New Appointment

Tyler Painter joins Wisk’s leadership team as company’s new Chief Financial Officer

Jason Pritchard4 May 2022

Wisk has announced Tyler Painter as the company's new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), bringing a strong history of developing, launching, and commercialising new technologies. Painter will lead Wisk’s finance, accounting, corporate developme...

Volocopter confirms Dirk Hoke as its new CEO and Managing Director, to replace Florian Reuter later this year

Jason Pritchard11 March 2022

Dirk Hoke was been announced as Volocopter's new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, replacing Florian Reuter, who will be leaving the company after seven years in the role. Hoke is former CEO of Airbus Defence and Space and will take ...

EHang announces new COO and confirms CAAC has adopted Special Conditions for EH216-SAAV type certification

Jason Pritchard25 February 2022

EHang has appointed Xin Fang as its new Chief Operating Officer, who will be responsible for the company's daily operations with a focus on sales and commercialisation of Urban Air Mobility services. Fang is a seasoned business leader with more t...

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

Jason Pritchard4 February 2022

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 Leaders...

Karim Jalbout joins Lilium’s Senior Leadership Team as its new Chief People Officer

Jason Pritchard20 December 2021

Lilium has announced the appointment of Karim Jalbout to its Senior Leadership Team as Chief People Officer, who will begin his new role next month. At Lilium, Jalbout will increase the German startup's focus on personal and leadership developmen...

Wisk brings additional industry expertise to its leadership team with double appointment

Jason Pritchard3 December 2021

Wisk Aero has expanded its Executive leadership team with the addition of Sebastien Vigneron as Senior Vice President of Engineering and Programs and Ricky Robinson as Chief People Officer. Sebastien brings more than 18 years of experience to hi...

Kevin Cox to lead Ferrovial Airport’s vertiport business after being appointed Chief Executive Officer

Jason Pritchard2 November 2021

Ferrovial Airports has appointed Kevin Cox Chief Executive Officer of its vertiports business. With more than thirty years’ experience in the aviation sector, he will lead this new business area that will focus on the development of vertiport ne...

Wisk brings in wealth of aviation expertise with two new hires as Head of Autonomy and Head of Software

Jason Pritchard30 July 2021

Autonomous eVTOL aircraft developer Wisk has expanded its technical expertise by appointing Jonathan Lovegren and Sumita Tandon as Head of Autonomy and Head of Software respectively. Since 2010, the company has been successfully designing, develo...

Archer announces further additions to its leadership team, with new VPs of Program Management and Manufacturing

Jason Pritchard23 July 2021

Archer continues to expand its workforce and has announced two more appointments, with Bob Ellithorpe joining as Vice President of Program Management and Glen Burks as Vice President of Manufacturing. Ellithorpe will oversee the development and ...

US Air Force’s former assistant secretary Dr. Will Roper becomes Volansi’s new CEO

Jason Pritchard14 July 2021

Volansi has announced Dr. Will Roper as its new Chief Executive Officer, with co-founder Hannan Parvizian becoming the company's Chief Technology Officer and Product Architect. Dr. Roper joined Volansi's board of directors in March 2021 af...

Archer brings in additional expertise with hiring of Chief Flight Test Pilot and VP of Engineering

Jason Pritchard9 July 2021

Archer has made two key appointments as it continues to increase its workforce and push on with the certification roadmap of its eVTOL aircraft, which is set to be operational by 2024. The company hired 20 engineers from Aerion Supersonic last m...

Former FAA acting administrator and aviation veteran Dan Elwell joins Joby Aviation’s Advisory Board

Jason Pritchard24 March 2021

Joby Aviation has appointed Dan Elwell, the former deputy and acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), to its Advisory Board. Elwell joins as the company begins to merge with Reinvent Technology Partners following its SPAC ...

Tyler Painter joins Wisk’s leadership team as company’s new Chief Financial Officer

Volocopter confirms Dirk Hoke as its new CEO and Managing Director, to replace Florian Reuter later this year

EHang announces new COO and confirms CAAC has adopted Special Conditions for EH216-SAAV type certification

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

Karim Jalbout joins Lilium’s Senior Leadership Team as its new Chief People Officer

Wisk brings additional industry expertise to its leadership team with double appointment

Kevin Cox to lead Ferrovial Airport’s vertiport business after being appointed Chief Executive Officer

Wisk brings in wealth of aviation expertise with two new hires as Head of Autonomy and Head of Software

Archer announces further additions to its leadership team, with new VPs of Program Management and Manufacturing

US Air Force’s former assistant secretary Dr. Will Roper becomes Volansi’s new CEO

Archer brings in additional expertise with hiring of Chief Flight Test Pilot and VP of Engineering

Former FAA acting administrator and aviation veteran Dan Elwell joins Joby Aviation’s Advisory Board

XTI Aircraft appoints Sarita Jha as its new Chief Financial Officer

Dufour Aerospace appoints Thomas Seiler as lead engineer

Wisk brings in additional experience with new Senior VP of Engineering

HyPoint makes key appointments as it accelerates development of hydrogen fuel cell technology

Arnaud Coville becomes Volocopter’s new Chief Technical Officer

Vertical Aerospace brings in aerospace expert to help realise electric flight vision

Aviation expert joins Dufour Aerospace as lead engineer