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Gama Appoints Hewson Gama Group announced the appointment of Oliver Hewson as commercial manager, Gama Aviation FZE, with the task of further developing its growth throughout the MENA region. Hewson joined Gama Aviation’s UAE-based team in 2009 to help establish Gama’s UAE Air Operators Certificate and set up the regional charter sales division. Born and raised in the UAE, Oliver has significant experience in business development and sales, including a year in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia working for a multinational corporation. As commercial manager, Hewson will expand his current role which sees him supporting Gama’s charter and management clients as well as other operators and aircraft owners using Gama’s exclusive facilities in Sharjah. In his new role Hewson will report directly to Gama’s general manager, Richard Lineveldt.
GKN Announces Executive Appointments
McCann Paterson
GKN Aerospace has appointed Michael McCann as CEO of GKN Aerospace - Engine Systems, the new business formed from the company’s recent acquisition of Volvo Aero. Charles Paterson is to take up the position of senior vice president of Business Development and Strategy for GKN Aerospace – the role vacated by McCann. McCann joined GKN in April 2009 as vice president, programs of GKN Aerostructures - North
America, responsible for all program management operations for the business. Prior to joining GKN Aerospace, Mike was vice president, guided munitions & indirect fires for ATK Advanced Weapons Division and held positions of increasing responsibility in Alliant Techsystems (ATK) for whom he worked for 24 years. Paterson was previously responsible for strategy and
Ramco Systems Launches Aviation on Cloud for Heli-Operators
Ramco Systems has launched its mobile-enabled software— Ramco Aviation on Cloud—for the Heli-operator segment. Ramco says it has been a leading provider of MRO and M&E software for the heli-operator segment, and with the launch of a cloud version, will be able to offer customers delivery options that best fit their needs.
Ramco says the newly launched cloud offering will address the unique needs of small operators/MROs in the heli-operator segment, which hitherto, had to either run on disparate point solutions or manually on paper/Excel. The only other option available was an on-premise aviation MRO software that can be high cost and require frequent upgrades. “Helicopter companies and MROs addressing the heli- operator segment, whether large or small, constantly face operational hurdles such as increased aircraft downtimes, stringent regulatory compliance, disparate IT systems and unmanageable supply chain among others,” says P. R. Venketrama Raja, vice chairman and managing director, Ramco Systems. “Having addressed the industry with our best-of- breed aviation MRO software, we understand that the needs of a small operator are very different and we have tailor made a solution that will address their needs most effectively, at a fraction of the cost of traditional software.” Virender Aggarwal, CEO, Ramco Systems, added “Heli-operator is a key focus segment for us and we have been growing rapidly by adding some of the leading names in the industry. Eighty percent of the market today consists of small operators. Most of them operate from excel sheets and do not have an integrated M&E/ MRO software, as they cannot afford the traditional system. With Ramco Aviation on Cloud, we will be addressing this underserved market segment.”
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business development for GKN Aerospace’s European and special products businesses. Paterson joined GKN Aerospace in 2009 as part of the acquisition of the Airbus Filton operations and was general manager at Filton until early 2012, where he played a key role in the successful integration and extended performance of the Filton operation.
Jones
Steve Jones Takes Expanded role at Marshall Aerospace Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group has created a new, all-encompassing Aviation Services unit which brings together the management of Cambridge Airport, Business Aviation and the newly-launched ‘one call, one team’ JETability business. Aviation Services will be headed by Steve Jones as managing director effective immediately. Jones has many years’ experience steering the growth of regional airports—in the
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