Category: People

Effective September 1, Dirk Janzen will assume the role of Vice President Sales, The Americas, Lufthansa Group Airlines, responsible for global market strategy, joint ventures, as well as passenger sales across North and South America. He succeeds Frank Naeve, who was in charge of The Americas region for the last three years until his recent appointment as Senior Vice President Global Markets & Stations for the Lufthansa Group. He will be based at the Lufthansa Group’s passenger airlines headquarters situated on Long Island in New York State, and will report to Naeve. Janzen brings to his new position a wealth Read more

MAAS Aviation, recognised experts in aircraft painting and exterior coatings, has announced the appointment of Malachy McEnroe as Chief Financial Officer. An experienced international CFO and board member, McEnroe has worked in finance and business for over 25 years, most recently in the international logistics equipment leasing sector. He has extensive experience in growing international businesses, spearheading transformation and has contributed to impressive value creation. As part of the company’s C-Suite Team and a board member, McEnroe’s role at MAAS will focus on supporting the business growth strategy and future investments, while driving day-to-day financial and operational improvements.  McEnroe will Read more

Boeing has named Brian Besanceney as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer effective September 6, 2022. A corporate affairs leader with more than 25 years of strategic communications and government relations experience, including senior roles at Walmart and Disney, Besanceney will oversee all aspects of Boeing’s communications, such as communications at its commercial airplanes, defence and services businesses, media relations, external affairs, employee engagement, and company branding. Besanceney will report to Boeing President and CEO David Calhoun and serve on the company’s Executive Council.

Aerocare Aviation Services, the expanding UK business aviation MRO Part 145 provider, interiors and paint specialist, now under the ownership of Complete Aircraft Group (CAG), is expanding its management team with the appointment of Craig Radford to the position of Head of Sales and Business Development. In this role, Radford will focus on identifying new revenue streams for the Hawarden, Chester-based business as it ramps up, identifying and supporting new clients, as well as exploring synergies within the group. He brings over 25 years valuable, customer-focused experience in various senior commercial aviation roles having previously worked for regional aircraft MRO specialists Read more

ATR has released that its Board Members, Airbus and Leonardo, have appointed the new Chief Executive Officer, Nathalie Tarnaud Laude, effective September 17, 2022. She succeeds Stefano Bortoli, whose four-year mandate expires at the same date, following the terms set by ATR’s bylaws. Bortoli will take on a new leadership role at Leonardo that will be announced by the company in the upcoming days. Tarnaud Laude is currently NHIndustries’ President and Senior Vice President Head of the NH90 Programme for Airbus Helicopters. Prior to this, she held various senior positions at Airbus in strategy, programme, technology and finance. She brings Read more