General Electric (GE) has announced the appointment of Nyimpini Mabunda as the Chief Executive Officer for Southern Africa. In this role, Mabunda will lead GE’s growth in the region and drive alignment across its Power, Healthcare, Aviation and Renewable Energy businesses. He will also drive GE’s BBBEE roadmap and processes in South Africa. Prior to
Farsound Aviation has appointed Graham Mitchell as the Company’s new Quality Director. Mitchell is part of Farsound’s senior management team and he is responsible for quality assurance, inspection and also health and safety within the business. Mitchell replaces Phil Northfield who was Farsound Aviation’s Technical Director for just short of 15 years. He leaves his
Nasmyth Group has appointed Michael Steinberg as General Manager of Nasmyth TMF Inc. in Valencia, California. Nasmyth TMF is a specialist in metal finishing, painting, and non-destructive testing for the aerospace and defense industries. A certified FAA repair station, Nasmyth TMF offers both protective and cosmetic coatings. Capabilities include complex masking, painting, grit blasting, quality
Gulfstream Aerospace has named Josh Thompson of General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) as the aerospace company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective August 3. Thompson will report to Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream, and serve as a member of the Gulfstream leadership team. He succeeds Dan Clare, Gulfstream’s long-time CFO, who will retire at the
Virgin Galactic Holdings (Virgin Galactic), a vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company, has appointed Michael Colglazier as its new Chief Executive Officer and George Whitesides as Chief Space Officer, effective July 20, 2020. Colglazier assumes the CEO role at an exciting time for Virgin Galactic as the company progresses through its test flight program
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
