Aviation Capital Group reported that Eric Blau has joined ACG as vice president and treasurer. Mr. Blau has extensive experience with the capital markets in the areas of trading, underwriting, structuring, origination, risk management, and portfolio management. Most recently, Mr. Blau served as chief financial officer of a commercial aircraft engine MRO, where he was
Wesco Aircraft, a provider of comprehensive supply chain management services to the global aerospace industry, has appointed Richard J. Weller as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective May 4th, 2015. Mr. Weller succeeds Gregory A. Hann, who retired on March 3131, 2015. K. Lynn Mackison, who is serving as acting chief financial officer
Rolls-Royce released that John Rishton has decided to retire as Chief Executive on July 2nd, 2015. He will be succeeded by Warren East, whose appointment follows an extensive international search. Warren East was CEO of ARM Holdings from 2001 to 2013. Under his leadership ARM became one of the world’s leading developers of semi-conductors with
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced the appointment of Colin Bole as its new Senior Vice President, Sales and Asset Management, effective mid-May, 2015. Prior to joining Bombardier, Mr. Bole was Chief Commercial Officer at Intrepid Aviation, a leasing company, and spent four years at International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) where he was successively Senior Vice President
Cabot Aviation has hired Sebastian Taylor as Regional Sales Manager. Sebastian started his aviation career working for a leading air charter broker and joins Cabot to assist with its aircraft remarketing work. He is based at Cabot’s UK office. Cabot also announced that Howard Richardson has retired after several very successful years remarketing aircraft.
Pekka Vähähyyppä has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Board at Finnair. He succeeds Erno Hildén, who leaves Finnair on April 30th, 2015. Pekka Vähähyyppä currently serves as CFO of Stockmann Group, where he has worked since 2000. Prior to that, he held leadership positions in financial management in Nestlé’s Nordic
Bombardier appointed Peter Likoray as Senior Vice President of Sales for Business Aircraft. This appointment is effective immediately. Mr. Likoray joined Bombardier’s Amphibious Aircraft division in 1990 – first within the parts sales team and then as Sales Director. He has been selling business jets for Bombardier Business Aircraft since 2005. In 2011, he was
STG Aerospace announced that it has made two new key appointments – Dan Rice to the position of Regional Sales Director – North America and Cai Hai Tao as General Manager of the company’s recently established subsidiary, STG Aerospace (China) Co. Both of these new roles will report to Marcus Williams, Director of Global Sales
Rockwell Collins reported that Craig Elliott has been named vice president, Airline Cabin Sales and Marketing. Most recently, Elliott served as senior director of Airline Sales at Rockwell Collins, working with airlines throughout the world to equip their fleets with the latest avionics and IFE systems. In his new role, Elliott will lead a sales
Aviation Technical Services (ATS) announced that aerospace industry veteran Brian Hirshman is joining the company as President effective May 1st, 2015. In his new role as President, Brian will oversee one of North America’s largest and most tenured maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organizations with over 1,500 employees and facilities in Everett and Moses Lake,
