Global aviation sector supply chain solutions firm FDH Aero has appointed Ian Walsh as its chief executive, effective immediately.
Walsh succeeds Scott Tucker who will continue to support FDH in an advisory capacity as its non-executive chairman, focused on strategy and M&A efforts.
Walsh has over 35 years of executive leadership across the US Marine Corps, commercial and general aviation, defence, and industrial end-markets.
Most recently, Walsh served as chairman, president, and chief executive of Kaman Aerospace Corporation, a provider of engineered components and subsystems to commercial aviation, aerospace, defence, and medical end-markets. At Kaman, Walsh led the evolution of the global company into customer-centric operating segments.
Prior to Kaman, Walsh was chief operating officer at REV Group, Inc., a provider of specialty vehicles and related aftermarket parts, and spent more than 15 years in operational and P&L leadership at Textron, Inc. At both companies, Walsh drove new product development and process optimisation.
Earlier in his career, Walsh served as an officer and naval aviator in the US Marine Corps with combat tours in Somalia, Haiti, and Bosnia. He is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt in operations and continuous improvement.
Walsh said: “FDH has a reputation as a forward-thinking partner, able to solve complex supply chain challenges for global OEMs and MRO providers. I am honoured to join the exceptional team at FDH that Scott built, and I look forward to advancing our mission as a value-added supply chain solutions partner to our customers and stakeholders.”
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