26 March 2019: APOC Aviation has appointed Anca Mihalache to head up its new engine trading division. She will be responsible for developing the leasing platform for APOC Aviation, fostering relationships with airlines, looking after investors and repair shops; managing the engine sales; trade engines with leases attached or as naked assets; and evaluating engine stock for trading, leasing or teardown.
Previously, Mihalache worked at Vallair where she was the Head of Trading & Leasing and was responsible for managing sales operations and developing strategies and profit targets for all aircraft, engines, engine parts and airframe components.
She has worked in trading, leasing, sales & marketing within the aviation industry for more than 10 years and also has six years of managerial expertise.
Before joining Vallair, Mihalache worked for Aero Care as Sales & Purchasing Manager.
She has Bachelor’s Degrees in Commercial Transactions & Business Administration from the National Academy of Economics and PR & Communication from the National School of Political and Administrative Studies in Bucharest.
“APOC is a young and ambitious company and I have been given the opportunity to set-up an engines trading department from scratch,” said Mihalache. “It will be a challenge to build a new lease and teardown portfolio, but I am confident that we will quickly achieve our goals.”
Max Wooldrik, Founder & Managing Director, APOC Aviation said, “We’re excited to welcome Anca to the team. We plan to become a recognised force for innovation in the trading, leasing and part-out markets and her experience and commercial acumen will be valuable assets as she spearheads the APOC engine division.”