SkyWorks Capital announced the appointment of Benoit Debains to serve as Managing Director. Benoit will be based in Toulouse, France where he will focus on global opportunities for SkyWorks. Benoit’s extensive career in aviation finance spans a wide range of executive positions. He started his career at Airbus with sales contracts analysis and purchase agreement negotiation,
Apple Aviation Technical Services (AATS), part of the Apple Aviation Group, released that it receaved EASA approval for CAMO Part M Subpart G & I for – MD80 / B737 / B757 / B767 / A320 Series.
airberlin’s Board has appointed the President and CEO of the Dutch airline Martinair, Paul Gregorowitsch, as a new member of the Executive Board. From September 2011 Gregorowitsch will be taking over as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), responsible for network and sales. This makes him the fourth member of airberlin’s Executive Board, alongside Joachim Hunold (CEO), Ulf
The International Bureau of Aviation (IBA) reported that James Uniacke has joined them in a newly created role, Head of Asset Management, to lead and further develop its growing managed portfolio of aircraft. This is the third senior management role that the Group has recently identified and IBA now offers distinct and complementary technical services
PAS Technologies Inc. has named Doug Dillon to the position of Director of Lean Six Sigma. Doug will be responsible to develop an optimal lean product environment at the Company’s seven facilities in the United States, Singapore, Ireland, and Romania.  He will work closely with the business unit leaders to deploy projects that support key
Embraer named Paulo Penido Pinto Marques CFO, effective July 18, 2011. He will take over the responsibilities of Cynthia Marcondes Ferreira Benedetto, who is leaving the Company to pursue personal endeavors. Paulo Penido has accumulated broad experience and market recognition with extensive involvement in both the financial system, with such organizations as Citibank, BankBoston, and
Todd Simmons has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Cirrus Aircraft. In his new role, Simmons is responsible for managing the Cirrus Aircraft brand globally and for all sales and marketing activities for the world’s best-selling line of high-performance personal, small business and training aircraft.
Andrew J. Schmidt has joined AAR Corp. as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain. In this capacity, Schmidt will be responsible for providing strategy, business planning and operational leadership for the division and will drive initiatives to enhance the performance of all AAR’s aftermarket business.
The Board of Directors of The NORDAM Group elected Meredith Siegfried to succeed Bill Peacher as Chief Executive Officer of NORDAM at its mid-year meeting yesterday.  Peacher will continue to serve on the Company’s Board and as a financial consultant to the Company.  Ken Lackey, Executive Chairman, and Hastings Siegfried, Vice Chairman and COO of
Oriens Advisors, the aviation consultancy specialising in providing support for the full range of businesses associated with the entry level jet value chain, has expanded its core client offering with the addition of a new associate. Tristan Crawford will join the Oriens network with immediate effect and will work on a consultancy basis reporting to
