Pascale Dubois started on 26 May as communications vice-president at Safran, replacing Françoise Descheemaeker, who is now chairman and chief executive of Safran Conseil. Boeing Commercial Airplanes' new vice-president of product development is Elizabeth Lund the Boeing 777 manufacturing director succeeds Todd Zarfos, now engineering vice-president of 747/767/777.
Oleg Shougaley is now Baltic, Russia and CIS regional sales manager for Oxford Aviation Academy. Mike Kalms has joined Qinetiq Australia as chief executive from BAE Systems. Dan Swenson is now Rockwell Collins vice-president of investor relations. Former Kaman Aerospace president Joseph Lubenstein has joined investment banker Cronus Partners he also had a 30-year career with Pratt & Whitney.
US Navy Capt (ret) John Lambert has joined Aurora Flight Sciences as senior director for tactical systems. The former submarine commander had been a vice-president for unmanned systems at SAIC.
Air Berlin has named former Hapag-Lloyd Express chief Wolfgang Kurth to head its unified engineering group following its acquisition of LTU and DBA.
Source: Flight International
