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Commercial Jet welcomed Donald Kamenz as Vice President of Sales. Mr. Kamenz comes to Commercial Jet with over 29 years of experience in global aviation. Prior to joining Commercial Jet, Donald was the Chief Commercial Officer, Co-owner and Vice President of Business Development for Myrtle Beach, South Carolina based AvCraft Technical Services.

airberlin reported that Wolfgang Prock-Schauer left the company on his own request as of February 28th, 2015. Wolfgang Prock-Schauer started working for airberlin as Chief Strategy & Planning Officer in October 2012 and then took the position of Chief Executive Officer from January 2013 until January 2015.

Comlux America, the Completion and Services center of the Comlux Group based in Indianapolis IN, announced the appointment of Scott Meyer as the new CEO. Scott currently serves as the COO for Comlux America and he will take on this new role beginning the 1st of April 2015. Scott Meyer started his career in aviation

Erno Hildén, Finnair’s Chief Financial Officer and member of the company’s Executive Board, will leave the company on April 30th, 2015. Hildén has made a long career in different leadership roles at Finnair. He has served the company since 1997 and has been a member of the Executive Board since 2009. Mika Stirkkinen, Vice President,

Marion C. Blakey has been appointed to become President and Chief Executive Officer of Rolls-Royce North America and chair of the Rolls-Royce North America Board of Directors, replacing James M. Guyette who will be retiring in May. Ms. Blakey will leave her position as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA)

Universal Asset Management announced the promotion of Shane Warf and Daniel Hansen to Vice Presidents of Strategic Markets. Shane and Daniel both joined UAM in August 2014 from ILFC. In their new positions, Shane and Daniel will be working to expand opportunities with airlines, MROs and OEMs worldwide to further enhance the already growing footprint

Erich Ceru has joined the top management of leisure carrier Small Planet Airlines, bringing extensive experience in aviation. Erich Ceru helped the multiple F1 champion Niki Lauda to develop the business activities of airline FlyNiki. Austrian professional Erich Ceru will be Chief Technology Officer at Small Planet Airlines, taking responsibility for the strategy of the

Lars Sandahl Sørensen is returning to SAS as new Group Director and COO, (Chief Operating Officer), SAS. Lars Sandahl will join on May 1st, 2015. Lars Sandahl Sørensen was previously Group Director and CCO (Chief Commercial Officer) of global services company ISS. Prior to that he worked for SAS from 2003 to 2010. He was

Lockheed Martin has appointed Rodney A. Makoske, to senior vice president, Corporate Engineering, Technology, and Operations and a corporate officer, and Dana (Keoki) Jackson as vice president and chief technology officer (CTO). Both appointments are effective immediately and follow the retirement of Ray Johnson on February 1st, 2015.