![Kelly Horan (left) and Kim Kinsley (right)](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-06/iae-horan-kinsley.jpg?itok=-c58tvsk)
IAE Changes Leadership Structure
International Aero Engines (IAE) has named Kelly Horan (left) as its new president, succeeding Kim Kinsley (right), who has held the position since June of 2023. Horan was also appointed vice president of V2500 programs at Pratt & Whitney earlier this year, and she will hold both roles concurrently. Kinsley will become chairperson of the IAE board of directors and continue to serve as vice president of mature commercial engines at Pratt & Whitney, a role she was appointed to in January.
![Kerry O'Sullivan](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-06/kerry-osullivan-ats.jpg?itok=3EfVNJh1)
New ATS COO
Aviation Technical Services has appointed Kerry O’Sullivan as its new chief operating officer. O’Sullivan previously spent 13 years at StandardAero, where he was most recently chief operating officer and senior vice president of quality and engineering. He has also held senior leadership and operations roles at AlliedSignal and Terex Corporation.
![David Chaimovitz (left) and Tom Boulcott (right)](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-06/tom-boulcott-setna-io.jpg?itok=mloOq4Gr)
New Setna iO Parts Trading Head
Setna iO has promoted Tom Boulcott (pictured right, next to Setna iO Founder and CEO David Chaimovitz) to president of parts trading. Boulcott, who has been managing director of Setna iO’s UK business since 2017, has previously held roles at GECAS and Prime Air.
![Jim Sokol and Alex Tuttle](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-07/ga-telesis-sokol-tuttle.jpg?itok=PeBGMXsV)
New Leadership At GA Telesis Flight Solutions Group
GA Telesis has appointed Jim Sokol (pictured left) as president of its Flight Solutions Group (FSG), succeeding Jason Reed, who was recently promoted to president of the company’s Digital Innovation Group. Sokol joined GA Telesis in 2022 as vice president of sales for the Americas and has more than 40 years of executive leadership experience in the airline, MRO and transportation sectors. GA Telesis has also promoted Alex Tuttle (pictured right) to chief commercial officer for the FSG. Tuttle, who has been with the company for more than 22 years, was most recently chief operating officer.
![Jason Reed](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-06/jason-reed-ga-telesis.jpg?itok=OtrOWnXR)
GA Telesis Promotes New Digital Innovation Head
Jason Reed has been promoted to president of GA Telesis’ Digital Innovation Group, where he will lead efforts around new technologies, including what the company says are artificial intelligence-based systems. Reed was previously president of GA Telesis’ Flight Solutions Group, where he spearheaded digital initiatives to improve efficiency, safety and customer experiences.
![Bill Kircher](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-06/cts-engines-bill-kircher.jpg?itok=NQ_TT5WE)
New CTS Engines CEO
CTS Engines appointed Bill Kircher as CEO and executive vice chairman, succeeding Vesa Paukkeri, who will transition to the role of chief commercial officer. Kircher was most recently executive vice chairman of CTS and has more than 25 years of experience in the aviation industry, including in roles at Triumph Group and United Technologies.
![Kim Ernzen](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-06/standardaero-kim-ernzen.jpg?itok=S4v0YTZz)
StandardAero Picks New COO
Kim Ernzen has been appointed chief operating officer at StandardAero, succeeding Kerry O’Sullivan, who is retiring. Ernzen was previously president of naval power for Raytheon Technologies and has more than 25 years of experience in aviation, including roles at Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft.
![Mike Audus](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-06/ametek-mro-mike-audus.jpg?itok=SuXWTXza)
Ametek MRO Appoints New Europe Head
Ametek MRO has chosen Mike Audus as its new divisional vice president and business unit manager for MRO Europe, where he will lead the company’s businesses across Europe, including Muirhead Avionics, AEM, AvTech and Antavia. A self-described “Lean zealot,” Audus plans to drive Ametek MRO’s growth in Europe.
