s customer experience. Jean-Christophe Gallagher, formerly Vice President, Strategy, Marketing and Innovation, has been named Vice President and General Manager, Customer Experience. Andy Nureddin, a knowledgeable leader

AJW Aviation has taken what started as a desire to create the best AOG service, and developed it into a comprehensive out-of-hours service for customers. Building such an important resource for global airlines means the application of not only a highly reliable infrastructure, but also ensuring that all processes are robust enough to withstand any

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) has announced that its President & CEO Tan Pheng Hock will step down from his position and also relinquish his appointment as a Director of ST Engineering on 30 September 2016. Mr Tan’s intention to retire from his position was made known to the Board last September. Mr Tan will

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft has appointed François Cognard as Vice President, Sales, South-East Asia and Australasia. Mr. Cognard is an accomplished senior sales leader who will focus on capturing growth and replacement opportunities in the regions that include Australasia – a region of Oceania that comprises Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring

Rolls-Royce announced that Simon Kirby has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Simon will join Rolls-Royce in the coming months, reporting to Chief Executive Warren East. We previously announced that we would be appointing a COO in 2016 and began the search earlier this year. The new position has been created to drive operational

JetBlue Airways reported that Mark Powers, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will retire from the CFO role effective November 1, 2016. He will remain an advisor to the company for one year. Jim Leddy, JetBlue’s senior vice president and treasurer, will serve as CFO on an interim basis following Powers’ November retirement, subject

Seal Dynamics, a wholly owned subsidiary of HEICO announced that George Congionti has been named Senior Vice President, Operations. In his new role, Mr. Congionti will assume responsibility for the day-to-day running of Seal Dynamics” Operations team, including Warehouse Operations, Logistics & Distribution, Quality, Environmental Health and Safety, Customer Service, IT and Product Management.

Mxi Technologies released that Jon Slangerup has been named Mxi’s new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Mr. Slangerup will be responsible for working with the Leadership team to further strengthen Mxi Technologies’ market position and drive corporate growth.

AAR has named Noreen Kabra as Vice President, International Business Development for the OEM Aftermarket Solutions – Defense group. Kabra, who brings to her new role extensive sales experience in the defense aviation aftermarket, will focus on expanding AAR’s OEM footprint via direct sales to foreign militaries, currently offering products from OEMs including Crane, Unison,

Allegiant announced the appointment of John Redmond as the company’s president. A former president and chief executive officer of MGM Grand Resorts, Redmond brings more than 30 years’ experience in executive management in the hospitality and leisure travel industry to the position. Redmond has also served for eight years as a member of Allegiant’s Board