AIN Media Group is pleased to announce the hiring of Ruben Kempeneer as president. Kempeneer comes to AIN from aviation analytics business Cirium. He joined Cirium in January 2017 as v-p of sales for Asia and was based in Singapore. Kempeneer served on Cirium’s executive leadership team as head of sales for the Americas since September 2018.

With more than 20 years of senior leadership in events, publishing, data, and analytics across five continents, Kempeneer is passionate about developing people and building companies and teams that outperform their market peers.

Kempeneer reports to AIN's newly-formed board of directors. Wilson Leach, Jennifer Leach English, and Dave Leach will serve as directors. Wilson will assume the role of chairman emeritus, maintaining his pulse on the business and the industry, while Jennifer will continue in her role as editorial director of Business Jet Traveler and Dave will be transitioning from his current position as COO to executive chairman. 

“We are committed to keeping the AIN Media Group in the Leach family,” said Wilson Leach. “The announced board formation, family role adjustments, and hiring of Ruben have been well considered and planned out over the last two years. We feel incredibly positive about the future of this business as an independently owned media company serving the global aviation industry for many years to come."