Archer expands business leadership team with new Chief People Officer and Chief Legal Officer hires

Archer has con­tin­ued to ramp up its recruit­ing efforts with two new hires, with Tosha Perkins join­ing the com­pa­ny as Chief Peo­ple Offi­cer and Andy Mis­san as Chief Legal Offi­cer.

In her role, Perkins will man­age hir­ing efforts and devel­op the com­pa­ny cul­ture as Archer con­tin­ues to grow its team, while Mis­san will bring robust strate­gic legal guid­ance as its tran­si­tions to a pub­lic com­pa­ny fol­low­ing the com­ple­tion of the pro­posed busi­ness com­bi­na­tion with Atlas Crest Invest­ment Corp. This trans­ac­tion is expect­ed to be com­plet­ed lat­er this year.

While Mis­san will man­age all aspects of Archer’s legal affairs, includ­ing cor­po­rate gov­er­nance, com­pli­ance, strate­gic con­tracts, lit­i­ga­tion, gov­ern­ment affairs and reg­u­la­to­ry mat­ters.

Adam Gold­stein, Archer co-founder and co-CEO, said: “As Archer con­tin­ues to grow as a com­pa­ny, lead­er­ship sup­port will become more impor­tant than ever. Adding Tosha and Andy will not only con­tin­ue our supe­ri­or hir­ing his­to­ry, but will also bring an indus­try per­spec­tive that will be instru­men­tal in Archer’s devel­op­ment. With increased legal and human resource sup­port, we are bol­ster­ing the team we need for cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and beyond.”

As Archer con­tin­ues to grow, Perkins will focus on recruit­ing engi­neers, busi­ness lead­ers and finance minds With years of expe­ri­ence with large pub­lic com­pa­ny human resources and tal­ent recruit­ment, she will craft tal­ent acqui­si­tion strate­gies to build strong pipelines for future hir­ing needs, pro­mot­ing diver­si­ty, equal­i­ty and inclu­sion (DE&I) in the work­place, and design­ing and eval­u­at­ing career paths to meet the company’s busi­ness goals.

Perkins’ addi­tion will help bol­ster Archer’s team with new tal­ent who will help lead the way to the company’s planned com­mer­cial launch in 2024.

Pri­or to join­ing Archer, she was the Chief Human Resources Offi­cer and Senior Vice Pres­i­dent at McDer­mott Inter­na­tion­al Inc, where she was glob­al­ly respon­si­ble for all human resources func­tions and sup­port­ed 40,000 employ­ees across 54 coun­tries.

Mis­san pre­vi­ous­ly served as Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent and Gen­er­al Coun­sel at Fit­bit, where he helped guide the com­pa­ny through com­plex legal chal­lenges dur­ing a tremen­dous peri­od of growth from pri­vate to pub­lic com­pa­ny, and ulti­mate­ly worked with Fitbit’s finance and man­age­ment teams to com­plete the sale of Fit­bit.

Brett Adcock, Archer co-founder and co-CEO., added: “We took our time hir­ing into these key lead­er­ship posi­tions with the hopes of find­ing the per­fect fit for our grow­ing com­pa­ny, and recruit­ing Tosha and Andy proved to be worth the wait. With com­bined decades of expe­ri­ence in their respec­tive fields, we are con­fi­dent that they will pro­vide the nec­es­sary foun­da­tion for the con­tin­ued growth of Archer.”

Com­ment­ing on her new appoint­ment, Perkins said: “While I have held var­i­ous human resource posi­tions through­out my career, it’s incred­i­bly rare to step into a start­up that has already assem­bled an amaz­ing team of some of the finest minds in its indus­try. I’m hon­oured to be trust­ed with expand­ing the tremen­dous tal­ent at Archer and to sup­port the com­pa­ny’s work towards a more sus­tain­able future.”

Archer recent­ly unveiled its demon­stra­tor air­craft, Mak­er, which allowed con­sumers world­wide to vir­tu­al­ly step inside the air­craft and envi­sion a trip in Archer’s com­mer­cial air­craft ahead of its planned com­mer­cial launch in 2024.