![Christian Ceruti](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-05/christian-ceruti-tarmac-aerosave.jpg?itok=eDbWAPTh)
Tarmac Aerosave Appoints New CCO
Tarmac Aerosave appointed Christian Ceruti as its new chief commercial and development officer May 2. Ceruti has more than 30 years’ of experience in aircraft maintenance at companies such as AFI KLM E&M and Airbus. He joined Tarmac Aerosave in 2014 and the company says his work helped it develop and diversify services to create a “one-stop-shop” offering.
![Louis Philippe Mallette and Clare Brown](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-05/ajw-group-brown-mallette.jpg?itok=LZJWfHam)
New AJW Group Leadership Appointments
AJW Group has promoted Louis Philippe Mallette (left) to president of its AJW Technique MRO subsidiary in Montreal. Mallette previously held leadership roles at Aero Montreal and Bombardier before joining AJW Technique in September 2021 as senior vice president.
AJW Group has also promoted Clare Brown (right) to the position of chief financial officer at AJW Aviation. Brown has more than 25 years’ experience in the aviation industry, including eight years at AJW Group. She was previously finance director at Thomas Cook.
![Ismail Mokabel](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-05/ismail-mokabel-mhirj.jpg?itok=Jm2B1FO1)
MHIRJ Appoints New President And COO
Ismail Mokabel has been appointed president and chief operating officer at MHIRJ. Mokabel, who was most recently SVP and head of aftermarket at the company, is the first non-Japanese leader of a strategic business unit within Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. He will report to Hiro Yamamoto, who will remain as chairman and CEO of MHIRJ.
![Nathan Engel](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-05/nathan-engel-horizon-air.jpg?itok=_dLYes9y)
New Horizon Air Maintenance VP
Horizon Air has named Nathan Engel as vice president of maintenance and engineering, where he will lead the airline’s team of more than 300 maintenance and engineering staff. Engel was previously managing director of maintenance operations at both Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and was most recently Hawaiian Airlines’ senior manager of maintenance in Seattle.
![Francois Biarneix](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-05/francois-biarneix-vallair.jpg?itok=GWv8rJXS)
New Vallair Operations Director
Vallair has appointed Francois Biarneix as operations director, where he will oversee strategic deployment and operations of its aerostructure and composite shop, engine shop, logistics department and aircraft dismantling activities in Chateauroux, France. Biarneix has previously held technical management roles in the aviation supplier and automotive sectors.
![Rubin Siddique, Holger Beck and Elmar Lutter](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-04/lht-subsidiaries-leadership.jpg?itok=_o5F0ryt)
LHT Subsidiary Leadership Changes
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) has appointed new leaders at two of its subsidiaries. Rubin Siddique (left) has taken over as CEO at LHT Aero Alzey, succeeding Matthias Gruber, who is now head of technical fleet management at Eurowings Technik. Holger Beck (center), who has been head of aircraft maintenance service Asia at LHT Philippines since April 1, will be appointed president and CEO of the company on June 1. Beck will replace Elmar Lutter (right), who is retiring after 34 years within the Lufthansa Group.
![Dennis Santare](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-05/dennis-santare-ats.jpg?itok=BOsCifND)
New ATS SVP Component And Engineering Services
ATS has appointed Dennis Santare as its new senior vice president of component and engineering solutions. Santare most recently served as partner at Oliver Wyman, where he helped grow its Americas aerospace, defense and government services practice, and he has also held roles at Aircraft Propeller Service and AAR.
![Owen McClave](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-02/owen-mcclave-sr-technics.jpg?itok=EaBarSAT)
SR Technics Leadership Shake-Up
Owen McClave (pictured here) has been appointed CEO at SR Technics, succeeding Matthias Dullmann, who has left the company after being appointed CEO in July 2023. McClave was appointed chief operating officer at SR Technics in July 2023 after previously serving as senior vice president of engine services. Deputy CEO Ruixiang Gong will take over as chief operating officer.
