Peter Saunders has been named an independent non-executive director of London-based Air Partner plc. He also is a non-executive director of the Canadian Tire Corp. and succeeds Chuck Pollard.
Daniel Faber has been promoted to CEO from chief operating officer of Houston-based Deep Space Industries. He succeeds David Gump, who has become vice chairman/director of marketing and communications.
Scott Plumb has been named Switzerland-based senior vice president-sales for the Jetcraft Corp. He has been an executive with Textron Aviation, Beechcraft, Vistajet, Airbus and Gulfstream.
Joshua Spangrud (see photo) has become a senior supervising engineer in the San Francisco office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, where he will be a manager for airport improvement projects.
Michael J. Meaney (see photo) has been named vice president for Advanced Land and Self-Protection Systems in the Linthicum, Maryland-based Electronic Systems Sector of the Northrop Grumman Corp. He was director of the range business unit for Northrop Grumman Amherst Systems in Buffalo, New York.
Allen Thompson has been appointed Washington-based director of government relations for the United Technologies Corp. David Manke, formerly vice president-aerospace and defense, will now lead the international government relations group and has been succeeded by Christopher Peace. Peter Holland, currently vice president-state government affairs also will oversee energy issues.
