Fri, Apr 07, 2006
Pilatus has updated ANN
on three important organizational changes.
Thomas Bosshard, President & CEO of Pilatus Business
Aircraft Ltd. (PilBAL) since 2002 has been named Chief Operating
Officer of Pilatus Aircraft in Stans, Switzerland. He will be
moving back to Switzerland to take over the COO position.
Thomas Hunziker has been named President and CEO of the
company’s U.S. arm, PilBAL in Broomfield, Colorado. Hunziker
first joined Pilatus in 1999. Starting as an assistant and working
his way up, he rose to the position of Project Manager and then
Group Controller before becoming Executive Assistant to the
President of Pilatus Aircraft, Oscar J. Schwenk. Hunziker holds a
Bachelors Degree in Production Engineering from the University of
Applied Sciences, Solothurn Northwestern Switzerland. He has
relocated to the United States with his family to assume his new
role.
Mike Rector has been
named Vice President of Production at PilBAL. He first joined
Pilatus in 2000 as an Avionics Team Leader. Later that year he was
appointed to the position of Avionics Manager and rose to the
position of Production Manager in 2002. He holds FAA Airframe and
Powerplant and FCC licenses from Portland Community College. Prior
to joining Pilatus he was with Flightcraft, Inc. in Portland,
Oregon.
“I am very excited to fill these positions with long-time
Pilatus employees. All of them have done an excellent job within
the Pilatus group. I wish them the best of luck in their new
challenges,” said Schwenk.
Established in 1939, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is the world's leading
manufacturer of single-engine turboprop aircraft. Pilatus Aircraft
Ltd is a privately held company employing over 1,300 people.
Pilatus provides aircraft and aviation services worldwide for the
general aviation, commercial, training, utility, and special
mission markets.
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