![Dag Johnsen](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-02/dag-johnsen-aero-norway.jpg?itok=osu8pZ-E)
New Aero Norway COO
Dag Johnsen has been appointed chief operating officer at engine repair specialist Aero Norway, replacing Neil Russell, who became CEO in October 2023. Johnsen previously managed United Airlines’ powerplant engineering team and, prior to that, held engineering roles at Continental Airlines.
![Stephan Klose](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-04/stephan-klose-joramco.jpg?itok=AWuTj4eJ)
Joramco Appoints New COO
Joramco has appointed Stephan Klose as its new chief operations officer. Klose has more than 20 years of experience in base maintenance and technical operations. He was most recently vice president of maintenance and engineering at Saudi Royal Aviation.
![Erlendur Svavarsson](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-02/erlendur-svavarsson-ajw-capital.jpg?itok=KBwcUhJS)
New AJW Capital CEO
AJW Group’s investment subsidiary, AJW Capital, has appointed Erlendur Svavarsson as CEO. Svavarsson has previously held CEO and Board of Directors roles at Cabo Verde Airlines, Loftleidir Icelandic, Arctica Finance and Faradair Aerospace.
![Paul Gleeson](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-02/paul-gleeson-eirtrade-aviation.jpg?itok=mS98bQOj)
New EirTrade Aviation CCO
EirTrade Aviation has appointed Paul Gleeson as chief commercial officer, where he will be tasked with expanding the company’s industry footprint and market reach. Gleeson has been with EirTrade since 2020 and has more than a decade of experience in supply chain roles within the MRO industry.
![Herve Grandjean](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-02/herve-grandjean-sabena-technics.jpg?itok=LJCEcyBe)
New Sabena Technics Chief Commercial Officer
Sabena Technics has appointed Herve Grandjean as chief commercial officer. Grandjean was previously head of operations and industrial strategy of the French new nuclear program at EDF and has served in various leadership roles at the French Defense Ministry.
![Ventura Quirino](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-02/ventura-quirino-eirtech.png?itok=5_Y6NnnN)
Eirtech Appoints New SVP Engineering U.S. Operations
Eirtech Aviation Services has appointed Ventura Quirino as senior vice president of engineering for its U.S. operations. He will lead growth of its customer base in the U.S. from Eirtech’s offices in Irvine, California. Eirtech Aviation Services opened its first U.S. facility in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas in October 2023.
![Gary Pratt](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-02/gary-pratt-sts-aviation.jpg?itok=QeMImRrK)
New SVP Line Maintenance At STS Aviation
STS Aviation Group has appointed Gary Pratt as its new senior vice president and general manager of STS Line Maintenance, where he will oversee operations for 43 line maintenance stations across the U.S. Pratt has previously served as vice president and regional director of line maintenance at STS, and he has decades of experience in maintenance leadership roles at airlines including Delta Air Lines, Air Wisconsin Airlines and PSA Airlines.
![Corne van Rooij](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-03/corne-van-rooij-haeco.jpg?itok=3vqlNWQI)
HAECO Appoints New Global Engine Support GM
HAECO has appointed Corne van Rooij as its new general manager of HAECO Global Engine Support. He will operate from HAECO’s London Heathrow base, overseeing the group’s worldwide engine support business. Van Rooij has more than 25 years of experience in airline operations and aircraft and engine MRO, including leadership roles at KLM Engineering & Maintenance.
![Jack Karapetyan](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/2024-04/jack-karapetyan-ontic.jpg?itok=S2Q7WTc5)
Ontic Creates New MRO Operations Leadership Role
Ontic has appointed Jack Karapetyan to its newly created role of vice president and general manager of global MRO operations, through which he will grow the company’s MRO business. Karapetyan was previously general manager of Ontic’s Chatsworth, California site, where he oversaw several operational improvement programs.
Notable MRO industry leadership changes so far in 2024.