The Aerospace Event will provide A&D industry suppliers and stakeholders with a top-level, confidential, informative, and exclusive venue for executives to learn and exchange ideas on common concerns and new developments in our rapidly-changing industry.
Our second event in 2025 will provide knowledge, impactful and strategic discussions and contemporary debates on DoD budgets and policy, RDT&E and procurement trends, and geopolitics.
Knowledge is essential. Intelligence is vital. Reengage and enhance your network. Join us in Beverly Hills and secure your future success!
The Aerospace Event connects leaders in the global aerospace and defense industry by facilitating collaboration and modern thinking through spirited discussions, debates and experiences, to fuel thought leadership, drive interaction and relationships to achieve successful advancement in the industry.
Beverly Wilshire
Beverly Hills, CA
Monday & TuesdayMarch 17-18, 2025
Hear from top leaders across the globe discuss important topics, market intelligence and viewpoints within the Aerospace & Defense industry.
SEE COMPLETE LIST OF SPEAKERSMs. Anita Antenucci has three decades of experience in investment banking and has amassed expertise in corporate strategy, M&A and financing. Additionally, she has collaborated with a broad spectrum of Fortune 500 and international corporations, start-ups, innovators, private equity groups and family offices. Her M&A clients have included the world's largest aerospace and defense companies, such as General Dynamics, L3Harris, Lockheed Martin, and TransDigm and the most accomplished industry investors, such as AE Industrial, Carlyle, J.F. Lehman, Huntsman Family Investments and Veritas Capital. Prior to founding 3Wire, she spent 20 years at Houlihan Lokey, where she built and led the Aerospace, Defense, and Government practice, along with starting the firm's Business Services and Transportation practices. Prior to Houlihan Lokey, she was a founding member and Co-President of Quarterdeck Investment Partners (later Jefferies Quarterdeck) — a boutique M&A merchant banking firm in ADG industries.
Ms. Stacey Wyatt leads AMAG USA, the American subsidiary of AMAG Austria Metall AG, for aerospace, automotive, industrial and special rolled products. Ms. Wyatt began her aerospace career as a market analyst for defense aerospace engines at Rolls-Royce and has held strategy, cost reduction and commercial positions on various defense and commercial engine programs across three engine companies. She has spent the last ten years in marketing and sales for aluminum mills with distribution partners and OEMs across a variety of industries. Ms. Wyatt has negotiated in countries throughout the Middle East, Europe and the Americas and has a passion for creating business structures that work for both partners for the long term.
Mr. Chris Norch is a seasoned executive with vast experience across the metals, aerospace and manufacturing industries. He serves as the President of Aero Metals Alliance (AMA), as well as President and CEO of Denison Industries and Atlantic Castings & Engineering. In these roles, he leads a global network of companies supplying high-performance metals and premium aluminum castings and machining to the aerospace, defense, and energy sectors. With a diverse background in the automotive, military and commercial industries, he also serves on the executive board of the World Foundry Organisation, representing the American Foundry Society. Throughout his career, he has held several leadership positions, playing a key role in driving growth and innovation in the organizations he's led. Known for his forward-thinking leadership, commitment to sustainability and ability to build strong industry partnerships, Mr. Norch brings over 40 years of expertise in supply chain management, business strategy and customer-focused service.
Mr. Craig Segor is responsible for the Accounting, Treasury, Risk, FP&A, Tax and ESG functions. Prior to joining ACG in December 2022, he co-founded Plane View Partners, a boutique aviation consulting firm, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from 2014 to 2020 and as Managing Director from June 2022 to October 2022. In this role he advised a variety of industry stakeholders including airlines, OEMs, lessors, investors and entrepreneurs in projects spanning strategy, M&A, aircraft and engine orders, lease transactions, product innovation and business planning. From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Segor served as Chief Investment Officer for CDB Aviation in Dublin, where he oversaw the Trading, Pricing and Strategy functions. Prior to founding Plane View Partners, he was SVP Strategic Planning with International Lease Finance Corporation; held various roles at Seabury Consulting, including Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer; was a Project Manager in the Strategic Development Group of TACA Airlines, and was a Senior Associate Consultant with Bain & Company.
Mr. Arjan Meijer joined Embraer in April 2016 as Vice President of Commercial Aviation for Europe, Middle East, Russia and Central Asia. Appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Embraer Commercial Aviation in January 2017, based in Amsterdam, he oversaw worldwide sales, marketing, customer support and primary customer relationships. In June 2020, he was appointed President & CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation. Prior to April 2016, he spent 15 years at KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on the engineering, technical services, and fleet development aspects of the company. His last role was Managing Director of KLM UK Engineering Limited — a wholly-owned AFI KLM E&M subsidiary specializing in maintenance solutions for regional and narrow-body aircraft fleets.
Mr. Kai Arndt is responsible for the strategic and operational development of the Montana’s Aerostructures business segment. From 1988 to 2019, he was with Airbus at key locations in Hamburg and Stade. At the Airbus plant in Hamburg, he was responsible for the development and marketing of specific system components. Mr. Arndt reorganized the entire quality management program at the Stade plant and set new standards with numerous optimization measures in the area of QM in the Airbus Group. In 2014, he was appointed Division Manager of Finance & Controlling and a member of the Airbus Germany Finance Committee. In 2016, he took on the overall responsibility for the Airbus location in Stade. In addition, he was appointed CFO of CTC GmbH in Stade where he was responsible for managing the production and supply chain for the entire location. After successful management and further development of the plant, especially in the areas of quality and environmental management as well as the establishment of an efficient procurement and supply chain, he succeeded in establishing the Airbus location in Stade as a benchmark in the area of LEAN management/production. In 2019, he took over management of the Finance Department at Premium Aerotec and was a member of the management board until joining Montana Aerospace.
"The A&D industry has been severely lacking a top-level, informative event for the middle-tier. The team at AeroLambda Group is uniquely qualified to provide the premiere events that the industry needs."
"Aerospace conferences that address OEM concerns have proliferated, but a considerable gap remains for an event that gets the right people in the right space with the right agenda. The Aerospace Event is that event."
"No one knows how to produce a premier aerospace event like Joanna Speed. This new conference will undoubtedly be an industry smash hit for years to come — just like all of Joanna's conferences!"
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