Executive Chairman Heinz Koehli joined Nomad Aviation in August 2015. Before joining Nomad he was founding CEO, Strategic President and Member of the Board of Directors of AMAC Aerospace in Basel, Switzerland. Prior to that, serving a double function as CEO and COO of Jet Aviation Group in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, he was instrumental in expanding the company before its sale to Permira. Mr Koehli had previously been General Manager of Jet Aviation’s charter business, and is credited with initiating the Jet Aviation Aircraft Management business. Mr Koehli began his career in the travel industry before becoming a specialist in aviation services.

Chief Executive Officer Thomas Koehli joined Nomad Aviation as Senior VP Sales and Ground Operations in September 2016. He is also Accountable Manager for Nomad’s Swiss and Maltese operations. Previously, Thomas Koehli spent 18 years with a reputed ground handling company at Zurich International airport, last as vice president and member of the executive management, where he was leading the company’s airline & cargo handling division. He started his professional career in the travel business as a travel consultant. Thomas Koehli holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business leadership and organization.

As Director Ground Operation, Thomas Gieschen is responsible for Nomad Aviation Dispatch and Ground Operation. Thomas has 30 years of aviation experience. Before joining the company in October 2017, he previously worked as Postholder Ground Operation for ExecuJet Europe AG in Zurich. Prior to that, he was Head of Operation with European Air Ambulance and Manager of the Operation Control Center with Daimler Chrysler Aviation. Before that, he also served as an Apron Controller at Stuttgart Airport and as a military Flight Dispatcher within the German Air Force.

As Director Human Resources, Karin Knöpfel is responsible for managing the lifecycle of employees,  developing HR strategies, overseeing operations, and ensuring compliance to support the overall business strategy. Before joining Nomad Aviation, she spent over 15 years in various HR key positions within Aviation, last as Corporate Human Resource Manager Switzerland for an internationally renowned ground handling company at Zurich International Airport. Karin not only holds a bachelor’s degree in HR Management, she is also a professionally trained coach and corporate mentor with diploma. She enables individuals and the company to steer through changes, manage transitions, and handle challenges.

As Manager CAMO and Maintenance & Nominated Person Continuing Airworthiness (NPCA) Josef Speck is responsible for continuing airworthiness of our aircraft fleet. Josef has more than 33 years of aviation experience. Before joining Nomad Aviation, he was airworthiness review Staff at Q.C.M. Before he also served as Director Customer Service and Sales, Production Manager MRO, Maintenance Coordinator, Technical Inspector for Jet Aviation Zürich and Jet Aviation Business Jets. His American experience as Maintenance Manager / Aircraft Sales were at Aircraft Acquisitions in Durham NC.

As Director Maintenance Sales, Thomas Gierlich is responsible for all Bombardier and Embraer related sales projects at Nomad Technics AG. He has 13 years of aviation experience, most of it in business aviation. Thomas started his career in business development and sales roles at SR Technics. He continued to work in customer support at EMTEQ and as Regional Sales Manager at Honeywell, establishing a solid network within an international business aviation customer base. He holds a Masters degree in aeronautical engineering from the Technical University of Munich.