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Morten Beyer & Agnew appointed Patrick J. Daley to take the reins as Chief Operating Officer following the retirement of Nick Lacey. As COO, Mr. Daley will be responsible for operations at mba leading its Valuations, Business Consulting, Safety and Technical Divisions. Mr. Daley’s tenure at mba began in 1998, and for fifteen years he

AJW Group has appointed Steve Hollinshead as its new Finance Director. In this position, Hollinshead will hold responsibility for all financial matters across A J Walter Aviation and other Group companies, including AJW Technique. This appointment reflects the rapid development of the AJW Group which has more than doubled in size in the past five

Jet Aviation Specialists (JAS) announced that Tony Hammersley has been appointed as Sales Manager for the EMEA region. This new addition will enable JAS to improve coverage of the region and support growth plans. Tony Hammersley has an extensive Sales MRO background of over 16 years having formally worked for PAS Technologies.

Austin Reid will strengthen the Board of Directors of Air Berlin PLC with immediate effect as a non-executive director. He replaces the non-executive director Andreas Nikolaus (Niki) Lauda who has left the Board of Air Berlin PLC in order to be able to devote more to his role as Chairman of the Board of the

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) reported the election to its Board of Directors of Richard Baudouin, an experienced aircraft leasing executive who co-founded Aviation Capital Group (ACG), a global leader in aircraft leasing and finance. Baudouin is currently one of three principals in Infinity Aviation Capital, an investment firm involved in aircraft leasing.

ARINC Incorporated announced the appointment of Michael DiGeorge as Managing Director of the company’s Asia Pacific Division based in Singapore. Mr. DiGeorge was formerly Senior Director for E-enabled Programs based in ARINC’s Hong Kong office. In his new position, Mr. DiGeorge will focus on growing ARINC’s business and solution infrastructure in Asia Pacific, and enhance

Mr Luc Vigneron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales, tendered his resignation to the company’s directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors on 20 December 2012, and his resignation was accepted. At this same meeting, the Board of Directors co-opted Mr Jean-Bernard Lévy as a director and subsequently elected him to the

Carsten Behrens has been appointed Managing Director of the P&WC Customer Service Centre Europe (CSC), in Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, effective January 1, 2013. He takes over his new role at the helm of the joint venture of MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) from Clemens Linden, who became the new Managing Director of

Constant Aviation, a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility, announced Lance Lajara has joined the Constant Aviation team as Large Fleet Account Manager. “Lance brings over 15 years experience in the aviation industry, most recently as the Customer Care Manager with Honeywell. He spent over 10 years with Honeywell in numerous roles covering quality, operations, logistics