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Dion Garner has joined the team of Werner Aero Services. He will be focused on expanding the company’s current business in Asia Pacific with increased emphasis on the growing APU business. Dion joins Werner Aero Services with over 30 years experience in the aerospace industry; much of it spent in the Asia Pacific market. He […]

On January 1, 2017, Joseph Weiss, President and CEO of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced the appointment of Mr. Eli Alfassi as the company’s Executive VP Marketing. Mr. Alfassi is currently Executive VP for IAI’s operations in India and following his appointment to the position of Executive VP Marketing, the two operations will be merged

As of 01 January, 2017, Andreas Tielmann is the new CEO of Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services (LTLS). He is taking over the role from Dr. Christian Langer, who is moving to Lufthansa Technik as Head of Digital Fleet Solutions. Andreas Tielmann has been with Lufthansa Technik since 1998. He began his career as project coordinator

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has hired Bertrand Grabowski as Senior Strategic Advisor. Bertrand was most recently Member of the Board of Directors of DVB Bank in charge of Aviation and Rail. Under his leadership, DVB Bank solidified its pre-eminence as a leading aviation asset based lending platform and expanded its franchise to include aviation asset

Farsound Aviation, a provider of global supply chain and logistics solutions for the aerospace industry, has appointed Yamei Yang to the position of Business Development Manager in China. She will be responsible for seeking out new business opportunities as well as supporting existing customers in the region.

Air Transport Services Group reported the retirement of John Starkovich, President of ABX Air, an airline subsidiary of ATSG, and the appointment of his replacement, David Soaper, effective February 1, 2017. Soaper most recently held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer at Connecticut-based Southern Air. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice

Air Canada has appointed Lucie Guillemette, previously Senior Vice President, Revenue Optimization, as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Ms. Guillemette is based at the airline’s Montreal headquarters, joins the Executive Committee and continues to report to Benjamin Smith , President, Passenger Airlines.

Embraer has named Arjan Meijer as Chief Commercial Officer, Embraer Commercial Aviation, reporting directly to John Slattery, President & CEO, Embraer Commercial Aviation. Prior to joining Embraer, in April 2016, Meijer spent 15 years at KLM on the engineering, technical services and fleet development aspects of the company. His last role was Managing Director of

United Airlines announced three new appointments in the finance division as the company focuses on aligning its organization across all areas of the business. Julie Yates Stewart will join United on January 3., as managing director of investor relations where she will be responsible for overseeing the communication of United’s financial results, while managing relationships

GE Aviation reported that Jean Lydon-Rodgers was named president and chief executive officer of GE Aviation, Services and Tony Mathis was promoted to president and chief executive officer of GE Aviation, Military Systems.