Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) reported the election to its Board of Directors of Richard Baudouin, an experienced aircraft leasing executive who co-founded Aviation Capital Group (ACG), a global leader in aircraft leasing and finance. Baudouin is currently one of three principals in Infinity Aviation Capital, an investment firm involved in aircraft leasing.
ARINC Incorporated announced the appointment of Michael DiGeorge as Managing Director of the company’s Asia Pacific Division based in Singapore. Mr. DiGeorge was formerly Senior Director for E-enabled Programs based in ARINC’s Hong Kong office. In his new position, Mr. DiGeorge will focus on growing ARINC’s business and solution infrastructure in Asia Pacific, and enhance
Mr Luc Vigneron, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales, tendered his resignation to the company’s directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors on 20 December 2012, and his resignation was accepted. At this same meeting, the Board of Directors co-opted Mr Jean-Bernard Lévy as a director and subsequently elected him to the
Carsten Behrens has been appointed Managing Director of the P&WC Customer Service Centre Europe (CSC), in Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany, effective January 1, 2013. He takes over his new role at the helm of the joint venture of MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg and Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) from Clemens Linden, who became the new Managing Director of
Constant Aviation, a maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility, announced Lance Lajara has joined the Constant Aviation team as Large Fleet Account Manager. “Lance brings over 15 years experience in the aviation industry, most recently as the Customer Care Manager with Honeywell. He spent over 10 years with Honeywell in numerous roles covering quality, operations, logistics
Mr. Charles Edelstenne, having reached the statutory age limit, will cease on January 8, 2013, his office of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aviation. Upon his proposal and in agreement with Mr. Serge Dassault and the board of Directors, he will be replaced by Mr. Eric Trappier who will become, starting from January 9,
United Continental Holdings, released that its Board of Directors has named President and CEO Jeff Smisek as Chairman of the Board effective Dec. 31, 2012. Smisek replaces Glenn Tilton, who has served as Chairman of the United Continental Holdings board since October 2010, and who will remain a member of the board. Tilton served as
Crane Aerospace & Electronics, a segment of Crane Co., announced the appointment of Todd Witchall as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Electronics Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics. In this role, Witchall will report directly to Bob Tavares, President of Crane Electronics Group. Witchall will be responsible for Finance, Accounting
Finnair has appointed Allister Paterson Senior Vice President, Commercial Division and a member of the Finnair Executive Board as of January 7, 2013. Mika Perho, the current head of Finnair’s Commercial Division has announced he will leave the company at the end of December, 2012.
Boeing named Pratyush “Prat” Kumar as president of Boeing India, effective Dec. 14. He joins Boeing with significant business leadership experience and insight into the Indian market, having served in senior executive positions at GE Transportation since 2003. Kumar succeeds Dinesh Keskar, who earlier this year returned to Boeing Commercial Airplanes in a senior Sales
