15 July 2019:Jet Aviation has appointed Grischa Schmidt as the new Senior Director of the Design Studio. Schmidt will manage the company's Design Studio which is based in Basel, Switzerland. The studio has a team of 16 designers who will work under Schmidt. He will report to Dirk Sapatka, the General Manager at Basel.
In 2009, Schmidt joined Jet Aviation as Senior Designer Project Manager. He had left the company in 2012 and returned as Senior Project Manager Interior Designer in 2017.
From 1995, Schmidt worked at various international companies specialising in interior and exterior yacht design, interior aircraft design, as well as automobile and residential interiors.
He has worked at Design Works USA in California and then moved to Munich to open the first European branch of Design Works USA. He has also worked for companies like BMW Group, Cayros in Switzerland and London and Itten&Brechbuehl.
"I'm pleased to welcome Grischa into his new role leading the Jet Aviation Design Studio," said Dirk Sapatka, General Manager, Basel. "The Design Studio is a key part of the comprehensive in-house services that we offer, and Grischa's wealth of experience in aviation, marine and automotive design will ensure that we continue to provide exceptional interior design solutions for completion and refurbishment customers."