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Appointments

Issue: 07-2025

AIR MARSHAL S. SIVAKUMAR ASSUMED THE APPOINTMENT OF AIR OFFICER-IN-CHARGE ADMINISTRATION (AOA)

The Air Marshal was commissioned in Administration branch of the Indian Air Force in June 1990. In a career spanning over 35 years, the Air Marshal has held a number of important Command and Staff appointments which include Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Air Force Works) at Air Headquarters and Senior Officer-in-Charge Administration of an Operational Command. Before assuming the present appointment, the Air Marshal was Director General (Administration) at Air HQ.

 

SALES DIRECTOR FOR MULTI-ROLE AIRCRAFT, DEUTSCHE AIRCRAFT

Markus Hahner has been appointed as Sales Director for Multi-Role Aircraft, Deutsche Aircraft.

Markus joins them from Leonardo Germany, where he has served since 2017 in a senior business development capacity. His previous roles include consultancy and leadership positions at German MoD’s in-house consultancy and the first German drone company, serving German Forces, where he contributed to innovation in unmanned aerial systems and defence process optimisation.

 

CEO OF MTU AERO ENGINES AG

Dr Johannes Bussmann will take over as CEO of MTU Aero Engines AG on September 1, 2025. He will join the Executive Board of the company on July 15, 2025. MTU’s Supervisory Board announced Bussmann as the new, incoming CEO at the end of 2024, and has now set the timeline for this change. Dr Johannes Bussmann is currently CEO of TÜV SÜD AG and previously headed Lufthansa Technik AG. Bussmann has been appointed to the MTU Aero Engines AG Executive Board for a five-year term. His mandate will run until July 14, 2030.