Frédéric Gagey has been appointed chief financial officer of KLM. Gagey, now vice-president, finance for Air France, will join the airline on 1 January, succeeding Rob Ruijter. Israel Aircraft Industries has named Shimon Eckhaus executive corporate vice-president for marketing and business development, Menahem Shmul corporate vice-president for quality management, Brig Gen Miki Bar general manager of the military aircraft group, David Dagan deputy general manager of its Bedek Aviation Group and general manager of the group's aircraft division, and Yosef Melamed general manager of the Lahav division. Northrop Grumman has appointed five new vice-presidents: Dennis Averyt for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; Maureen Heath for civil and space; Peggy Nelson, who becomes project manager of the Prometheus 1 programme; David Rosner for subcontracts; and Ron Smith for Six Sigma. Lockheed Martin has named Ross Reynolds head of its air mobility business, with overall responsibility for the C-130J Super Hercules, C-5 modernisation, C-27J Spartan and Air Mobility Support programmes. Reynolds was previously vice-president, C-130J programmes. Ashok Baweja, previously director, design and development at Hindustan Aeronautics, has been appointed chairman of the company. He played a key role in the design and development of the Dhruv advanced light helicopter. Bernie Smith, chief executive of Airservices Australia, has brought forward his retirement by a year to January 2005 following controversy surrounding the role played by Airservices in Australia's National Airspace System reform programme. During his six-year tenure, Smith reduced costs and improved profitability at the corporation and was behind the introduction of new technologies. Soren Stark has been named managing director of Lufthansa Technik Logistik, succeeding Dr Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht.
Source: Flight International
