Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the management of the Association as well as developing the long-term financial and strategic plans. Directors devote a substantial amount of their personal time to ensure the success of the Association. There are four quarterly meetings as well as frequent conference calls between the meetings. The Board of Directors is a volunteer board and as such ASA does not pay for the expense associated with attending the quarterly meetings. The Board of Directors is also responsible for appointing the following officers: President, Corporate Secretary and Corporate Treasurer.

Graham Mitchell Global Quality & Warehousing Director Aero Inventory (UK) Limited graham.mitchell@aero-inventory.com Phone: +44 (0) 208 447 3398
Graham is the Global Warehousing and Quality Director of Aero Inventory (UK) Ltd, a global Inventory Management company with more than 20 facilities worldwide. Their major customers currently include Aveos, ANA, GMF, Qantas, Heaco and SR Technics. He has worldwide responsibility for Quality Assurance and Warehousing and direct Management of the European Distribution Center in the UK. AI currently has facilities in UK, USA, Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Japan and Australia. Twelve of these facilities are now certified to ISO9001 in accordance with FAA 00-56A with a program to achieve certification of the remaining facilities ongoing. His main focus today is the control of the considerable company growth and standardisation of parts supply to all existing and future customers worldwide. Graham works to streamline the differences in Airworthiness regulations between different countries to which AI supply. Graham has 28 years experience within the aviation industry and before moving to Aero Inventory worked for Lucas Aerospace and Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited. He has considerable knowledge and working experience of JAR21, JAR145, FAR145, EASA part 21 and 145. With Lucas Aerospace and Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Limited, he held numerous Quality Assurance positions, and at Lucas achieved one of the first single multi-site approvals to JAR145 for the whole company. He has been an active member of the ASA since joining Aero Inventory 5 years ago and is currently a QA Committee voting member, as well as sitting on the Board of Directors. He has actively worked on the subcommittee to internationalise ASA-100 and has represented Aero Inventory at all ASA meetings during this period. He is passionate about the Aerospace Industry and is always seeking ways to improve the supply chain in the interests of flight safety. Graham holds a B.Eng in Engineering and also actively engages with EASO (European Aviation Suppliers Organisation) and sits on the Executive Council of the IFA (International Federation of Airworthiness).
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