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Russell Ford was appointed Chief Executive Officer in October 2013. He also has served as a member of the Board since April 2019. Mr. Ford has over 30 years of experience working in the aerospace industry. Prior to joining the Company, he was at Precision Castparts Corporation as the President of Carlton Forge Works and Dickson Test Group. He also previously served as ClearEdge Power Inc.'s President and Chief Executive Officer, Prestolite Electric Inc.'s President and Chief Executive Officer, Holley Performance Products Inc.'s Chief Operations Officer, Lockheed Martin Corporation's Senior Vice President of Operations, Allied Signal Corporation's General Manager of the Industrial and Marine Engine Division and in various engineering and management positions at Bell Helicopter and AT&T. Mr. Ford holds an M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a certified Six Sigma Blackbelt and Shingjutzu Lean Expert. Russell Ford, informed the Board of his decision to retire as Chief Executive Officer, effective as of the CEO Transition Date effective as of October 1, 2026 and as Chairman of the Board, effective as of January 1, 2027.
Daniel Satterfield was appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2023. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Satterfield served as Chief Financial Officer for Honeywell Aerospace, a technology and manufacturing company, from December 2018 to December 2022. Prior to his service at Honeywell, he worked in senior executive financial leadership roles at Gates Corporation, Eaton, Cooper Industries and Siemens. Mr. Satterfield has more than 30 years of international management experience delivering strong leadership in growth, productivity, acquisition integration, financial reporting and complex accounting. He also has extensive engineering and manufacturing management expertise and corporate SEC and GAAP experience. Mr. Satterfield holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from the University of Georgia.
Lewis Prebble was appointed President of Engine Services - Commercial in April 2021. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Prebble served as Senior Vice President for the Americas at Rolls-Royce from February 2014 to March 2021. Mr. Prebble has more than 25 years of aerospace experience working in the aircraft engine and airline industries. Mr. Prebble held multiple executive positions at Rolls-Royce including Senior Vice President, Customer Business - Bombardier, Vice President, Customer Business - Americas and Head of Business Development & Marketing, Services and Sales Director - Asia Pacific. Prior to that, he worked five years in strategic positions for Air New Zealand. Mr. Prebble holds an M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Commerce & Administration in operations management from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.
On June 2, 2026, StandardAero, Inc appointed Paul McElhinney, a 35-year industry veteran and the Company's current Lead Independent Director, as Chief Executive Officer, effective as of October 1, 2026. Mr. McElhinney will become Chairman of the Board effective as of the Chairman Transition Date effective as of January 1, 2027. Paul McElhinney is a Senior Operating Partner of AE Industrial Partners, an aerospace private investment firm, where he leads the Portfolio Strategy and Optimization Group. Prior to joining AE Industrial in 2018, Mr. McElhinney served in various senior roles over a 30-year career with General Electric, including as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Power Services and GE Aviation Services, as well as General Counsel and various business development roles at GE Aviation and GE Capital Aviation Services. Mr. McElhinney serves as Chair of the board of directors for Moeller Aerospace, AIM MRO and Columbia Helicopters. He previously served on the board of directors of Kellstrom Aerospace and Belcan. He holds a Law Degree from Trinity College, London.
Peter J. Clare served as Chief Investment Officer of Corporate Private Equity, Chairman of the Americas and Chair of the U.S. Buyout and Growth Investment committees of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, until his retirement in 2023. He previously served in various senior roles at Carlyle, including as the Co-Head of the U.S. Buyout and Growth team, Deputy Chief Investment Officer of Carlyle's CPE segment, Global Head of the Aerospace, Defense & Government Services team and as a founding member of the Carlyle Asia team. Prior to joining Carlyle in 1992, Mr. Clare began his career with roles at First City Capital Corporation and the Merchant Banking Group of Prudential-Bache. Mr. Clare has previously served as a member of the board of directors of various companies, including The Carlyle Group, Booz Allen Hamilton (where he also served a member of the Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee), Sedgwick, Nouryon, Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), Signode Industrial, Wesco Aircraft and Aviall. Mr. Clare holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Georgetown University.
