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Aer Lingus Group named Montie Brewer and Nicola Shaw as independent nonexecutive directors.

AIA appointed David Mandell VP-membership & business development.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines chose Tatyana Arslanova as executive president.

Airbus named Charles Champion head of engineering replacing Patrick Gavin, who will retire.

Aircelle selected Gilles Poilvet as VP-program.

AirTran Airways hired Alan Dreher as dir.-corporate security.

ASIG appointed Pat Pearse MD-ASIG Europe.

Chromalloy hired Chad Seifert as GM-gas turbine engine service & remanufacturing center, Phoenix.

Cobham plc tapped John Devaney as an independent nonexecutive dir. & chairman designate.

Esterline CMC Electronics named Patrick Champagne VP-cockpits & systems integration, James Palmer VP-aviation products and Jean-Michel Comtois VP-marketing & sales.

Etihad Airways appointed Ahmed Thani Salim Mousa Al Halyan country mgr.-Qatar.

Goodrich Corp. elected Mike Gardiner president-actuation systems.

Hawaiian Airlines hired Beryl Fajardo as dir.-leadership development & training.

Honeywell Aerospace named Carl Esposito VP-marketing & product management.

Japan Airlines Group elected Kazuo Inamori as JAL Group chairman and Masaru Onishi as president.

Nordic Aviation Capital elected Niels Ulsoe CEO replacing Jan Melgaard, who departed the company.

Sabre chose Tom Klein as president-Sabre Holdings.

Sensis hired Andrew Cebula as dir.-aviation affairs.

Singapore Airlines appointed Goh Choon Phong exec.-VP (designate) for marketing & the sales regions, Bey Soo Khiang senior exec. VP-marketing & corporate services and Tan Kai Ping president-SIA Cargo.

SR Technics elected James Stewart CEO.

StandardAero named Michael Kaplan general counsel & chief security officer upon confirmation by the Dept. of Homeland Security.

Swissport International appointed Ricky Saghir commercial dir.-German cargo organization.

UAL Corp. named Thomas F. O'Toole senior VP & chief marketing officer.

United Airlines hired Rohit Philip as senior VP-corporate strategy & business development, John R. Gebo as VP-financial planning & analysis and Tyler Reddien as MD-investor relations.

Wataniya Airways named Lee Shave CCO.