President/CEO
Simon Caldecott was named President and CEO of Piper Aircraft in October, 2011. He joined Piper in 2009 as was formerly the Vice President of Operations. With more than 37 years in aviation, Caldecott is a seasoned and successful aerospace executive with international experience at the senior level in European and North American companies. Prior to Piper, Caldecott was Vice President of Assembly Integration and Testing with Raytheon Aircraft and more recently Vice President Assembly Operations with that company’s successor, Hawker Beechcraft. Simon is a Green Belt in the Six Sigma process improvement program. His education includes studies in Aeronautical Engineering in Wales and programs in Business Management at the London School of Business and the Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Caldecott worked as a design engineer for British Aerospace on development of the Hawker mid-size business jet, rising to be responsible for manufacturing, assembly, flight testing and completion of Hawkers. He also completed Lean Training with Kawasaki, which included studying and touring Japanese manufacturing facilities to better understand how Lean is successfully applied across products from automotive to aerospace. Caldecott has an extensive track record of success in guiding cultural change within sophisticated manufacturing companies.
