Avincis today announced that Bill Tame, Chief Executive of Babcock’s International Division, will additionally take the role of Chief Executive of Avincis with immediate effect.

Bill takes over from James Drummond, who was brought in to oversee the creation of a single international group from two separate businesses, Bond Aviation and Grupo Inaer, which themselves had grown through acquisitions.  Under his leadership Avincis developed into one of the world’s leading mission critical aviation businesses, and was subsequently acquired by Babcock earlier this year.  James will remain with the company until early next year and will continue to support Avincis in the establishment of the new international offshore operator trade association which we are helping to found.

“James has done a great job in building Avincis into a business with truly international reach.  I look forward to taking the company through the next stage of its development, as we continue to grow Babcock’s international division,” said Bill.

About Avincis

Avincis, a Babcock International Group company, is one of the world’s leading providers of aviation services for mission-critical operations such as medical emergency, civil protection, search & rescue, coast and city surveillance, firefighting and energy support services.  Based in the UK, Avincis provides central resources, safety and operating standards and systems and expertise to its operating companies who serve local markets and customers in Australia,  Finland, France, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK .  Of primary importance is Avincis’ oversight of safety standards across all its operations, with a global target of zero accidents.

Avincis operates a fleet of around 350 aircraft and employs around 3000 people.  In 2013, Avincis flew over 98,500 hours worldwide, performed 51,450 emergency medical service missions, 6,350 firefighting missions, 2,100 seas and mountains rescues and transported 173,000 oil and gas engineers, technicians and other passengers.  Avincis also conducts maintenance for third-party clients on helicopter and fixed-wing contracts.