Aerospace forum picks experienced manager
28 August 2012
Irshad Booly has been appointed general manager of the West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF), a government-funded trade association charged with making aerospace businesses in the south west more efficient.
Booly learnt his trade with the Royal Air Force, where he worked in a purchasing and logistics role for around 27 years.
He was responsible for purchasing "everything from bombs and bullets right through to socks and scarves".
In the first Gulf war, he specialised in the supply of aviation fuels from a base in England, and he received a Joint Commander's...