Newly appointed marketing director Kirk Stephen

Meridian names Kirk Stephen director of marketing

Teterboro, New Jersey-based Meridian has promoted Kirk Stephen to director of marketing. Stephen, who has 20 years of marketing experience, joined Meridian in 2011 as marketing manager and was given responsibility for all of the company's diverse business units.

Ken Forester, CEO, says: “Kirk came to us with an MBA in marketing and an unbridled enthusiasm to learn the private aviation business. He turned out to be a quick study and has brought our marketing programme to a new level. He has excelled in helping us to develop our reputation as a family business with unmatched capability in all of our aviation services. He is an important part of our team and we are looking forward to having him help us build the Meridian brand on the west coast with the opening of our new facility in Hayward, California, in 2016.”