Tue, Nov 30, 2010
Dr. Berchtold joins Senior Management at Diamond
Diamond Aircraft CEO Christian Dries announced that Dr. Gerd
Berchtold has joined the Diamond Group as part of an internal
company reorganization to better position the company for the
future. Dr. Berchtold will assume the position of CEO of Diamond
Aircraft GmbH, Austria, responsible for design, production and
customer support. He will report directly to the shareholder, Mr.
Christian Dries.
Marketing, distribution and aircraft finance will continue to
report directly to Mr. Dries.
"The Diamond Group has grown and diversified significantly in
the last several years. Dr. Berchtold brings not only a wealth of
aviation experience and expertise to our organization, but also a
passion for general aviation. With his 100% focus on operations and
customer support, our customers will be better served, now and in
future," said Christian Dries.
"This organizational change will allow me to delegate detail
operations management and focus more on strategy and specific
programs."
Diamond's growth over the last several years has seen the
development and certification of three new variants of the DA40 and
DA42, the establishment of Austro Engines, growth of the
specialized aerial sensor platform and operations business,
adaptation of the DA42 as a UAV, development of new aircraft models
and contracted composite design and manufacture of primary
structural components for transport category aircraft. "We are also
continuing to focus a large part of our efforts on emerging and
high growth markets, including Russia and China," added Mr. Dries,
"With the traditional retail markets having shrunk over the last
several years, we want to continue to shift more of our attention
to aircraft that have commercial applications, such as the flight
training and aerial sensor markets."
Dr. Gerd Berchtold
Dr. Berchtold joins Diamond from Premium AEROTEC, an EADS
subsidiary. For the last seven years he was responsible for the
production of commercial aircraft sections in Augsburg and he also
played a major role in establishing the composite technology at
this plant. Prior to this he gained experience in all different
aircraft development disciplines at EADS Military Aircraft, where
ultimately he headed the structural and equipment development
department for commercial and military aircraft. He is an active
pilot and holds licenses to fly all Diamond products.
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