Andrea Fischer Newman served as Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, for Delta Air Lines until her retirement in 2017. Prior to Delta Air Lines, Ms. Newman held various senior government affairs roles at Northwest Airlines from 1995 until its merger with Delta Air Lines in 2008. Across her 25 years in the airline industry, Ms. Newman led and advised on significant U.S. aviation public policy matters, including in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, the passage of the FAA Modernization Act of 2012, and industry efforts to enforce Open Skies Agreements with foreign competitors. Ms. Newman currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Spirit Airlines, LAUNCH Technical Workforce Solutions, Sequitur Energy Resources and PrimeFlight Aviation Services, and previously served as a member of the board of directors of Borden Dairy Company. In addition, Ms. Newman served three terms as an elected Regent of the University of Michigan, from 1995 to 2019. Ms. Newman holds a Juris Doctor from The George Washington University and a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of Michigan.
Wendy M. Masiello is an independent consultant and President of Wendy Mas Consulting, LLC. She retired from the United States Air Force as a Lieutenant General in 2017 after over three decades of decorated military service. Prior to her retirement from the United States Air Force, Ms. Masiello served as Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency from 2014 to 2017 and Deputy Assistant Secretary (Contracting), Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, from 2011 to 2014. Ms. Masiello serves as Lead Independent Director for the KBR, Inc. board of directors, where she is a member of the Compensation, and the Sustainability, Technology and Cybersecurity Committees. She also serves as a member of the board of directors for EURPAC Services, Inc., Tlingit Haida Tribal Business Corporation, MRI Global, and ReBuilding Together and previously served as a member of the board of directors for the National Contract Management Association from 2018 to 2024, and Chair of that board from 2022 to 2023. Ms. Masiello holds a Master of Science in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, a Master of Science in logistics management from the Air Force Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Tech University.
Stefan Weingartner is an Operating Executive of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, where he focuses on the aerospace, defense and government sectors. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2015, Dr. Weingartner was President and Chief Executive Officer of MTU Maintenance and a member of the Executive Board of MTU Aero Engines AG. Prior to that role, Dr. Weingartner held various leadership roles with multiple aerospace companies, including MTU Aero Engines GmbH, EADS Japan Co. Ltd. (now Airbus Group), based in Tokyo from 1996 to 2001, and Daimler Chrysler Aerospace. He currently serves as a member of the strategic advisory board of Forgital Group and previously served as a member of the board of directors of Sequa Corporation from 2015 to 2022. Dr. Weingartner holds a Ph.D. in engineering from Technical University of Munich, a Master of Science in physics from the Technical University of Munich, an M.B.A. from Edinburgh Business School and a Bachelor of Science in physics from the Technical University of Munich.
Marc Drobny was appointed President of Engine Services - Military, Helicopter & Energy in October 2020 and joined the Company in March 2018 as President of Business Aviation. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Drobny served as President of Executive Jet Management from July 2016 to March 2018. Prior to his 13 years at Executive Jet Management, Mr. Drobny served more than a decade with the U.S. Navy, rising through the ranks as an FA-18 Pilot and Test Pilot to serve as Department Head for a Navy FA-18 squadron. Mr. Drobny holds a Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and is a graduate of the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School.
Ian Fujiyama is a Partner of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, as well as head of Carlyle's Global Aerospace, Defense, and Government Services team. Mr. Fujiyama joined Carlyle in 1997, and in 1999 he spent two years in Hong Kong and Seoul working with Carlyle's Asia buyout fund, Carlyle Asia Partners. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Fujiyama was an associate at Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette Securities Corp., with a focus on high yield and merchant banking transactions. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Two Six Technologies, Inc. and ManTech International. He previously served on the board of directors of ARINC Incorporated, CPI, Dynamic Precision Group, KLDiscovery, Inc., Loc Performance, Novetta Solutions LLC and Booz Allen Hamilton. Mr. Fujiyama holds a Bachelor of Science in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Derek J. Kerr served as Vice Chair and Strategic Advisor of American Airlines Group Inc. (AAG) and President of American Eagle, a passenger airline, from December 2022 to September 2023. He retired from AAG and American Eagle in September 2023. From 2013 to December 2022, Mr. Kerr served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AAG and its wholly-owned subsidiary, American Airlines, Inc., overseeing global corporate risk, corporate development and corporate financial functions, including treasury, accounting, financial planning, labor and fleet analysis, tax, strategic planning, investor relations and purchasing. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for US Airways, a role that he began in 2005, and was later promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of US Airways in 2009 with an added responsibility for information technology. He previously worked at America West Airlines starting in 1996 and served in a variety of finance and planning roles until being named Chief Financial Officer in 2002. Mr. Kerr currently serves on the board of directors of AECOM and Fifth Third Bank. He previously served on the board of directors of Comerica Incorporated. Mr. Kerr earned a Bachelor of Science in aeronautical engineering and a Master of Business Administration in finance from the University of Michigan.
