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#exvipav High Net Worth Profile: QUEEN OF GOLF Annika Sörenstam Jorge Colindres Chairman, The Registry of Aruba Company profiles include: Gulfstream; GE Honda; Jormac Aerospace; Mountfitchet Risk Solutions; Textron Aviation; SmartSky Networks Special features: EVA’s Completions Special Report; Future of the industry: Q&A www.exvipaviationint.com The youngest generation of our glass mirrors. The original innovators of light weight and real glass solutions for mirrors, dust panels and real wood veneers in the aircraft industry. Visit us at booth no. 3663 during the NBAA show from November 1-3 in Orlando to see how we can also make a difference for you. www.air-craftglass.com - [email protected] OPINION Last time I sat down to write the EVA editorial was a few weeks before PARVEEN RAJA EBACE. The Brexit vote was some way off. Very few people who are even Publisher & Business Development Director remotely connected with business in general or business aviation, for that [email protected] matter, thought there was the smallest chance that it would turn out to be anything other than a fairly cynical political manoeuvre by the then-Prime MAX RAJA Minister, David Cameron, and that the ‘Remain’ camp would prevail. How- Founder & CEO of EVAA [email protected] ever, that was then, and this is now. Cameron is out of a job and the UK is irrevocably on its way out of the European Union. MO BANKS This, of course, is a very big deal, since the UK has in effect torn up all Sales Executive its trade agreements with Europe. The UK government is waking up to the [email protected] idea that actually, since writing trade agreements became the province of the EU, not the UK civil service, it – the government – has not been forging SOHAIL AHMAD trade agreements for the last 40 years and has very little expertise left in Sales Executive & IT Technician [email protected] this area. Add to that the fact that trade agreements take anything from three years to a decade to bring to fruition, and the disruption to trade that GEMMA KEEN lies ahead could be profound. Events Coordinator However, business (and business aviation) is currently living through [email protected] what looks like a phony war period, where Brexit remains a threat for the day after tomorrow, not today. As Avinode Managing Director Oliver King, YASMIN LYDON Events Coordinator and WINGX Advance Joint Managing Director Richard Koe point out in [email protected] EVA’s interview with them, for now aircraft movements and charter book- ings are both turning in a fairly robust performance and on the face of it, SHOBHANA PATEL all looks well enough. None of this gets away from the fact that we are Head of Finance fi[email protected] in for a protracted period of heightened uncertainty, which the industry certainly does not like. CHARLOTTE WILLIS On a happier note, our cover story features the innovation and entrepre- Events Administrator neurship of Jorge Colindres, who manages the Registry of Aruba, and who [email protected] has managed to propel that registry into the spotlight by the sheer quality of the outstanding services it provides to its customers. SHELDON PINK In our HNWI interview this issue, Margie Goldsmith talks to the queen Creative Director [email protected] of golf, Annika Sörenstam. We also feature interviews with Derek Zim- merman, who heads up Gulfstream’s support services, and Textron’s Kriya EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Shortt, Vice President of Sales and Marketing and one of the leading fe- Rick Adams, Margie Goldsmith male figures and role models in business aviation. and Megan Ramsay Steve Shaknaitis, CEO of GE Honda, talks about the H120 engine and GE Honda’s plans to become a multi-product house, and our Completions first thought Special Report takes a look at the sheer range of companies and products involved in fitting out a business jet to a client’s dream spec. Address changes and subscription orders to: With NBAA 2016 now just weeks away, we’re all looking forward to [email protected] another sensational exhibition. We hope to see many of you there! ISSN 1754-1166 PUBLISHED FOUR TIMES A YEAR BY EVA International Media Ltd ANTHONY HARRINGTON Boswell Cottage, 19 South End Editor | [email protected] Croydon, CR0 1BE , UK Tel: + 44 (0)208 253 4000 Tel: +44 (0)1292 591385 Fax: + 44 (0)208 603 7369 Website: www.evaint.com PRINTED BY Headley Brothers Cover image: JORGE COLINDRES The Invicta Press, Lower Queens Road See cover story, p4 Ashford, Kent, TN24 8HH, UK #exvipav High Net Worth Profile: QUEEN OF GOLF DISTRIBUTED BY Annika Sörenstam Asendia 9-12, The Heathrow Estate, Silver Jubilee Way, Hounslow TW4 6NF EVA INTERNATIONAL MEDIA LTD PUBLISHERS & EVENTS SPECIALISTS Jorge Colindres Chairman, The Registry of Aruba Company profiles include: Gulfstream; GE Honda; Jormac Aerospace; Issue 35 © 2016 | www.evaint.com Mountfitchet Risk Solutions; Textron Aviation; SmartSky Networks Special features: EVA’s Completions Special Report; Future of the industry: Q&A Content may not be reproduced in any format without www.exvipaviationint.com written permission from EVA International Media Ltd Autumn 2016 | International 1 contents 4 Registering the new Welcome to the future Our cover story profi les Jorge Colindres, CEO of the Registry of Aruba of in-flight connectivity. 