Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace has today announced Simon McNamara as its Director of Government and Industry Affairs.
“With more than 25 years of experience in aviation public affairs, much of it focused around the regional airline sector, Simon brings considerable advocacy expertise to Heart” according to the press release. “For the past five years Simon has been leading advocacy efforts in the UK and Ireland for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) with much of the work focused on sustainability issues.
“Before his role at IATA, Simon was Director of Communications at the UK regional airline Flybe and prior to that, he spent 19 years in EU affairs culminating in a term as Director General of the European Regions Airline Association. Simon also spent time early in his career with IFALPA, the global pilot association, focused on ICAO matters.
“Simon has a degree in Aeronautical Engineering (1994) from City University, London and an MSc from Cranfield University (1995).”
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