Leonard Wapler has been named chief financial officer of Eutelsat Americas, based in Mexico City. He has been head of investor relations and will be succeeded by Joanna Darlington. She has been with the Corporate Advisory Group of KPMG Makinson Cowell.
Sir Roy McNulty has been appointed chairman, Andrew Swaffield chief executive and Andrew Lavery chief financial officer of the London-based Monarch Group. McNulty was a non-executive director and Swaffield was managing director of Monarch Airlines and had been managing director of Avios Group Ltd. McNulty also is chairman of London Gatwick Airport.
Alain Charmeau (see photos) has been nominated as CEO and Marc Ventre as chairman of the Airbus Group and Safran Space Launcher Joint Venture. Charmeau is head of space systems operations within the Airbus Defense and Space Div. Ventre is deputy CEO and chief operating officer of Safran.
USAF Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle has been named commander of Air Combat Command (ACC), Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He has been commander of Pacific Air Forces/air component commander for U.S. Pacific Command/executive director of the Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Lt. Gen. Lori J. Robinson has been nominated for promotion to general and to succeed Carlisle. She has been ACC vice commander. Maj. Gen. James K.
Gytis Gumuliauskas has become CEO of Air Lituanica, succeeding - Erikas Zubrus, who will now be a consultant on strategic affairs. Gumuliauskas was chief operations officer.
USN Cmdr. Anthony Jaramillo has succeeded USMC Lt. Col. David “Angus” Walsh as manager of Navair’s Specialized and Proven Aircraft Program Office, which has employees at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina; NAS Jacksonville, Florida; and NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Jaramillo was director of Navair’s Technical Data and Engineering Service Center. Walsh is now assigned to the Marine Aviation Detachment at NAS Patuxent River.
T homas A. Kennedy, who is CEO of the Waltham, Massachusetts-based Raytheon Co., also will be chairman, effective Oct. 1. He will succeed William H. Swanson, who will be retiring. Kennedy followed Swanson as CEO. Tracy A. Atkinson has been appointed to the board. She is executive vice president-finance of the State Street Corp.