12 Queen of golf Margie Goldsmith talks to Annika Sörenstam, the greatest player in the history of women’s golf Let’s Fly TM 18 Grand plans GE Honda CEO Steven Shaknaitis on the H120 engine and the JV’s determination to become a multi-engine venture 22 We can build it Steve Jourdenais, President and founder of Jormac Aerospace talks about the company’s use of the latest carbon fi bre composites 26 Many a moving part EVA’s Completions Special Report 40 State of play WINGX joint managing director Richard Koe and Avinode Managing Director Oliver King refl ect on Brexit and business 46 Insurance counts Mountfi tchet CEO Oliver Clarry-Risk on his innovative insurance product for the charter sector At Satcom Direct®, now SD, the spirit of innovation is our heritage and our future. 48 Seems real to me We solve the unsolvable to bring you the latest technology Rick Adams on the latest in simulators in business aviation for one reason: to make your life in the sky easier. Nose to tail, air to ground, SD offers secure communication and connectivity solutions for the cockpit, cabin and flight operations. 56 Nothing without support We’ve been Satcom Direct since 1997. Today, we’re even more. Derek Zimmerman, Gulfstream President, Global Support, on what it takes to run a top-notch worldwide support operation 62 Innovation really does count Textron VP of Sales and Marketing Kriya Shortt on how the company’s forging ahead on multiple fronts 69 Staying grounded Haynes Griffi n, SmartSky Networks CEO, on his new air-to-ground network and its transformative potential for the sector +44.1252.554.460 | www.satcomdirect.com | [email protected] 2 International | Autumn 2016 SD_brand_ad_EVA.indd 1 10/7/16 12:24 PM Welcome to the future of in-flight connectivity. Let’s Fly TM At Satcom Direct®, now SD, the spirit of innovation is our heritage and our future. We solve the unsolvable to bring you the latest technology in business aviation for one reason: to make your life in the sky easier. 1RVHWRWDLODLUWRJURXQG6'RHUVVHFXUHFRPPXQLFDWLRQ DQGFRQQHFWLYLW\VROXWLRQVIRUWKHFRFNSLWFDELQDQGȵLJKWRSHUDWLRQV We’ve been Satcom Direct since 1997. Today, we’re even more. +44.1252.554.460 | www.satcomdirect.com | [email protected] REGISTRYREGISTRY OFOF ARUBAARUBA| JORGEJORGE COLINDRESCOLINDRES Private partnership provesworth its Profile of Jorge Colindres and the Registry of Aruba 4 International | Autumn 2016 JORGEJORGE COLINDRESCOLINDRES| REGISTRYREGISTRY OFOF ARUBAARUBA o one says to themselves as they finish their education: “Right, I think I’ll start an aircraft registry!” The path to the public private partnership that has run the Reg- istry of Aruba for the last 20 years is not exactly a straight line for the company’s Nfounding Chairman, Jorge Colindres, but the results have been hugely successful. The tiny Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba lies 15 miles off the coast of Venezuela and is offi cially one of the four constituent countries making up the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In his youth as an attaché in service of the Honduras navy, there was nothing much to draw Colindres’ attention to the island. However, while still a naval attaché, Colindres met a US citizen, Mr Wayne J Hilmer Sr, former Chairman of Omni International Jet Trading Floor, who was to become at one time the largest aircraft broker in the US and a mentor to Colindres. “He asked me if I want- ed to learn about aviation while I was still in the navy. So when I retired from the navy as a lieutenant, I went to work for him as an intern in 1991, and later that year we created Honduras Aircraft Registry under Presidential decree,” Colindres recalls. Colindres then opened International Air Safety Offi ce, which happened to be based at Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Florida, a playground of the rich and wealthy in the US. We had just one customer, the legendary US oil tycoon, Oscar Wyatt, founder of Autumn 2016 | International 5 REGISTRY OF ARUBA| JORGE COLINDRES In 1992 I happened to be standing next to the Deputy Prime Minister of Aruba at the inauguration of Aruba’s President. We started talking and after a bit he asked me if I would be interested in taking over the running of the Aruba registry the oil refi nery specialist, Coastal Corporation, company.