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Elliott Promotes Sahr to President Elliott Aviation has promoted Greg Sahr to president. He was previously vice president of Sales, Marketing and Business Development. The company says Sahr will focus on strengthening the Elliott Aviation brand, enhancing customer
experience, increasing efficiencies, solidifying industry
partnerships and developing new business opportunities. Sahr joined Elliott Aviation in February of 2011. “I’m looking forward to leading our company’s short and long term goals,” said Sahr. “As we continue to grow, our number one focus is and will always be enhancing the Elliott Aviation experience for both the customer and employee.”
With certifications in place, the group is now ramping up its technical capabilities.
can do it within certain economic confines.” When asked what the biggest challenge from this point forward is Whiteside said, “Nothing keeps me awake in the sense of feeling I’m never going to get it done.” But he went on to add that their immediate concern is, “getting all the sales open and that is not until the end of June. The fact that it’s all cash out and no cash in [at this point].” Whiteside said that he expects the breakeven point to come by the end of next year. Union issues flared up at that facility when it
was AVEOS. Asked about the union now and how he feels about having to work with one Whiteside had this to say, “We have a good relationship with the union. There’s a thousand stories running around about this place; maybe some are true. When I bought AJ Walter in 1994 twelve people came with the company and those people are still with me apart from my secretary, who was my father’s secretary who retired, and my chief inspector who died and even I can’t do anything about that. So those ten people have obviously been very happy to work for me for the past 20 years and therefore as a sociable, responsible employer, what do I have to fear from reasonable people on the other side?” He said they don’t anticipate any workforce
Whiteside speaks about the future in Montreal.
AJW Makes Key Selections in Singapore A J Walter has appointed Christian Duhain as managing director, Asia-Pacific. Based in the Singapore office he moves to this role from the position of non-executive director and will use his extensive global experience and significant OEM expertise to spearhead AJW group’s interests across the region. Duhain was most recently corporate vice president EADS International Development for Asia-Pacific and Latin America; prior to that he held senior positions in Matra Hachette, Aerospatiale Matra and Dassault. AJW Aviation has also appointed Satvendar (Sam) Singh as chief commercial officer. Based in the Singapore office, Singh was previously with Mubadala Aerospace MRO Network/ SR Technics Switzerland, Singapore Airlines Engineering Company and Execujet Aviation Group. Previous to which he managed Supply Chain and Logistics
for Pratt and Whitney/
United Technologies, in California. Sam holds a Bachelor of Law degree, Certificate in Legal Practice and an MBA in Finance.
problems going forward. “We’re honorable. [Years ago] I said to my father, ‘Why have we been in business such a long time and why are we so successful,’ and he said ‘Because we do what we say we are going to do and we pay our bills.’ I said ‘How can it be that simple?’ and he said, ‘It is that simple.’ If you are like that with your employees it’s the same,” Whiteside said. One of the things he is most proud of in his career Whiteside said, “is attracting a bunch of talented people who could go and work for Boeing or Honeywell or British Aerospace or British Airways. We have a very strong culture at AJ Walter.” When asked what the lessons learned since acquiring the assets, getting the certifications in place in such as short time frame and opening for business are, Whiteside said relationships are key as are in-person meetings. He said he learned that government can actually help when it comes to supporting and contributing to tax breaks, soft loans, grants and the like. Another piece of advice he offered, “Work in a courteous way with the authorities.” And finally, “Don’t dither. If you decide to do something, get on and do it. Do it quickly,” Whiteside said. — By Joy Finnegan
The former AVEOS facility now AJW Technique.
ICF International Names Simon Morris Vice President ICF International has named Simon Morris to the position of vice president for ICF SH&E, ICF’s aviation practice. A senior executive with more than 20 years of experience, Morris will focus on building upon ICF SH&E’s work in airport transaction due diligence to include comprehensive business and strategic planning for airports, their owners and investors as well as other private-sector interests. He will lead the London Airport team in projects worldwide. “Simon Morris brings to ICF deep expertise and experience in all facets of the airport transaction business as well an extensive network
of related industry participants
worldwide,” said Sergio Ostria, executive vice president for ICF International.
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