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AFI KLM E&M announces leadership changes
December 7th 2018
Bruno Heinrich has been appointed CEO of CRMA, an AIR FRANCE-KLM subsidiary which specializes in engine part and module repairs, especially for the CFM56 series, large engines (GE90, GEnx, GP7200) and aircraft component overhauls. Read More » CRMA generates generates annual income of EUR140 million and employs a 400-plus workforce.
Heinrich joined Air France in 1986 as an engineer and has since been working his way up the food chain. In the past two years, Heinrich was in charge of technical development at Air France's flight operations arm.
“I am delighted to have been offered this new opportunity in the AFI KLM E&M group. In its six decades of activity, CRMA has forged a high-level reputation for itself for the quality of its repair solutions and technologies. The business is currently on a robust, long-term growth trajectory and I will strive to sustain that momentum by strengthening our policy of developing new repairs and maintenance solutions in particular,” Heinrich said.
Heinrich succeeds Benjamin Moreau who has been named senior vice president of AFI KLM E&M’s components division.
Moreau started his career as a consultant at A.T. Kearney before moving to AFI KLM E&M in 2002, where he began as a project manager in the avionics department. He, too, worked his way up the ranks, culminating in his appointment as CRMA CEO in 2014.
“I am honored by this new opportunity within the group. We are constantly developing the most competitive services, leveraging our experience as an aircraft operator, our global network, and our high technology solutions. This is how AFI KLM E&M stays at the cutting edge of repairs, global supply chain digitalisation, and Big Data applied to aircraft maintenance,” Moreau said.
