IOM announces new director of civil aviation
Simon Williams, new Director of Civil Aviation, Isle of Man
Simon Williams has been appointed as the Isle of Man’s new director of civil aviation.
Simon Williams, new Director of Civil Aviation, Isle of Man
Simon Williams will take over as the Isle of Man’s Director of Civil Aviation October 2014 replacing Hartley Elder who retired earlier this year.
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Minister for Economic Development Laurence Skelly MHK, IOM minister of economic development says: “I am delighted to welcome Simon Williams to the Department as our new Director of Civil Aviation. He brings significant breadth and depth of experience to the role following a very diverse and successful 25 year career in military and civil aviation.”
“I look forward to working with him to ensure that Isle of Man Aircraft Registry continues its impressive growth and to help maintain its status as the best in the world for quality and service,” adds Skelly.
Simon Williams says: “I am thrilled and honoured to have been selected for the post of Director of Civil Aviation and I’m looking forward to working with the team at the Aircraft Registry to serve our much valued clients and to supporting the Island’s business aviation community.”
“I am inheriting a substantial legacy from my predecessors and would like to take this opportunity to thank all those that have worked so hard to make the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry the unprecedented success it has become. I have been visiting the Island regularly since 1991 so am all the more pleased that I now have this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to settle and work in such a wonderful place.”
“With the registration of its 700th aircraft earlier this month, the Isle of Man Aircraft Registry has carried on its strong growth and I’m looking forward to playing my part in contributing to its continued success and that of the Island’s aviation services sector,” adds Williams.
Simon Williams has successfully held a number of senior operational and staff appointments. During 5 years at the UK Civil Aviation Authority, he developed a very broad regulatory and safety portfolio which saw him chairing groups at national and international level. More recently, he increasingly devoted much of his time to working in ‘Safety Partnership’ with the business aviation community.
