Diamond Aircraft appoints Director of Marketing and Sales for D-JET

Diamond Aircraft has appointed Mr.Mark Lee as Director of Marketing and Sales for D-JET, Diamond’s personal light jet.Mr.Leewill be responsible for the overall marketing and sales programs for the new Diamond D-JET worldwide and will be located at thecompany’s facility in London, Ontario.He will report to Heike Larson, Vice President for Sales and Marketing for North America.“Diamond continues to strengthen its leadership as we attract talent from a variety of backgrounds,”said Ms Larson.“Mark has agreat track record of accomplishment and success championing innovation and applying marketing fundamentals at companiesthat operate in high-tech, competitive businesses.We are delighted he has joined Diamond and will play a key role with ourcustomers and partners as we bring the D-JETto market.”Mr.Lee brings to Diamond more than 20 years of marketing and business development leadership and management experiencewith leading global companies in the software and telecom industries.He joins Diamond from Microsoft Corporation, where heheld a variety of progressively responsible product management and other marketing roles, planning and launching new productsand growing the business for Windows and other Microsoft brands.Prior to Microsoft, he held marketing management positions atNortel Networks.Mr.Lee earned his MBA from Vanderbilt University, and a BA in Broadcasting from Western Kentucky University.Mr.Lee is a private pilot and has been an airplane owner.“Diamond Aircraft’s completeness of vision and ability to execute make it one of the most inspiring companies in general aviation,”said Mr.Lee.“I am thrilled and honored to have this opportunity to work with Diamond, its customers, and its partners to enablemore pilots to become jet pilots and benefit from the capability, safety and reliability of turbine-powered aircraft.”About Diamond AircraftDiamond Aircraft is a leading manufacturer of modern composite aircraft, and the only company to offer a full line of personal aircraft, from the DA20two-seat trainer, to the DA40 family of 4-seat pistons, the DA42 light twin turbo-diesel, the DA50 5-seat high-performance single-engine, and the D-JET, a 5-seat Personal Light Jet, as well type-specific flight training devices.Diamond Aircraft operates three factories in Austria, Canada andChina, making it the only GA manufacturer with a truly global operation.