Asia’s burgeoning air-transport industry is at a turning point facing historic levels of opportunity, while also having to resolve infrastructure issues that could hold it back. This is where Honeywell comes in, according to Briand Greer, the avionics and powerplant group’s new president for aerospace in the Asia Pacific region. Greer is based in Shanghai, having started in mid-2011 as the company’s “vice president for China growth,” with a remit to focus on initiatives with Chinese airframer Avic and its parent group Comac.
That Honeywell (Booth Q23) saw fit to arrange a lengthy crossover with its previous regional president was “unprecedented, but indicative of how we view the Asia Pacific and China,” said Greer, who was widely traveled with many contacts with airlines in the region. “I knew some of the airlines fairly well but having been here a few months I found that there is a lot more to know–and I feel fortunate to be here at this time in history–it’s all happening very quickly in China.”
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