Alexander Trapp was appointed Chief Strategy Officer in February 2025. In this role, Mr. Trapp is responsible for leading enterprise-wide strategy development, marketing, external communications, pursuit of new engine platforms and orchestration of joint ventures, mergers, and acquisitions. Prior to that, Mr. Trapp served as Senior Vice President, Business Development at the Company since March 2016. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Trapp served as Vice President, Commercial at Rolls-Royce North America, where he was responsible for driving the company's strategy and long-term customer contracts, as well as bidding and negotiating new business. In addition to working at Rolls-Royce, Mr. Trapp has extensive airline expertise having served in strategic planning, corporate development and finance leadership roles for ExpressJet Airlines and Continental Airlines. Mr. Trapp holds an M.B.A. from Washington University's Olin School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Trinity University.
Giovanni Spitale was appointed President of Engine Services - Business Aviation in March 2026. Mr. Spitale has more than 30 years of experience in engineering, operations, and global leadership. Prior to joining the Company, between November 2025 and March 2026, Mr. Spitale provided part-time M&A consulting services to various private equity firms. From February 2022 until October 2025, Mr. Spitale served as Chief Executive Officer of Davis Standard, LLC, a manufacturer of extrusion and converting systems. Prior to that, Mr. Spitale held several senior executive roles at The Boeing Company, a global aerospace company, from December 2019 until February 2022, as well as leadership positions at Milacron Holdings Corp., GE Aviation, Moog, and Honeywell International, where he worked on various business aviation programs. Mr. Spitale began his career in the United States Navy, where he served as a Nuclear Propulsion Plant Supervisor for nearly a decade. Mr. Spitale holds a Master of Business Administration in international management from Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in nuclear engineering from Thomas Edison State University.
Gregory Krekeler was appointed President of Component Repair Services in September 2025. Mr. Krekeler joined the Company in January 2023 as Vice President and General Manager of the company's Maryville, TN strategic business unit. Prior to joining the Company, he led Krekeler Consulting LLC from March 2022 to January 2023. Prior to 2022, Mr. Krekeler spent 35 years in various aviation leadership and management roles at Boeing Defense, Boeing Global Services and within Boeing Supply Chain Management. Mr. Krekeler also served in Boeing Defense executive director roles in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Mr. Krekeler started his career with McDonnell Douglas in engineering, aircraft and software development in Phantom Works, culminating as an integrated product team leader on the F/A-18 Super Hornet development and F/A-18 Program Chief of Staff. Mr. Krekeler holds a Master of Business Administration from Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas. He has served on boards at all three universities and local charitable boards.
Malisa Chambliss was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer in March 2020. In this role, Ms. Chambliss oversees all aspects of the Company's HR operations, including staffing, employee training and development, benefits, compensation, payroll, and employee/labor relations. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Chambliss served as Executive HR Leader for GE Aviation's Maintenance Operations, supporting global manufacturing across 22 sites and more than 12,000 employees. Her career also includes key HR leadership roles within GE's Oil & Gas, Security, and Real Estate divisions, as well as positions at United Technologies Corporation, ServiceMaster, and CIGNA. Ms. Chambliss holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from Troy University.
Michael Kaplan was appointed Chief Legal Officer in October 2025 and has direct oversight of the Company's legal, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance functions. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kaplan was Senior Counsel at Norton Rose Fulbright, a global law firm, where he specialized in corporate governance, M&A and securities law. Mr. Kaplan served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MDC). From February 2020 until October 2022, Mr. Kaplan was the Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (Nasdaq: RRGB) and from September 2013 until February 2020, he was the Senior Vice President, CLO, CCO and Secretary for that company. Prior to RRGB, Mr. Kaplan was Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Security Officer and Secretary for StandardAero from January 2010 until July 2013, and from January 2000 until January 2010 he was a shareholder with Greenberg Traurig, LLP. Mr. Kaplan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and government from the College of William and Mary and a J.D. degree from the Stanford Law School.
Douglas V. Brandely is a Partner of The Carlyle Group, a private equity firm, where he focuses on investments in the aerospace, defense and government sectors as a member of Carlyle's U.S. Buyout group. He has previously served as a member of the board of directors for other Carlyle investments, such as Forgital Group, Novetta Solutions, PrimeFlight Aviation Services, and Sequa Corporation. Prior to joining Carlyle in 2005, Mr. Brandely was an investment banking analyst at Greenhill & Co. He holds a M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in commerce from the University of Virginia.
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