Appointments

AIRBUS

Airbus has appointed Philippe Mhun as Chief Programmes and Services Officer for Airbus Commercial Aircraft, effective January 1, 2019.

AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE

Airbus Defence and Space has appointed Barbara Bergmeier as Head of Operations and Member of the Executive Committee, effective December 1, 2018.

EUROFIGHTER CONSORTIUM

The Shareholders of the Eurofighter Consortium have appointed Herman Claesen as the Chief Executive Officer of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH as of January 1, 2019.

INDIAN AIR FORCE (IAF)

The IAF has made the following appointments with effect from January 1, 2019:

• Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Command at Allahabad.
• Air Marshal Rajeev Sachdeva as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, Operations at New Delhi.
• Air Vice Marshal K. Anantharaman as Senior Officer in-charge Administration (SOA), Headquarters Western Air Command, New Delhi.

MTU AERO ENGINES

On January 1, 2019, Martin Friis-Petersen took over the appointment of Senior Vice President, MRO Programmes at MTU Aero Engines.

RAYTHEON

On January 7, 2019, Raytheon Company named Scott Weiner to be Vice President, Corporate Development reporting to Chief Financial Officer Toby O’Brien.

SATCOM DIRECT

Satcom Direct, the business aviation solutions provider, has appointed Evgeniy Pashkov as Regional Director for Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Russia and the CIS, operating from his base in Dubai.