Started With Planemaker In 1997 As Sales Support Director

On Tuesday, Cirrus Aircraft named Ian Bentley to the post of Vice President and Managing Director of International Sales. Cirrus currently delivers aircraft in more than 50 countries around the world, and the company tells ANN Bentley brings key experience and market knowledge to Cirrus' corporate strategy of additional penetration into incumbent international markets and expansion into new ones.

Prior to joining Cirrus in 1997 as Director of Sales Support, Bentley held a variety of technical, sales, marketing and management positions in entrepreneurial computer software companies, and holds a degree in mathematics from London University. Bentley later served as Vice President of Customer Relations at Cirrus, and most recently was Vice President of Products and Services.

"Ian represents the original Cirrus vision of developing a new personal aviation. That's still the Cirrus mission today that we are sharing and growing around the world," said Cirrus Aircraft President and CEO Brent Wouters. "I know that our current international customers and partners join me in looking very forward to Ian's leadership in his newest role."

In accepting the appointment to his newest role, Bentley commented "I am proud to have the opportunity to work with our established network of International Sales Centers. I am pleased to be a part of the professional and highly capable network of international partners representing Cirrus Aircraft, from our mature operations in Europe to the evolving markets in Latin America, China, and India."

Bentley is an active pilot with several thousand hours of general aviation flight time both in the US and abroad. He holds commercial, multi-engine and instrument ratings.

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