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Aircraft cabin lighting specialists, STG Aerospace, reported that Richard Ilett has joined the company in the new role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). nSince undertaking a mechanical engineering graduate apprenticeship with British Aircraft Corporation and Leicester University, Richard has spent most of his career in the aerospace industry. During his 17 years with British Aerospace,

AJW Aviation has appointed industry specialist, Shane Tingey, to the newly defined position of Sales Director. His role is to develop pro-active sales strategies for contracted power-by-the-hour, ad-hoc spares sales, component repairs and engine management divisions, as well as support AJW’s dynamic customer relations programme worldwide. His primary and initial focus will be AJW Aviation’s

Thomas Vansittart has joined the AerSale team as Director of Airframe Material Sales – EMEA, to further support the Company’s global footprint in the European and Middle East Regions. Based in the UK, Thomas will be responsible for leading the AerSale airframe materials team that is based in both the London area as well as

Hawaiian Airlines has appointed Shannon Okinaka to the position of senior vice president and interim chief financial officer, filling a vacancy left by the departure of CFO Scott Topping. In her new role, Okinaka will have oversight of all of the airline’s financial planning, accounting, treasury and compliance functions. Okinaka has served as vice president

The aircraft financing expert Fraser Chestney has joined the London branch of Doric‘s aviation team. His primary focus will be on arranging aircraft investments for Doric investors. Before joining Doric, Fraser worked in the aircraft finance business at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Europe (SMBCE) where he was Head of the Aircraft Finance Group for a

Stratos announced the addition of senior airline fleet executive Jason Bewley to its team. Jason has been appointed as Commercial Director, specialising in airline marketing and commercial strategy and is based in Australia. Most recently, Jason held the role of Fleet Manager at Virgin Australia where he managed a US$4bn fleet, responsible for fleet strategy,

PAS Technologies announced that industry veteran Dennis Orzel has rejoined the company’s senior leadership team as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Mr. Orzel will be responsible for all product development targeting top line growth while leading the engineering and program management functions. He will be based in Middletown, Connecticut. PAS Technologies specializes in providing

SR Technics announced that Frank Walschot, Head of Engine Services, has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer as of January 1st, 2015. Commenting on Frank Walschot’s appointment, SR Technic’s CEO André Wall said: “There is no doubt that Frank is the right person to ensure that our global operations will be based on known and

David Settergren has joined the AerSale team as Vice President – Sales, Asia Pacific to grow the Company’s global aviation marketing efforts in the Asia Pacific Region. Settergren’s appointment will further enhance AerSale’s global reach within the aviation industry. David most recently served as Vice President – Sales & Marketing with GE Capital Aviation Services