15 July 2020: AvAir’s Senior Vice President of Finance, Robert Knox has been promoted to Chief Accounting Officer. During his time as SVP of Finance, Knox increased access to capital, financed a management buyout and significant inventory purchases, established a European subsidiary, upgraded the 410K plan and developed an exceptional finance organization. As CAO, Knox will continue to position AvAir as a top aviation parts supplier globally.
Knox joined AvAir in 2016 as a corporate finance veteran with 20 years of experience at Fortune 50, start-up, rapid growth and high-tech companies. Early in his career, he spent 12 years at Intel Corporation where he was the finance manager for their USD 5 billion internet components business and then finance executive for the USD15 billion procurement group. Knox left Intel to join a renewable energy startup where he managed an international USD3 billion factory network expansion.
In 2013, Knox brought his passion for supply chain operations to the aircraft industry when he joined a leading international provider of advanced carbon fiber for aircrafts. He is an active volunteer in community organizations and a graduate of Arizona State University with an MBA in finance and a BS in mathematics.
