Kai Horten will take the helm of Premium AEROTEC as of 1 October 2011. As President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) he will succeed Hans Lonsinger, who held these positions from the foundation of Premium AEROTEC until an illness in late 2010. Horten is currently managing director at Atlas Elektronik and will be responsible for
Boeing announced that Dennis D. Swanson has been named International Business Development vice president for Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) in India. In this position, Swanson is responsible for growing BDS business in India, including ensuring delivery on customer commitments, further strengthening relationships with industry partners and meeting India’s emerging security needs.
Spirit AeroSystems announced a series of organizational changes to better align leadership with the needs of the business. Current COO Buck Buchanan will transition to Sr. VP, Advanced Projects, focusing on a number of strategic initiatives. Mike King will assume the role of Sr. VP/Chief Operations Officer, including overseeing Spirit Europe and North Carolina. John Pilla, Sr.
SkyWorks Capital announced the appointment of Benoit Debains to serve as Managing Director. Benoit will be based in Toulouse, France where he will focus on global opportunities for SkyWorks. Benoit’s extensive career in aviation finance spans a wide range of executive positions. He started his career at Airbus with sales contracts analysis and purchase agreement negotiation,
Apple Aviation Technical Services (AATS), part of the Apple Aviation Group, released that it receaved EASA approval for CAMO Part M Subpart G & I for – MD80 / B737 / B757 / B767 / A320 Series.
airberlin’s Board has appointed the President and CEO of the Dutch airline Martinair, Paul Gregorowitsch, as a new member of the Executive Board. From September 2011 Gregorowitsch will be taking over as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), responsible for network and sales. This makes him the fourth member of airberlin’s Executive Board, alongside Joachim Hunold (CEO), Ulf
The International Bureau of Aviation (IBA) reported that James Uniacke has joined them in a newly created role, Head of Asset Management, to lead and further develop its growing managed portfolio of aircraft. This is the third senior management role that the Group has recently identified and IBA now offers distinct and complementary technical services
PAS Technologies Inc. has named Doug Dillon to the position of Director of Lean Six Sigma. Doug will be responsible to develop an optimal lean product environment at the Company’s seven facilities in the United States, Singapore, Ireland, and Romania.  He will work closely with the business unit leaders to deploy projects that support key
Embraer named Paulo Penido Pinto Marques CFO, effective July 18, 2011. He will take over the responsibilities of Cynthia Marcondes Ferreira Benedetto, who is leaving the Company to pursue personal endeavors. Paulo Penido has accumulated broad experience and market recognition with extensive involvement in both the financial system, with such organizations as Citibank, BankBoston, and
Todd Simmons has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Cirrus Aircraft. In his new role, Simmons is responsible for managing the Cirrus Aircraft brand globally and for all sales and marketing activities for the world’s best-selling line of high-performance personal, small business and training aircraft.
