After nearly four years as AvAir’s Senior Vice President of Finance, Robert Knox has been promoted to Chief Accounting Officer. During his time as SVP of Finance, Knox increased access to capital, financed a management buyout and significant inventory purchases, established a European subsidiary, upgraded the 410K plan and developed an exceptional finance organization. As
Ryan O’Reilly has been appointed to the role of Supply Chain Director with Acro Aircraft Seating (Acro) based at Gatwick, U.K. In post from May 2020, Ryan has taken on strategic and operational responsibility for the company’s global supply chain. Reporting directly to Chief Executive Officer Neil Cairns, Ryan joins an enhanced and expanded Executive
Advanced surface coating technology company, Hardide Coatings has appointed Rob Holmes as VP Aerospace as the company targets strategic growth in the aerospace and defence sectors. Holmes joins from Nasmyth Group where he spent ten years in senior business development positions in the global aerospace industry. Most recently he was Aerospace Development Executive responsible for
Wolfgang Jani, Chief Financial Officer of Austrian Airlines, will leave the company as at the end of August. He assumed the position of CFO and Member of the Executive Board in April 2018. Jani has taken the occasion of the successful conclusion of the coronavirus financing package to retire from his position on the airline.
Michael Erfert, currently ‘Head of Global Sales Steering, Products & Processes Hub Airlines Lufthansa Group, will join Eurowings as Head of Sales on August 15, 2020. In addition to his function as Head of Sales, Distribution and Digital at Eurowings, he will also become Managing Director of the Eurowings digital subsidiary. Erfert will be responsible
Niel Golightly, Boeing’s Senior Vice President of Communications, has resigned after an employee complaint that brought to Boeing’s attention an article Golightly wrote in 1987 while serving in the military, about whether women should serve in combat. Golightly said in a statement: “The article is not a reflection of who I am; but nonetheless I
Tor-Arne Fosser will join Air Shuttle ASA, trading as Norwegian, as Executive Vice President (EVP) Airline Ecosystem from October 1, 2020. He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer for Telenor Denmark. Fosser has worked over 16 years for Telenor, where he was also Senior Vice President for Marketing in the Telenor Group. He is now
The CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries, Major-General (Ret.) Nimrod Sheffer, announced on July 1, 2020 that he is stepping down following two years as the company’s CEO and six months as VP of strategic planning. Sheffer joined IAI as VP of Strategic Planning two and a half years ago after 36 years of military service
Thorsten Dirks will withdraw from the company’s Executive Board on the occasion of the successful conclusion of the governmental stabilization measure. He was most recently responsible for the areas Digitalization and Finance. Thorsten Dirks was appointed to the Executive Board in May 2017. The Executive Board division “Digitalization and Finance” will temporarily be assigned to the area
JetHQ continues its global aircraft expansion, adding an experienced aviation professional to meet the needs of clients in Mexico and Latin America. The aircraft transaction and brokerage company has announced that Gabriela Perez de Leon has joined the team as Sales Director, based in and overseeing Mexico. She will work with Vice President of Sales
