Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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Beechcraft has appointed Kingsley Okoli regional sales director for Sub-Saharan Africa, the company announced on Tuesday. Based in Nigeria, Okoli spent 13 years in the U.S. Air Force, including work that involved the West Africa region and the Nigerian air force.
“We are delighted to be able to attract people to Beechcraft with the skills, character and charisma of Kingsley,” said Scott Plumb, vice president sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa. “South Africa continues to be one of the largest growth markets in the world, with the business aviation fleet in the region increasing by more than 20 percent in the past decade.”
Okoli served as an F-16 crew chief and later a fighter squadron logistics readiness officer for the U.S. Air Force. His experience covers Department of Defense acquisition program management, business development and operational management in foreign military sales and foreign military financing. He joins Beechcraft after a role as senior program analyst for IMSolutions.

Kingsley Okoli Appointed Beechcraft Regional Sales Director For Sub-Saharan Africa

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