Stephen Hands

Stephen has over 36 years of experience in the aviation industry of which 25+ years in VP roles of multi-national businesses in the UK and The Netherlands.

Stephen started his career at Lucas Aerospace Power Systems division in the UK where he rose to Marketing manager and drove the introduction of Variable frequency power generation a gamechanger towards the more electric aircraft.

Stephen was VP Marketing Sales in various businesses of Fokker Technologies, starting with Fokker Elmo where he repositioned the business to a market leading, global, aircraft and engine electrical wiring design build company.

Stephen was General Manager at AAR Component Services in The Netherlands before rejoining Fokker as VP Sales and Marketing at Fokker Services and oversaw the Future Horizons Program to keep the Fokker Aircraft fleet attractive for customers, Began the diversification journey into other aircraft types namely Bombardier, Boeing and Airbus, including the repositioning of the MRO business into the VIP and re-delivery markets.

Stephen joined Unified International in 2019, after investing in a d contributing to the development of a UK based Start Up company in IT. Stephen is presently working as Project Manager on behalf of Unified International for the City of The Hague to lead the development of a Technology Park which contains several High tech aerospace companies. Stephen is passionate about aviation and his strong experience is built upon his focused, strategically minded approach in identify opportunities and leading teams to realise the business ambitions.