He also handles the all-important customer support for the company. The first delivery is due in 2005. The other chief operating officer, Mike Turner, is responsible for the company's business operations, including commercial aircraft activities, avionics and partnerships. Turner's mandate also includes North American operations, international partnerships, avionics, integration, Airbus, aviation services and regional aircraft sectors. Over the top of all of the business sits our corporate marketing, and the great thing about this is that our chairman of the board, Sir Richard Evans, has a strong background in marketing.
Marketing is across the whole rest of the company.
Corporate marketing is organized to maintain close contact with each business unit, and there are 30 marketing representatives in key markets around the world. We stay extremely close to the customer, whether in Tokyo, Australia, the Middle East or Europe. Keith continues that technology development is a very senior responsibility. The engineering director operates at the top management level. Technology guidance flows from the headquarters to the appropriate business units.