Catherine MacGowan joins Wisk as its new Asia-Pacific Region Director, with plans to expand company’s presence

Wisk has appoint­ed Cather­ine Mac­Gowan as its new Asia Pacif­ic Region Direc­tor, where she will over­see all oper­a­tions in Aus­trala­sia and expand the com­pa­ny’s pres­ence in the wider Asia-Pacif­ic region.

As well as serv­ing on Wisk’s Exec­u­tive Lead­er­ship Team, Mac­Gowan will also be respon­si­ble for over­see­ing key exist­ing projects, includ­ing its air­space inte­gra­tion tri­al — a lead­ing pro­gramme that will help advance the broad­er advanced air mobil­i­ty indus­try — and the com­pa­ny’s social accep­tance work in the region. She replaces Anna Kominik, who was recent­ly recog­nised in the lat­est eVTOL Insights Pow­er Book.

Mac­Gowan said: “It’s a priv­i­lege to be join­ing Wisk, a leader in advanced air mobil­i­ty, who are pio­neer­ing an entire­ly new way to fly. Wisk’s com­mit­ment to safe, sus­tain­able and acces­si­ble trav­el is some­thing that real­ly res­onates with me and I’m excit­ed to be part of such a pas­sion­ate and high­ly-skilled team.”

In addi­tion to Wisk’s U.S. focus, the Aus­trala­sia region remains a core ele­ment in Wisk’s broad­er strat­e­gy and will play a key role in the com­pa­ny’s growth and go-to-mar­ket efforts announced in its recent fund­ing announce­ment.

Gary Gysin, CEO of Wisk, added: “We are excit­ed to have Cather­ine join our team. Since Wisk’s arrival in New Zealand, our work in this pro­gres­sive part of the world has made a sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tion to the devel­op­ment of our all-elec­tric, self-fly­ing air taxi.

“Catherine’s strong lead­er­ship skills and her in-depth under­stand­ing of the aero­space envi­ron­ment will be of huge val­ue to Wisk and our mis­sion to make safe, every­day flight a real­i­ty.”

Pri­or to join­ing Wisk, Cather­ine was a Group Cap­tain in the Roy­al New Zealand Air Force and has held sev­er­al lead­er­ship posi­tions across the New Zealand Defence Force. Cather­ine has also served in a num­ber of senior lead­er­ship roles for the New Zealand Gov­ern­ment.