Following the nomination of Didier Evrard as Airbus Executive Vice-President, Programmes, in December 2014, the following top management appointments are effective as of March 1st 2015: Patrick Piedrafita, currently Head of the A330 Family Programme, is appointed Head of the A350 XWB Programme. Eric Zanin, currently Head of Procurement Operations, is appointed Head of the
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group in Canada announced the appointment of David Jurkowski to the position of Vice President Government and Industry Relations. David served in the Canadian Armed Forces for more than 30 years as a fighter pilot, commander of operational formations and steward of domestic and international operations. Following his retirement as a
As a continuation of the strategic Sales department restructure, Avtrade announces the appointment of Natasha Samarina to the role of Regional Sales Director responsible for Russia and Eastern Europe. Educated to degree-level in Economics and Business Administration, Natasha has rapidly established herself as a key member of the Sales team, quickly progressing and gaining promotions
Thierry Casale was appointed Senior Vice-President of the newly created Programs directorate of ATR. In this position, Mr. Casale will be in charge of supervising, coordinating and setting priorities in all serial developments as well as fleet in service activities, set to anticipate and meet customers’ expectations. He will manage product improvement projects, coordinate engineering
On January 1st, 2015, Stéphane Cueille was named director of Safran Tech, Safran’s new Research & Technology center in the Paris-Saclay technology cluster near Paris, inaugurated January 27th. He reports directly to Eric Bachelet, Safran Vice President, R&T.
Aerodynamics, a leader in full-service shuttle operations and tailored corporate flight solutions, is pleased to announce that Mr. F. Darrell Richardson will lead ADI as the new CEO, President and Chairman of the company. Darrell Richardson is a seasoned and accomplished aviation professional with over forty five years of experience. In his previous aviation positions
Following the recent strategic Sales department restructure, Avtrade announced the appointment of two new Regional Sales Directors; James Cristal and Sudi Patel. As part of their new roles, James and Sudi will be jointly responsible for heading up the company’s sales operations in Europe. In addition, Sudi has responsibility for North Africa whilst James Cristal
Boeing veteran Mike Emmelhainz is returning to Oklahoma City to lead the company’s operations there while Bryan Scott is succeeding Emmelhainz as head of Boeing’s San Antonio activities. The moves are effective at the end of January. Both executives will report to Scott Strode, vice president and general manager of Aircraft Modernization & Sustainment in
American Airlines promoted Vasu Raja to vice president – International Revenue Management. In this new role, Raja will lead a high-performing team responsible for overseeing all revenue generated from the company’s international business. His responsibilities will include overseeing the Atlantic joint business alliance with British Airways, Iberia and Finnair, as well as the airline’s Pacific
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) announced the appointment of Rod Sheridan as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. Rod brings nearly three decades of aviation experience to NAC as a long-time executive of Bombardier Aerospace (where he was most recently Vice President of Sales and Asset Management) and its predecessor companies de Havilland and Boeing
