Credentials

Meaningful Experience Dedicated to Assisting Our Clients

Keith Garner is a seasoned aerospace executive with broad experience in senior managerial roles with business aircraft manufacturers and service providers as well as start-ups in both aviation and non-aviation related businesses.

Keith’s experience includes serving in several senior leadership positions for Bombardier Business Aircraft culminating in his appointment as Executive Vice President of Bombardier Business Aircraft and President of Bombardier Aerospace, its US subsidiary. In that role, Keith was responsible for all sales activity for the Challenger and Global Express product lines in North America, trade-in aircraft, demonstration flight operations, and the administration of the Finance and Human Resource functions in the U.S.

Keith also served as Vice President of Large & Ultra-Large Aircraft Sales for Embraer Executive Aircraft, Vice President of Sales for Learjet, Sales Director for Hawker Beechcraft and Cessna/Citation, and Director of Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Customer Support for Rockwell International’s Sabreliner Division. As a consultant, he assisted in the creation of Honda Aircraft Company and the launch of the HondaJet in 2006.

In the aircraft services sector, Keith was founding President & CEO of Greenwich AeroGroup, a holding company created to consolidate strategic acquisitions in the Maintenance, Repair, & Overhaul space. He was founding investor for two start-ups: Syair Designs designed and developed advanced technology LED lighting systems for the aviation aftermarket, and Azul, LLC, a successful restaurant in West Hartford, Connecticut.

Keith served in several capacities on the Board of Trustees of Watkinson School in Hartford, Connecticut where he was President of the Board from 2006 through 2009. He also supported the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and the Friends of Mark Twain House.

Keith earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Wichita State University, and attended the MBA Program at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He earned his Private Pilot’s license at age 19 and his NASD securities license at age 22.

After so many years on the “sell side” of business jet transactions, Keith now enjoys being on the “buy side” assisting former clients and referrals in their business aircraft purchasing pursuits.