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Donald Harrison is leaving SpaceX’s board after more than a decade, one day after the U.S. election. His departure comes as the company’s independent directors consider Elon Musk’s push to merge SpaceX with Tesla, putting board composition and the proposed transaction in focus.
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Donald Harrison is leaving SpaceX’s board after more than a decade, one day after the U.S. election. His departure comes as the company’s independent directors consider Elon Musk’s push to merge SpaceX with Tesla, putting board composition and the proposed transaction in focus.
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Bolen, who led the National Business Aviation Association since 2004, is retiring after stepping aside in September while undergoing cancer treatment. NBAA named Dan Hubbard, its interim chief operating officer and senior vice president of communications, as acting CEO.
The National Business Aviation Association is honoring Ed Bolen’s leadership as he prepares to retire after nearly a quarter century as its president and CEO. NBAA credits Bolen with helping shape the organization and advance business aviation, marking the end of a long tenure at one of the sector’s principal trade groups.
Vertical Aerospace has appointed Andrew Teich, former chief executive of defense technology company FLIR Systems, to its board of directors. The UK eVTOL developer is preparing for aircraft certification and commercialization; the appointment adds a defense-technology executive to its board as it advances those efforts.
Frontier Airlines has named Michael Delehant its incoming chief operating officer, drawing on his previous leadership roles at Europe’s Wizz Air and Vueling. The carrier also promoted two internal executives as part of a broader C-suite reshuffle; the available report does not detail the other appointments.
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Pakistan International Airlines has appointed New Zealand-born aviation executive Adrian Hamilton-Manns as chief executive, effective immediately. With 30 years of experience and three airline leadership roles, he takes charge under the Arif Habib consortium, which has controlled the carrier since June; PIA is targeting profitability in its first year under private management.
Voyager Technologies has appointed recently retired U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman as chairman of its board of advisors. The appointment brings a former senior military leader into an advisory role at the company; the available report provides no further details on the board’s mandate or Saltzman’s responsibilities.
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