People in Aviation: May 2015
Industry announcements and appointments

United Technologies (UTC) appointed Robert “Bob” Leduc president of Sikorsky, succeeding Mick Maurer. Mauer was promoted to the newly created position of UTC senior vice president of strategic projects. Leduc led a number of companies during his 35-year aerospace career, including the large commercial engines business at UTC subsidiary Pratt & Whitney.

Fang Liu was elected the next secretary general of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) effective August 1, making her the first woman and the first Chinese national to lead the United Nations aviation body. Liu had spent two decades with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) before joining ICAO in 2007 as director of the Bureau of Administration and Services.

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