Overview
- Flanagan, currently vice president of financial operations, will step into the interim finance chief role.
- She succeeds Sean Gillen, who is leaving the company to pursue an opportunity outside the aviation industry.
- Since joining AAR in 2012, Flanagan has advanced through finance leadership roles, including group CFO for the company’s largest segment, and was named a company officer in 2017.
- Her earlier experience includes FP&A, controller and group CFO posts at Honeywell, and an auditing start at PwC.
- Chairman, President and CEO John M. Holmes thanked Gillen for seven years as CFO, credited him with helping reposition AAR’s portfolio, and voiced confidence in Flanagan’s leadership during the transition.