{"id":12772,"date":"2019-05-10T01:28:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T01:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=12772"},"modified":"2019-05-10T01:28:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T01:28:09","slug":"coptersafety-appoints-erkka-suvikumpu-as-new-chief-executive-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/coptersafety-appoints-erkka-suvikumpu-as-new-chief-executive-officer\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Coptersafety Appoints Erkka Suvikumpu as New Chief Executive Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Erkka-Suvikumpu-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12773\" width=\"203\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Erkka-Suvikumpu-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Erkka-Suvikumpu-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><figcaption><em>Erkka Suvikumpu<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Coptersafety has announced the appointment of Erkka\nSuvikumpu as Chief Executive Officer. He comes from the position as CEO and\nCo-owner of Safera Oy, a pioneer in smart home sensor and fire prevention\nsolutions. Suvikumpu will take up his new position on 13th May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cErkka has a broad understanding of the aviation industry\nand a strong knowledge of developing digital businesses. He has proven\nexperience in leading people and larger organizations, and also managing\ncomplex entities. Erkka\u2019s latest track record in leading a significant\ntransformation at Safera demonstrates his leadership skills. I am confident his\nsolid international business-to-business background will help in growing\nCoptersafety\u2019s operations,\u201c said Mr. Antti Ker\u00c3\u00a4nen, Chairman of Coptersafety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCoptersafety is a remarkable company. They have a totally\nunique approach to improving the safety culture in the rotor industry. I am\nreally proud of joining a team like this, fostering a mission with such vital\nimportance, literally,\u201d said Erkka Suvikumpu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suvikumpu (48) has been the CEO of Safera since 2017 and has\nworked more than 10 years in various business development and new venture\nrelated VP level positions for Finnish airline Finnair Plc. The last position\nhe held was Vice President, Business Development &amp; Quality, Technical\nDivision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suvikumpu has a degree from Aalto University School of\nBusiness in Helsinki, Finland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suvikumpu will follow Christer Niemi who has worked in the\nrole of Coptersafety\u2019s interim CEO since December 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would like to thank Christer for his important\ncontribution in the phase of Coptersafety\u2019s management transition. During his\ntime, the company has managed to put critical operations in order and to\nprioritize issues that are vital for Coptersafety\u2019s growth. Now we are ready to\ntake the next step,\u201d said Antti Ker\u00c3\u00a4nen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coptersafety\u2019s revenue in 2018 was 9,4 million euros (5,7\nmillion euros in 2017). This year, 2019, the company is seeking over 30 %\ngrowth. Coptersafety is planning to take their next full-flight simulator, an\nAirbus H125 Level D FFS, into operation later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coptersafety has announced the appointment of Erkka Suvikumpu as Chief Executive Officer. He comes from the position as CEO and Co-owner of Safera Oy, a pioneer in smart home sensor and fire prevention solutions. Suvikumpu will take up his new position on 13th May. \u201cErkka has a broad understanding of the aviation industry and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12774,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12772\/revisions\/12774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}