AviTrader MRO Magazine 2017-06

People On The Move
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Michael Ryan
Bombardier has appointed Michael
Ryan as President, Aerostructures
and Engineering Services, effective
July 1, 2017. Mr. Ryan, who previously
served as Vice President and
General Manager of Bombardier’s
Belfast Aerostructures facility, will
succeed Jean Séguin who is retiring
after a very successful 36-year
career with Bombardier. Mr. Ryan
will report directly to Alain Bellemare,
President and Chief Executive
Officer, Bombardier.
Jean-Marc Lenz
Michael Sattler
SR Technics has appointed Jean-Marc Lenz as Chief Operating Officer
and Accountable Manager, and Michael Sattler as Chief Commercial
Officer, effective as of June 1, 2017. Jean-Marc will succeed
Frank Walschot, who has joined HNA Group.
Tim Behmlander Reiner Stamm Dave Morris
PPG has named Tim Behmlander aerospace general manager for the
Americas, and Reiner Stamm to succeed him as aerospace general
manager for the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions. Behmlander
replaces Dave Morris, who retires July 1, as aerospace vice-president
and general manager for the Americas after nearly 50 years in the
aerospace industry. In their new positions, Behmlander continues as a
member of PPG’s aerospace leadership team, and Stamm joins both
the company’s aerospace and EMEA-region leadership teams.
TP Aerospace has appointed Frank Rott as the new Managing Director
of the facility in Germany and Global Chief Operations Officer
of TP Aerospace Technics. Rott comes from a position as CEO and
Accountable Manager EASA Part-145 and Part-147 at Haitec Aircraft
Maintenance GmbH. Throughout his career, Rott has held positions
within companies such as LTU, Rolls-Royce and Air Berlin, through
which he has acquired extensive technical knowledge. He will be located
at TP Aerospace’s office in Quickborn, Germany, but will be
responsible for all global MRO activities.
Rolls-Royce has appointed Ben Fidler into the new senior leadership role
of Director, Group Financial Planning & Analysis, reporting to Chief Financial
Officer Stephen Daintith. Fidler, presently an Aerospace and Defence
Analyst with Deutsche Bank, will take up his new appointment at the
beginning of September 2017 and will have responsibility for management
reporting, forecasting, budgeting and long-term planning.
AeroCentury, an independent aircraft leasing company, has reported
that Karen Rogge has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective
immediately. Ms. Rogge has executive, financial and operations
management experience with leading public technology companies
including Hewlett Packard, Seagate Technology, and Extreme
Networks, as well as private companies. She is President of the RYN
Group LLC, a management consulting business, providing CFO and
strategic advisory services for public and private companies.
GA Telesis has appointed Marc Cho as its Chief Investment Officer. In
his new role, Mr. Cho will entail oversight of GA Telesis Capital Management
as well as managing and monitoring the company’s portfolio of
assets, devising strategies for capital and growth, while also managing
risk. Furthermore, he will act as the direct liaison with investors.
Carlos Ordonez
C&L Aerospace has appointed Carlos
Ordonez, former VP of Sales for
Aeronautical Investments, as Director
of Business Development for Latin
America. Ordonez has two decades
of aerospace experience in the
Latin American region. “I am very
excited to have Carlos join our sales
and marketing team utilizing his
vast Latin America market knowledge
and providing comprehensive
solutions to regional, corporate and
military operators throughout the
region,” said Martin Cooper, C&L
Senior Vice-President of Sales.
In its efforts to strengthen its team to better serve customers in APAC,
Sabre Corporation made two significant leadership appointments this
week. Axel Bench is appointed as Regional Director – Asia, and will
be responsible for South Asia, North Asia and Southeast Asia. In conjunction
with this appointment, the Sabre Airline Solutions business in
the APAC region will be restructured into three regions: South Asia,
North Asia and Southeast Asia led by Axel Bench, Pacific region and
Japan led by Scott Barratt, and Mainland China led by Peter Wu.
Clayton Grant has been appointed Senior Account Director for Singapore,
Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
Tim Brecher
Tim Brecher, formerly of GE Aviation
Materials, has joined C&L
Aviation Group as President of C&L
Engine Solutions. C&L Engine Solutions
specializes in large and small
corporate and commercial engine
transitions, including trading, leasing
and acquisition of assets.
AviTrader MRO - June 2017