Chapman Freeborn, the global air charter specialist, has appointed Andy Hutchinson as head of sales and commercial for the UK within the passenger department. Hutchinson brings over 22 years of experience with 15 years in aviation and eight years in chartering, providing extensive and valuable knowledge to Chapman Freeborn.

Hutchinson will be leading and developing a new team in the UK market to establish the commercial passenger division and increasing company growth and expansion. In his role, he will be heading up the new business sales strategy, with the goal of expanding into new markets and elevating Chapman Freeborn's global profile.

His breadth of aviation insight and experience, intertwined with a team of skilled brokers, will provide passenger services to corporates, traveller services and sports associations, as well as high net worth individuals.

“I'm excited to be heading up the team in this period of expeditious growth. As an experienced sales leader with a proven track record of producing results in a highly competitive market, I will be implementing and delivering a sales strategy, while leading and developing the team to achieve our growth targets. Having a very talented team already in place, I'm looking forward to growing the department further and cementing ourselves as a market leader in the UK,” says Hutchinson.