Meridian Names Business Development Director

Meridian, a private aviation company headquartered at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport, has named Greg Johnson as director of business development. His responsibilities will include expanding the company’s West Coast aircraft-management business and overseeing development of an FBO to be built at Hayward Executive Airport in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Johnson, who has spent 15 years in business aviation, began his career in the field with Apex Aviation in Napa, Calif. He moved in 2005 to ACM Aviation, which later became part of San Jose, Calif.-based TWC Aviation. His responsibilities over the years have included managing charter and sales staff, negotiating leases and aircraft management contracts, managing business lines and their budgets, acquiring an FBO and developing strategic plans for clients.