Lifetime achievement award for ExecuJet’s Graham Stephenson
Thursday 18th March, 2010
Graham Stephenson has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the organisers of BA Meet-Up, Europe’s second annual business aviation networking event at RAF Northolt, UK, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the industry. The award was presented to him yesterday (17th March).
Graham, former head of ExecuJet Aviation Group’s Fixed Base Operations until August 2009, has enjoyed an aviation career spanning almost half a century – 21 years in commercial and 23 years in business aviation. His most recent achievement was the establishment of a joint venture FBO in Kuala Lumpur called “SkyPark Malaysia” between ExecuJet and Hawker Pacific. Before joining ExecuJet in 2006 Graham worked with Jet Aviation (in Saudi Arabia) and then London City Airport, where he was instrumental in establishing the Jet Centre and the airport’s successful foray into business aviation.
Despite ‘retiring’ at the end of August 2009, Graham continues to lend his expertise to ExecuJet as an ad-hoc consultant. He played a significant role contributing to the success of the company’s FBO activity in Zurich during the World Economic Forum in January 2010, and also provided his expertise for the organisation of the General Aviation Terminal operation in Berlin in February. Drawing on his years of experience in the FBO world Graham has helped to establish a new online training venture for FBO staff together with London Metropolitan University, which was launched during BA Meet-Up.
The ExecuJet Aviation Group
The ExecuJet Aviation Group is a leading global business aviation organisation offering a diverse range of services including pre-owned and new aircraft sales, aircraft management for private and commercial registered aircraft, aircraft charter, aircraft maintenance, aircraft completions management and fixed base operations. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, ExecuJet has operations in five regions – Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and South Africa, embracing a workforce of over 800 experienced staff.
The ExecuJet Aviation Group manages 150 business jets worldwide under the most stringent safety standards. Its commercial fleet is operated under the regulatory umbrella of eight regional civil aviation issued air operating certificates (AOCs). ExecuJet has many authorised maintenance facilities throughout four regions, certified to work on most Business Jets. The ExecuJet Aviation Group operates six world class FBO facilities in Berlin, Zurich, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Dubai and Kuala Lumpur.
The ExecuJet Aviation Group offers considerable experience in new and pre-owned aircraft sales worldwide and has a large inventory of business aircraft to suit all budgets with an international team of sales directors offering local knowledge and expertise. ExecuJet is the exclusive sales agent outside North America for the eight to 12-passenger Aerion Supersonic Business Jet, expected to come into service in 2015.
Picture Caption: Graham Stephenson with the Lifetime Achievement Award received from the organisers of BA Meet-Up.