Ronan Harvey    
Owner of Cotswold Airport

CEO of KAE and KAS
Ronan trained as an aircraft engineer with the RAF and post the RAF worked for an airline before developing his own network of business. In 1995 he moved Polydron International into G Site and he formed Delta Jets and became involved with the management of the airfield. Ronan, who had previously started, and developed the Northampton Balloon Festival, was the driving force behind the first civilian run Kemble Air Day in 1996 and the ‘architect’ of proposals for the future of Kemble leading to his purchase of the estate in March 2001. His passion for the airfield and investment in it led to the opening of the AV8 Restaurant and CAA Licensing in 2002, the development of the annual Air Day to national event status and more recently the construction of 12 new GA hangars. Ronan, holds a twin aircraft rating, a helicopter licence, is an aerobatic pilot, and has flown solo in a Hunter jet. His other passion is sailing and he now lives in Vanuatu. His daughter, Suzannah, joined the KAS Board in 2008. 

 
 
Nick Howard
Cotswold Airport  Manager

Nick started flying Microlights at Kemble in 2002 going on to instruct at Enstone and Cotswold Airport . Nick joined KAS Ltd in Nov 2007 as a FISO, although no longer instructing Nick still enjoys flying Microlights and light aircraft.Mountain trekking and cycling.  Nick was appointed Airport Manager in June 2009.

 
 
 
 
 
 
Glen Moreman
Assistant Airport Manager

Responsible for the day to day operational aspects of Cotswold Airport , liasing with operators and the local community to ensure the smooth running of the airport. Glen has lived locally all his life and aviation has been a passion for as long as he can remember with a particular interest in vintage jets. A keen historian, Glen has a considerable wealth of knowledge, documentation and photographs of Cotswold Airport ’s history going back to 1936. He first started working at Cotswold Airport  as a volunteer in 1996 helping out Delta Jets with their collection of aeroplanes before starting out organising small air displays. After the success of the 2001 Hunter Anniversary Air Show he was employed by Kemble Air Services to head up the team organising the now annual Kemble Air Days and other airfield events. Kemble Air Day is now the flagship event of Cotswold Airports' year and is amongst the top shows in the UK.
 


Suzannah Harvey
Cotswold Airport Director

 Following four years as a consultant in the recruitment industry, Suzannah started Universal Model Managment Ltd in 2003, a sucessful model and promotions agency with over 1000 personalities represented world wide. In 2007 Suzannah began organising the corporate entertainment at Cotswold Airport  and in 2008 has taken a full time post as a Director looking after marketing, events and business development. Universal Models is run alongside her resonsibilities to Cotswold Airport  and offers a valuable staffing service for corporate events at the airport. Hobbies include playing Polo, shooting & fishing. Suzannah's father, Ronan is the airport owner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lee Paul (MRICS)
KAS Commercial Director and KAE Estate Director

Lee is a specialist in the purchase and development of MOD land. His association with Cotswold Airport began when as Estate Surveyor for MOD in 1995 he commenced leasing property on the airfield. Subsequently after forming his own property consultancy in 1996 he managed the purchase by KAE of the airfield and since 2001 he has also been involved with the development of the site generally. Lee, and his wife Gill, live in Bournmouth and have two teenage daughters.
 

Charles Mondahl
Cotswold Airport Finance Director

Charlie has a long association with Cotswold Airport.  He formed a Cotswold Airport based Company with Ronan Harvey     in 1996 supplying materials to the education sector and joined the Board of KAS and KAE in 2005 having semi retired. Charlie had experience working in the airline business after leaving school when he worked as a steward on Britannias, Viscounts and Ambassadors. He and his wife Pat have two boys, who have flown the nest, and a Schnauzer and Bitzer dog which they enjoy walking over the Marlborough Downs near their home. We particularly like this picture taken when he was 16 !
 
 
 
Jayne Fenn
FISO and Operations Assistant 

Jayne started out in the Aviation Industry as an ATCA at Cranfield Airport, Bedfordshire, in 2001. In October 2004 she joined KAS as a temp for a week and  just never left! Soon after  Jayne became Accounts Assistant and PA to the Airport Manager. In 2006 Jayne went to Australia for 3 months where she enjoyed some excellent life experiences working on a cattle farm and as a groom for a top equestrian 3 day event rider, later returning  to KAS as an Operations Assistant and  validated as a FISO in March 2007. Horses are her  life long passion and the photo is of Jayne riding Kosworth at a Dressage event early 2008.

 

 
 

Sally Callaway 
Cotswold Airport Accounts

Joining Kemble Air Services in 2003 Sally heads up the accounts team who are responsible for the accounting functions of Cotswold Airport . Sally produces monthly management accounting reports and the year end accounts for the Board of Directors and has developed the systems for the increasingly thriving airport we have today. Included in her duties is the payroll function for our specialized full time team and our pool of valued part time and casual employees, so she is popular at least once a month. Flights of fancy include badminton, golf, holidays, entertaining family & friends (given the time), dancing (given the chance) and home improvements. Well one has to dust occasionally! The ethos at KAS is simple – bring the outside world in for the mutual benefit of visitors, based and management operators alike and she enjoys being part of the team who are continually progressing the airport.
 
 
Leah Rose
FISO and Operations Assistant

Leah joined KAS Ltd as Ops/Trainee FISO in Feb 2009, she had no real experience in the aviation industry but is an ex Mover who used to be based at RAF Brize Norton. She completed all her exams and became fully quallified in April 09 validated in June 2009, just in time for the air show.







Jay Head 
FISO and Operations Assistant 

Joined in June 2009, an aviation enthusiast from child hood, validated in May 2010 and also aims to work towards obtaining his private pilot’s licence after flying an aerobatics sortie with Ultimate High. Apart from all things aviation and meteorological, Jay is a passionate Bristol City fan and watches the mighty reds as often as possible. A keen singer for 8 years, having studied music, Jay has performed in Turkey, Egypt and even the Colston Hall and until February 09 was working on a Solo Album with a co-writer before deciding to focus on his passion for aviation.

 

 

Paul Brown
FISO and Operations Assistant

Paul was one of the original members of staff at Kemble when it was taken over by Kemble Air Services and looked after a lot of the work related to getting the airfield licensed.
In 2006 Paul left Kemble to pursue his love of photography and aviation, but very quickly found a ‘niche’ working in aviation special events which included flight safety at the UK rounds of the Red Bull Air Race and organising and working at numerous other aviation events in the UK and as far afield as New Zealand! and returned this summer after 4 years away.  His other interests include Formula 1, computing and photography.


 

Paul Bull
Press and PR Officer

Paul is a highly-experienced journalist, having worked at both national and regional level within the UK media for nearly 20 years.
After covering Kemble's historic landmark High Court victory in the summer of 2009 as a reporter, he was invited on board to handle media and publicity for the newly-rebranded Cotswold Airport.
It is a return to the fold for Paul, who previously handled PR for the then Kemble Airfield in a part-time capacity during the late 1990s and early part of the century.
Paul eventually returned to his native north and then lived in Spain.
He now runs his own media agency, Corinium Media, which is contracted by Cotswold Airport.
A keen sportsman, Paul enjoys boxing, football, squash, mountain biking and hiking, among others. He also enjoys travel and, not surprisingly, writing. In addition, he is an avid supporter of Derby County Football Club......for his sins.