Former CBAA executive to join Nav Canada board
Rich Gage, who relinquished his position as president and CEO at CBAA in October, will become a member of Nav Canada’s board of directors in April.

Rich Gage, who relinquished his position as president and CEO at CBAA in October, will become a member of Nav Canada’s board of directors in April. Gage will succeed John Lawson, the former president of sales for Bombardier Business Aircraft.

Nav Canada is a not-for-profit, non-shareholder, commercial company that in 1996 acquired from Transport Canada complete responsibility for the country’s air navigation services. It is also the only totally privatized air navigation service provider (ANSP) in the world, although virtually all ANSPs–except the FAA–have now greater or lesser degrees of independence from their national governments, and all are slowly moving toward the Nav Canada model. But the company’s governance and modus operandi are different from many others, and therefore puzzling to many U.S. observers.