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Three renowned executives from the industry, government, and education sectors have been named to VoltAero’s Advisory Board, bringing decades of expertise in aircraft development, production, and program management as the company evolves its family of Cassio electric-hybrid airplanes. The appointments are Pilar Albiac-Murillo, Charles Champion, and Sean O’Keefe, who join Mikhail Lifshits on the Advisory

David Lara will be a part of CargoAi’s next quarterly business review, starting September 1, along with other members of the Board of Advisors. There will be a work program based on product development and its roadmap, business development, and the strategy of CargoAi. “Beyond his role and contribution, David is a great mentor for

JSSI Parts & Leasing (JSSI), has appointed Ben Edwards to the role of regional manager for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), highlighting a move to bolster the company’s presence and service offering across the region. Edwards brings with him a decade of experience as head of sales at U.K.-based aircraft parts supplier Allaero, as

easyJet has appointed Stephen Hester as a director and chair designate. Hester will join the Board as a non-executive director on September 1, 2021, and then he will succeed John Barton as the company’s chair on December 1, 2021, at which point Barton will stand down from the Board having completed nearly nine years as

Boeing has appointed Alexander Feldman as the new president of the company’s Southeast Asia business, effective August 27, 2021. Feldman will be based in Singapore and will oversee the company’s strategy and operations as Boeing expands its regional presence. Feldman will also become Director and Chairman of Boeing Singapore and President Director of PT. Boeing

TrueAero (TrueAero) has announced the arrival of Ann McManus to its executive leadership team as Vice President of Talent Management. McManus brings over 20 years of human resources development and leadership experience to the team, most recently with Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) and AWAS, where she resourced the business for growth, designed and implemented HR

The Supervisory Board of Lufthansa Technik has appointed Dr. William Willms as a member of the Executive Board with effect from September 1 for three years. Dr. Willms will take over the finance department. He thus completes the Lufthansa Technik Executive Board, which already includes the CEO Dr. Johannes Bussmann and Soeren Stark as COO

MRO Insider has promoted Clovis Martins, formerly an Account Executive, to Director of Sales for South America. Martins has been working with the MRO Insider team since October of 2020, when he joined as an Account Executive managing Brazil. As South American traffic on the website increased, Martins’ territory expanded into the entire South American

Alaska Airlines’ board of directors has elected aviation veteran Donald Wright Vice President of Maintenance and Engineering, effective August 23, 2021. Wright will assume the role formerly held by Constance von Muehlen who was appointed Chief Operating Officer on April 3. In his new role, Wright will lead 1,346 employees, including the technical operations team,