Appointments

Issue: 4 / 2019

ATR

David Brigante, 59, has been nominated SVP Programmes and Customer Services of ATR, starting August 01, 2019. He will be reporting to the CEO, Stefano Bortoli.

BOMBARDIER

On August 19, 2019, Bombardier announced the appointment of Jeff Cole as Sales Director, Northeast United States to drive sales of Bombardier’s class-leading portfolio of business jets.

DASSAULT AVIATION

Dassault Aviation has appointed Anne Devilliers as the Director, International Sales for Great Britain, Ireland, the Balkans and Greece. She will report to Gilles Gautier, Vice President, Falcon Sales at Dassault Aviation.

Dassault Aviation has also appointed Carlos Brana as the Executive Vice President, Civil Aircraft. He succeeds Olivier Villa, who retired on July 1, 2019.

DASSAULT FALCON JET

The Board of Directors of Dassault Falcon Jet has appointed Thierry Betbeze as the CEO of the wholly owned Dassault Aviation subsidiary, which is responsible for Falcon business aircraft marketing, sales and support in the Americas.

GULFSTREAM

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation has made the following appointments:

  • Chris Edwards as Regional Vice President of Sales for Northern Europe, covering the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
  • Alessandro Scarpellini as Regional Vice President of Sales for Southern Europe, including Switzerland.

AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

Regulator Airports Authority of India has appointed board member Anuj Aggarwal as its Chairman for three months, replacing Guruprasad Mohapatra who has joined the Ministry of Commerce as Secretary, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.

DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION (DGCA)

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Arun Kumar, Additional Secretary and Financial Advisor, Ministry of Civil Aviation as Director General in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in the rank of Additional Secretary.