Nathan Stower has been appointed as chief executive of the British Air Transport Association (BATA).
He is currently head of public affairs at the Association of Train Operating Companies and was previously parliamentary and external affairs manager at Virgin Atlantic Airways.
He takes over on August 18 from Simon Buck who is retiring.
BATA chairman Barry Humphreys said: "There is no shortage of challenges facing UK airlines and I have no doubt that Nathan will be able to play a leading role in meeting them and taking BATA to a new level.
"I would like to thank Simon for his hard work and successful leadership over the past four years. The appointment of a new chief executive presents the opportunity to review objectives and launch fresh initiatives and I very much look forward to working with Nathan going forward."
