Dallas, Texas-headquartered advisory and brokerage firm Mente Group has appointed IADA-certified preowned aircraft sales broker Cole White as MD south. White earned his certified broker designation from IADA in 2019, while serving as Mente's VP of transactions. He will continue to be located in Dallas.

“Cole has proven himself to be enormously valuable to our clients and since joining us has successfully handled numerous aircraft sales and acquisitions,” says company president and CEO Brian Proctor. “He has turned his military discipline and professional sports competitiveness into effective assets for our many clients.”

White served as an armour officer in the US Army after graduating from the US Military Academy at West Point, where he was recruited to play baseball. He was drafted into the Pittsburgh Pirates organisation, where he played for three years.