Peter Somers appointed as President Fokker Services

Peter Somers will succeed Roland van Dijk, with effect from 1 November 2011, as President Fokker Services and will form part of the Executive Board. Peter Somers is a senior airline executive with a proven track record at Air France-KLM, who together with his management team, will lead Fokker Services further with the aim of achieving success and profitability of the defined key growth areas.

Roland van Dijk will be appointed with effect from 1 November 2011 as Vice President Strategy & Solutions of Fokker Technologies. In this new position within the organization, Roland will support the Business Units in accelerating their international development in the technological, product and commercial areas. He will also lead the definition and execution of the M&A (Mergers & Acquisitions) agenda of Fokker Technologies as a whole.

Both Peter and Roland report to the CEO and are members of the Executive Board of Fokker Technologies.