The board of directors of Copa Holdings (CPA) appointed Mr. Jose Montero as Chief Financial Officer effective March 15th. Mr. Montero, currently Director of Planning of Copa Airlines, succeeds Mr. Victor Vial, who will continue his involvement with the company as advisor to the board of directors.
SkyWorks appointed Mathis Shinnick to serve as Managing Director of SkyWorks and eventual head for Asia Pacific Region. Mathis will be based in Hong Kong where he will focus on further development of the SkyWorks Capital Asia platform. Mathis has spent his career in Aviation and Aerospace leadership roles managing leasing, merchant banking and investment
Constant Aviation, a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility headquartered at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, released that Rich Barlow has been named the Northeast Regional Sales Manager. Rich joins Constant Aviation with over 30 years of aviation experience, with the majority of the time spent in MRO sales. He was most recently with Hawker Beechcraft as
Willis Lease Finance Corporation, a leading lessor of commercial jet engines, reported that Tom Nord, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, will be retiring on March 31, 2013. Dean Poulakidas, currently Senior Counsel for Willis Lease, will succeed Nord as General Counsel.
Aviointeriors Spa, a leading manufacturer of aircraft seats, reported that Franco Mancassola has rejoined the company as an Advisor on policies and strategies to the CEO and its Management. Mancassola has previously served for five years (2000-2005) as Avio’s Chief Executive. During a career in the airline industry that spanned for more than 35 years,
Obadal, Filler, MacLeod & Klein (OFMK) named aviation industry veteran Eric R. Byer as the firm’s senior vice president. Byer joins OFMK after 14 years at the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) as its vice president of government & industry affairs. During his tenure at NATA, Byer led an experienced team focused on a wide
Atlanta-based Precision Aviation Group (PAG), a leading provider of products and value-added services to the Worldwide Aerospace and Defense industries, named Adrienne Robinson President of subsidiary Gardner Aviation Services (GAS). Robinson is also currently the VP Business Development at PAG, a role she has been in since October, 2012. She will continue to serve in
Atlanta-based Precision Aviation Group (PAG) reported the promotion of David Taylor to Sales Manager of its subsidiaries, Precision Heliparts — Canada (PHP-C) and Precision Accessories & Instruments — Canada (PAI-C). Based in Vancouver, Canada, Taylor will assist the sales team in reaching record sales goals and increasing the market share of PHP-C and PAI-C in
Rockwell Collins released that Greg Churchill, executive vice president, International and Service Solutions, will retire at the end of March after more than 30 years of service with the company. Colin Mahoney will succeed Churchill as senior vice president, International and Service Solutions, effective immediately. Mahoney joined Rockwell Collins in 1987. A native of the
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group announced the creation of a new all-encompassing Aviation Services unit which brings together the management of Cambridge Airport, Business Aviation and the newly-launched ‘one call, one team’ JETability business. Aviation Services will be headed by Steve Jones as managing director who sees his remit broadened to include Cambridge Airport, effective
