Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has named Mike Hough as Group President, Airlines & Services, Tim Schulze as Chief Risk & Corporate Development Officer, and Doug Belding as Vice President, Enterprise Performance and Operating Systems.
Hough will oversee ATSG’s airline operating companies and aviation services businesses, with responsibility for their collective performance and growth. He joins ATSG from GAT Airline Ground Support, where he served as CEO from 2018 to 2026.
Hough has more than 25 years of leadership experience and has also held executive positions at ResCare and Air Serv Corporation, as well as leadership roles with Northwest, ATA, Skyway and United Express airlines.
Schulze will lead activities covering enterprise risk management, capital allocation, insurance and risk financing, M&A and strategic development. He had served as an external advisor to ATSG since January before joining the company.
He previously spent 17 years at Barings LLC, including roles as Chief Risk Officer and Head of Risk Management, and most recently served as Chief Financial Officer at BidWizer.
Belding will lead ATSG’s enterprise performance and transformation initiatives, including improvements to systems, processes, and management practices. He joins from FedEx, where he spent 11 years in business transformation and operational excellence roles.
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ATSG President and CEO Greg Mays said, “We are extremely pleased to have leaders of the caliber of Mike, Tim, and Doug joining ATSG.”
The leadership changes expand ATSG’s executive structure across airline and aviation services operations, enterprise risk and corporate development, and business transformation.
