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Steven Ridolfi has been appointed Senior Vice President, Strategic Investments, Mergers and Acquisitions for Chorus Aviation, effective October 1st, 2015. Mr. Ridolfi will be based in Toronto, Ontario. Steven Ridolfi previously served as Senior Vice President of Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions at Bombardier. Prior to that Mr. Ridolfi was the President of Business Aircraft and […]

Cathay Pacific has appointed Philippe Lacamp to Senior Vice President, Americas. In this role, he will oversee all facets of Cathay Pacific’s operations and commercial activities in the Americas, and will be based in the company’s U.S. headquarters in San Francisco.

AAR, a leading global aftermarket solutions company that serves commercial aviation and government customers worldwide, announced that Michael J. Sharp has been appointed to serve as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective October 5th, 2015. Mr. Sharp will replace John C. Fortson who is resigning and relocating to take a CFO position with a non-aviation

LCI, the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, has hired Malcom MacGregor to the new role of Vice President Sales and Marketing, Americas. Mr MacGregor recently joined LCI with over 20 years’ experience in the aviation sector. He was previously Milestone Aviation Group’s Vice President of Sales – Europe, Middle East, India & Africa.

French aircraft maintenance software specialist ADSoftware has announced the appointment of Paul Zavattero to the position of International Sales Engineer. ADSoftware has decided to recruit one of the aviation industry’s top minds to enhance its services offering. This comes following the implementation of a strategic business development plan aimed at strengthening ADSoftware’s global market position

As of October 1st, 2015, Robert Gaag will be appointed as Senior Vice President Corporate Sales for Europe, Middle East, Africa (EuMEA), following Wolfgang Weynell, who has held the position since July 1st, 2014. Weynell will remain Senior Vice President Corporate Sales & Marketing until December 31st, 2015, when he retires from Lufthansa Technik after

WestJet Airlines announced the appointment of Harry Taylor to the position of Executive Vice President, Finance, and Chief Financial Officer, effective October 26th, 2015. Harry brings over 20 years of senior financial, operational and strategic experience in the retail and consumer products industries. He joins WestJet from Canadian Tire Corporation where he has worked since

Vector Aerospace has hired two new regional sales managers to join the Vector rotary-wing sales team to grow business in both Asia and Europe. Regional Sales Manager, Asia – Lewis Ho was previously a Business Development and Sales Director for UTC Aerospace Systems Aerostructures Division selling reverse thrusters, pylons and other polymer products for commercial

TrueAero President, Dean Morgan, announced the hiring of Christopher Garrett as Director of Airframe and Engine Products. Chris will be leading the product team at TrueAero’s 50,000 ft² Sebastian, Florida distribution facility. The recent acquisition of 5ea A340-300 aircraft continues to drive the creation of numerous new positions.

HAECO Americas reported that Jeff Lawrence will join the company’s maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) leadership team as Vice President of Planning, Pricing and Production Control. Jeff will assume responsibilities that have been held by Lon Chaney, who has announced his plans to retire by the end of 2015. In his new role, Jeff will