Sales Team
Derek Gibson
Sales and Marketing Director
Derek began his career as an apprentice with Monarch in 1981 and worked as an aircraft engineer on the Monarch fleet until 1987.
He then took up several sales roles outside of the aviation sector before returning to Monarch in 1991 as a Sales Engineer, moving to a more senior sales role until joining KLM UK as Head of Engineering Marketing and Sales between 1996 and 1999.
He returned to Monarch in 2000 as Sales and Marketing Manager and in 2003 was promoted to Commercial Director. 2006 saw him take on the position of Operations Director with sister company Monarch Technical Support before his role was expanded to cover the leadership and development of the sales division in 2009 by becoming Sales and Marketing Director.
Ian Bartholomew
Marketing Sales Manager
Ian joined Monarch Aircraft Engineering in 2003 and is responsible for the management of the sales and marketing department, including the acquisition of new business, advertising and marketing campaigns and for ensuring current customer contracts are delivered to an extremely high standard.
With over 20 years experience in the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul industry Ian has previously held senior commercial management roles at Air UK and KLM uk Engineering, where he was responsible for major contracts, purchasing and logistics both within the UK and the Netherlands.
Andy Connolly
Regional Sales Manager
Andy has worked at Monarch for over 25 years in various capacities, starting out on the hangar floor for three years before moving into a Maintenance Planning role. He then spent seven years in Customer Support looking after customers such as Air 2000, Canada 3000, Air Belgium and Translift before going back to the hangar floor into Production Control for two years.
Andy then joined the Monarch Airlines Account team and was responsible for looking after Monarch Airlines’ interests within Engineering, which led to becoming the Commercial Representative for Monarch off site checks. Having held this position for 11 years, he joined the Sales and Marketing department in 2010.
Andy Lowi
Regional Sales Manager
Andy Lowi joined Monarch Aircraft Engineering in 1989, working within the Logistic Supplies Department purchasing everything from office stationary and furniture to aircraft material. He has also worked as a Priority Support Officer on the AOG desk, where his responsibilities included locating spares for down-route AOG line aircraft and arranging sales and loans to other airline industry counterparts.
He became Regional Sales Manager in 2005, working within the Sales and Marketing team and is responsible for seeking new business within the industry for the company’s five core business areas.
To contact one of the team please email engineering@monarch.co.uk or call the office on + 00 44 (0)1582 398644.
