By decision of the Kazan Helicopters' Board of Directors, Yuri Pustovgarov was appointed the new company's Director General. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Industrial Director of the Rostec Aviation Cluster Anatoly Serdyukov and Director General of Russian Helicopters Andrey Boginsky introduced the new head to the company's staff. Vadim Ligay, who held this post since 2007, was appointed Deputy Director General for Infrastructure Development of the Russian Helicopters Holding.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Vadim Ligay for his fruitful work as head of the Kazan Helicopters. The Tatarstan President stressed that Vadim Ligay paid great attention to training professionals in the aircraft industry and to socio-political life of the republic in general.
Vadim Ligay worked at the Kazan Helicopters for all his life, starting his career at the enterprise in 1976 as a design engineer and move up through the ranks to the Director General’s position. Under his leadership, a number of significant projects were implemented.
Yury Pustovgarov, the new director of the Kazan Helicopters, was the Managing Director of KumAPP, another part of the Russian Helicopters Holding, since December 2015.