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Boeing has named Ihssane Mounir new vice president of Sales and Marketing for Commercial Airplanes. Mounir succeeds John Wojick, who is retiring after 36 years of company service, effective early 2017. In his new role, Mounir is responsible for the sales and marketing of all commercial airplanes and related services to airlines and leasing customers […]

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has appointed Vincent Metz as Director Strategy, Robert Pruim as Vice President Procurement and Rodolphe Parisot as Vice President Digital & Innovation. All three will sit on the AIR FRANCE KLM Engineering & Maintenance Executive Committee.

Avtrade has appointed Janice Ho as Regional Sales Manager – South Asia. With strong sales and aviation knowledge gained at leading component suppliers based in Singapore, Janice joins Avtrade to take on the role of Regional Sales Manager – South Asia. Based at Avtrade’s Singapore office, Janice will be responsible for developing new business opportunities,

Airbus Group has appointed François Auque and Thomas d’Halluin to lead the European and U.S. venture investment activities, respectively, of its “Airbus Ventures” initiative. Auque previously served as Executive Vice-President of Space Systems and CEO Airbus Defence and Space France and d’Halluin was COO of Airbus Ventures activities since they began. The appointments are effective

ATR’s shareholders Airbus Group and Leonardo-Finmeccanica have appointed Christian Scherer as Chief Executive Officer of ATR. He succeeds Patrick de Castelbajac, who will become Company Secretary and Chief of Staff as well as member of the Executive Committee of Airbus. The transition will become effective on November 1, 2016. Christian Scherer will run the company

Airbus Group has appointed Rodin Lyasoff as Chief Executive Officer of A³, the advanced projects and partnerships outpost of Airbus Group in Silicon Valley. He succeeds Paul Eremenko who became Airbus Group’s Chief Technology Officer. The appointment is effective immediately. Lyasoff previously served as a project executive at A³; he has been a part of

AAR has named Andre Fischer, a seasoned aviation industry growth strategist, as Vice President of Programs, Business Development and Strategy. Fischer has a proven track record of identifying and honing in on business prospects, cultivating industry partnerships, and implementing development strategies. He began his career with Rolls-Royce before moving on to Fairchild Dornier as a

Bristow Group has appointed William “Bill” Collins to senior vice president global operations, responsible for overseeing safe and reliable helicopter and airplane operations across Bristow’s business. In his new role, Collins will focus on improving operational safety, reliability and efficiency for clients, reporting directly to Bristow Group President and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Baliff.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries appointed Kiyoshi Okazoe as the new President of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America. (MHIA), a wholly owned subsidiary of MHI, effective October 1, 2016. A veteran of the MHI North America operations, Okazoe succeeded Kenji Ando, who assumed the position of President and CEO, Energy & Environment, based in Tokyo.

James Holmes has teamed up with TMSaero as Managing Partner. Jim was previously with Rolls-Royce in Derby and TAESL in Texas, a joint venture between American Airlines and Rolls-Royce. Jims duties and position with TMSaero will include heading up the Rolls Royce and IAE turbine engine product lines, providing the services and oversight of the