Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Sanad elevated Mansoor Janahi to the role of group CEO as the Mubadala Investment company eyes plans to expand its reach beyond aerospace. Janahi, who stepped into his new role this month,&nbsp;joined Mubadala in 2008 and became deputy CEO of Sanad Aerotech in 2017. He since was named CEO for Sanad Aerotech and Sanad Powertech and deputy CEO for Sanad Group before assuming his current role.

 


The move is part of its “Operation 300bn” strategy unveiled last year to double its industrial sector contribution to the United Arab Emirates GDP to 300 billion AED ($81 billion) by 2031. To meet those goals, Sanad plans to diversify to help further position the UAE as a global industrial hub. Under its new strategy, Sanad will contribute to the economic diversification agenda, the company said, adding that its future offering&nbsp;will be focused on providing technology-driven and integrated industrial services.

 


“Building on our track record of more than three decades of experience in the commercial aviation sector, Sanad is ready to take the next step forward and become the source-to-go, one-stop-shop for the broader industrial services sector,” said Badr Al-Olama, executive director of UAE Clusters at Mubadala and chairman of Sanad. “Mansoor’s knowledge and wealth of experience will be invaluable in this decisive phase for the company as it builds on its strong performance to provide innovative solutions to support the growth of Sanad over the next decade.”

 


Former group CEO Troy Lambeth, meanwhile, is supporting a number of strategic initiatives both within Sanad as well as with Mubadala’s UAE Investments platform.

Sanad Gets New CEO as It Eyes Diversification

Former Sanad deputy group CEO Mansoor Janahi is now CEO as the group eyes to expand its reach beyond aerospace.

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