GippsAero Appoints Shanti Lakhan as Marketing Manager

GippsAero, the aircraft manufacturing division of Mahindra Aerospace, has announced the appointment of Shanti Lakhan as Marketing Manager. Ms. Lakhan will be responsible for leading the marketing team in development and implementation of marketing strategies in support of global sales.

“Shanti brings with her years of experience with marketing general aviation,” said, Keith Douglas, CEO of GippsAero. “She has been part of a global marketing team that has consistently set the bar for our industry.

Before joining GippsAero, Ms. Lakhan was Marketing Manager of Cirrus Aircraft in Duluth, Minnesota. She has also held positions with the premier event and retail design company, Star Exhibits in Minneapolis, Minnesota and A319/A320 Engineering at Northwest Airlines. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Superior, Wisconsin, she has been involved in commercial and general aviation for over 15 years.

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Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.