Bill Boisture joined Hawker Beechcraft as chairman and CEO on March 23. An experienced and current commercial/instrument pilot, Boisture flew fighters in the U.S. Air Force and graduated from the Air Force and Navy (Topgun) Fighter Weapons Schools, achieving the rank of major. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Air Force Academy and a master’s in business administration from the University of New Haven.
Before joining Hawker Beechcraft, Boisture was president of commercial aircraft leasing company Intrepid Aviation and a senior advisor for private-equity firm The Carlyle Group. He also has years of experience in the operational segments of aviation, as president of fractional-share operator NetJets and former chairman and CEO of FBO chain Butler Aviation. On the manufacturing side, he served as president of Gulfstream Aerospace and British Aerospace Corporate Jets.
